Family Pictures

We had a friend take family pictures last weekend. It was great. Nataly did fantastic and we got some awesome pictures.

End of Summer into Fall 2011

So, Nataly has been keeping us busy. We have been to birthday parties, on bike rides and getting together with friends and family. We have had a few photo shoots to capture Nataly's smiles and laughs. It's been so much fun spending each day with her. She's such a happy baby now toddler. I love every minute we get with her. It's so much fun to watch her investigate everything around her and get excited about the smallest things. It makes you stop and think about the simpler things in life. Man that sure is cliche´ but it's so true. You just want to cherish everything as much as possible. I'm trying to remember everything there is about Nataly. She's changing so much.

Enjoy the photos!

Two Peas In A Pod - Nataly & Tigger

Nataly and Grandma - joined at the hip

First Bike Ride

At the Fire House Museum - Nataly and Mary

What a pretty flower

Bruce's 50th Birthday - Osaka

2 nights - 2 concerts

Eric and were able to go to two different concerts. They only thing is they fell back to back. They both were rescheduled and they fell one after another. The first concert was Katy Perry. What a production! It was full of everything you would expect out of a pop diva as she is. It was awesome. Up beat, cheerful and lots of fun. She had so many costumes changes it was crazy. One dance she had 7-8 changes on stage. It was pretty impressive.

The second concert we got to see was Adele. WOW! Is all I have to say. She is an amazing singer. It was just her on stage and the stadium was half the size. They tried to make it more of an intimate venue experience. Not sure how that went but she was a lot closer than Katy Perry was.

Here are a couple of photos and video. I can't get any Adele videos up. Must be too big.

Video from the Zoo

Here's a video from when Nataly was playing in the water at the zoo.

Visiting the MN Zoo

Exhausted after all the fun.

Nataly and I went to the zoo today with Grandma and Cathy, Anthony, Mary 1 (Cathy's mom) and Mary 2 (baby Mary.) We had a blast. We saw the penguins, bears, tigers, and sharks. It was a blast. Nataly loved getting wet where the water feature was. She had a ton of fun. That was probably her favorite thing to do there. She did love the penguins.

Summer Filled of Fun

We had been busy off and on over the summer.

Hang out in the back yard
Go to the Childrens Museum
Be on TV - Yup, Nataly, Alisha and Grandma were on TV. They wanted a parents opinion on a coloring book geared to 3-4 year olds teaching them about 9/11. It had shooting in there. It was horrible!
Ride in the wagon around the yard
Go get mail with Daddy
Go to the zoo

Here's so photos of random days with Nataly. It's been a great summer!

Nataly Turns ONE! 7.30.11

Nataly has officially turned ONE! We had a big bash with close friends and family. It was a blast. It was probably over 90 degrees. It was a hot one but everyone wanted to be outside. We had the pool for the little kids so they could stay cool and all the adults sat in the back yard chillin'. We had a blast. Nataly got lots of awesome gifts. Her cousins, grandma and grandpa wing, and Aunt Kari and Uncle Aaron even came up for this special occasion! They ROCK! Grandma 'M' was there of course and so was Grandpa John and Rosemary. Plus Auntie Anna, Uncle Brett, Uncle Brad and Uncle Bruce. They just love being around Nataly. How can you not she is such a happy baby you just smile when you are around her. I love all her smiles, giggles and screeches of course. I love you very much Nataly!