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Natasha's 48th Month (75)

Natashka is almost 4! She is very excited to start school in three weeks and her gym & dance classes. She is speaking really well and surprises us every day with her phrases she learns or comes up with. She also plays with her younger sister all the time now. She loves Thomas, Dora, Diego and other shows and loves going outside.
Veronika's 29th Month (131)

Veronika is growing up. She is now daytime potty trained and is very proud of herself. She loves playing with her older sister and is starting gymnastics next month. She is very girly and loves to wear dresses, necklaces, and have her hair tied up pretty. She talks a lot and loves to sing and dance.
Kids' Birthday - 2010 (45)

Joint birthday party for Daniel, Dominika, and Natasha. July 31, 2010
Natasha's 47th Month (153)

Natashka is doing well. She's very vocal and started using some very grown-up sentences. She has her first dental appointment this month. She is also missing her sports classes and looking forward to the fall. She spends most of her time doing crafts and playing with her little sister.
Veronika's 28th Month (97)

Veronika is growing up. She's speaking really well and is very opinionated and demanding little girl. She loves to talk and she talks very well! She loves the outdoors but is not too impressed with pools & splash pads and doesn't like her face wet. But she loves parks & playgrounds. She's going back & forth with potty training and doing her own things. She's a very fun two-year old!
Natasha's 46th Month (73)

Natashka is doing good. She completed her first year of dance school and did very well at her year end recital. She also finished swimming & gymnastics and looks forward to going back in the fall. She's talking really well now and can say anything she wants. Her favorite words are "because" and "how come?". She also loves to laugh and act silly, but loves books, Wiggles, Caillou, and any kind of craft.
Veronika's 27th Month (112)

Veronika is growing up. She's trying to give up her high-chair and wants to sit in a regular chair like everyone else. She also potty trained herself (daytime) which is awesome and is now wearing pull-ups! She's getting big and in September will start her first sports class-gymnastics. She loves crafts, loves playing outdoors and likes to walk instead of using the stroller.
Kevin's 1st Communion (21)

May 30, 2010
Natasha's 45th Month (166)

Natashka is almost done for the summer with all of her classes - swimming, gym, and dance and is going to be on summer "break." In September she'll resume all of her classes along with going to JK, so she'll be busy-busy! For now she's enjoying the warmer weather and loves going outside. She's still into puzzles, her doctor's kit, Dora, Thomas, and Wiggles.
B-Days / Mother's Day-May 2010 (25)
Veronika's 26th Month (144)

Veronika is growing up and getting smarter every day! She's improving her speech & vocab. daily and is speaking really well now. She loves the warmer weather, and she loves sweets! Especially chocolate, cake, and ice cream. She also loves arts & crafts and going outside. And of course, she loves doing anything with her older sister. She's in the "where?" stage and asks that question about a 100 times a day.
Natasha's 44th Month (62)

Natashka is getting bigger and smarter every day. She's very excited to start attending school in only about 4 months which will start a whole new chapter in her (and our) life. She's playing more & more with her younger sister and loves the warmer weather we've been getting.
Easter 2010 (11)
Veronika's 25th Month (74)

Veronika is already 2 years old! She is growing up very fast. She's now 26 1/4 pounds and 35.5 inches. She speaks really well, but also gets shy in public and grows quiet. She loves puzzles, stuffed animals, trains, and playing doctor. She also loves the outdoors. She has a very sweet tooth and loves cake, cookies, chocolate. She is a very sweet litle girl.
Natasha's 43rd Month (54)

Natashka is now 3.5 years! She went through a growth spurt recently and now wears only 4T and 5T size pants. She's starting swimming this month and is very excited. She enjoys going to her classes, outdoors, and playing with her little sister. She's become very social and opinionated and loves memorizing all of her books and "reading" them.
Veronika's 24th Month (66)

It's hard to believe that this is the last month in our baby girl's second year. She has learned so much! She speaks in short sentences, sings, dances, and is very active and strong headed. But at the same time very snuggly and cuddly little girl. She's a toddler now and definitely not a baby, more like a little girl. She sleeps in a big-girl toddler bed now and adores her older sister. She can count to 10, sing the ABC song from start to end, and she knows her colors! She's very smart. She's enjoying the warmer weather and loves going outside.
Natasha's 42nd Month (86)

Natashka is doing good. She's in a very argumentive and opinionated stage, and always has an opinion on everything. Taking "no" for an answer is just unheard of these days. She's really enjoying her sister's company now that Veronika talks and they play together all the time. She's longing for spring and is done with this cold winter. She loves watching Youtube videos, reading her books, coloring, drawing, her dance and gym classes, and going outside.
Veronika's 23rd Month (72)

Veronika is really growing up fast and isn't too far from her second birthday now. She's talking in 3-5 word sentences, knows a lot of words, songs, and can count to 10 (although she skips a couple numbers). She loves singing, dancing, jumping. She's very smart and very active. She also adores her big sister and any kind of attention her sister gives her. She's still a very snuggly girl and very affectionate. She's about 34 inches now and 26 pounds.
Natasha's 41st Month (53)

Natashka is growing up. She's now registered for Junior Kindergarten and will begin classes in September 2010; hard to believe our little girl will be starting school so soon. She's very excited, though, and is looking forward to it. She spends a lot of time playing with puzzles and puts them together daily. She adores her little sister even more now that Veronika is talking in small sentences and they can communicate. Natashka is still attending gymnastics and ballet and loves both.
Veronika's 22nd Month (94)

Veronika is 21 months! She's a very active toddler. She talks up a storm now and can sing pretty well. She is very mischievous and loves getting into trouble and experimenting with new things, but at the same time it's fun to watch her personality develop every day. She adores her older sister and wants to do everything like her. She's a very affectionate baby and wants to be involved and included in everything.
Christmas 2009 (51)
Natasha's 40th Month (103)

Natashka is doing great! She's very much into writing letters these days and loves practicing them on her dry/erase board. She also loves drawing and coloring and started drawing actual faces now, although she still prefers drawing trains. She loves doing puzzles and playing different games now. She's very excited about the upcoming holidays and enjoyed decorating the Christmas tree and buying some new ornaments. She's on winter break now from ballet and gymnastics and cannot wait to go back.
Natasha and Veronika's Photoshoot - December 2009 (50)

Photograpy by Frans Altena - www.fransaltena.com/
Veronika's 21st Month (88)

Veronika is 20 months now. Her second birthday is approaching way too quickly. Nika is growing up! She can put together 2-3 word sentences now and knows a huge amount of words. She also loves singing Twinkle Twinkle and ABCs. Her favourite shows, much like her sister's, are Wiggles and Thomas the Tank Engine. Veronika is now learning colors and already knows a couple of them. She is also learning to count. She loves playing with trains, baby dolls, drawing/coloring, and dancing to music.
Natasha's 39th Month (97)

Natashka is growing up! She's now learning her lowercase letters and has most of them covered. She's also learning higher numbers. She loves her ballet & gymnastics classes and is learning lots of new things, that she then teaches her little sister. She still really loves Thomas anything and everything, as well as the Wiggles. She attended their concert and had a blast. She's a very active little girl.
Veronika's 20th Month (87)

Veronika is 19 months old. She's becoming a "little girl" and is into everything. She doesn't like playing with toys for her age very much and prefers her older sister's toys. She's also talking up a storm and knows many many words and small phrases. She's very active. She loves following her sister around and being a little copy-cat. She can also sing the Twinkle Twinkle song and is very proud of herself.
Natasha's 38th Month (75)

Natashka is growing and her speech is just developing daily. She keeps making us laugh with all the new phrases she makes up. She's very observant and is currently learning days-of-the-week and lowercase letters of the alphabet! She's also in love with puzzles, her Thomas trains, Wiggles, and is generally a little tomboy.
Thanksgiving 2009 (17)

Thanksgiving at Matthew's parents' place - October 11, 2009
Veronika's 19th Month (92)

Baby Veronika is a year and a half! That flew by really quickly. She is getting really big. She talks non-stop and knows a lot of words and even phrases such as, "go there", "more, please", "come!", "no more" and others. She loves playing with her older sister and spending time outside. She's a bit unsure about people she's not familiar with but warms up pretty quickly. She loves to eat!! She now weighs 24.5 lbs and is doing great.
Natasha's 37th Month (137)

Natasha is 3 years old! She's our sweet princess ♥
Veronika's 18th Month (84)

Nika is 17 months old! She's definitely a toddler now and has lost her baby look. She's turning into a little girl. She knows a lot of new words and even knows more complex words like, "tower", "again", "dirty", or "hungry", and what they mean. She's running now and loves to copy her sister. She also loves dancing & singing.
Natasha's 36th Month (87)

It's hard to believe that Natashka is almost 3. Time went by very quickly and she is now a beautiful little girl who is talking in sentences, is potty trained, and will be going for her 2nd year of gymnastics and 1st year of theatre-dance school in a matter of three weeks. She is still a very sensitive little girl, but she's very smart and very aware of everything around her. She loves anything outdoors-y and is quite the dare-devil when it comes to amusement and water parks. She also loves to discipline her little sister. She's a pre-schooler now and in 6 months will be registering for school in September 2010! Where did our baby go?
Kids' Birthday - 2009 (33)

Birthday party for Dominika (5), Daniel (12) and Natasha (3). - August 8, 2009
Veronika's 17th Month (131)

Veronika is 16 months old! She's growing very quickly. She is now practically running, can eat using a fork, and cay say some 15-20 words. She also knows some phrases like, "no more" and "where are you?". She is very strong-headed and a very brave little girl. She also likes to dance and sing just like her older sister. She loves being outdoors and chasing squirrels and pigeons; she also loves pets. She's a very independent but also very cuddly baby girl.
Natasha's 35th Month! (167)

Natashka is a big girl now and only has 2 months left of being a toddler! She's talking and is a very active little girl. She's still obsessed with Thomas trains, and now also the Wiggles. She loves to dance, sing, pretend, and just act silly. She also loves to learn new things. She's fully daytime potty trained and is very proud of herself. She's not involved in any summer programs, but will be returning to Gymnastics and starting Dance School in the fall.
Veronika's 16th Month (93)

Veronika is 15 months! She's growing and getting taller really quickly. She is starting to say different words like - car, Elmo, choo-choo, mama, papa, and she understands tons of different things. She's a very mischievous baby and is a huge climber. She's a very tough little girl and loves to explore. She loves fruit, especially grapes! She now weighs 10.7 kg (23.6 lbs) and is 84 cm tall (33.1 inches). She's growing very quickly!
Natasha's 34th Month (107)

Only 3 months left to Natasha's 3rd birthday. She's becoming a really big girl. Over the last 3 weeks she has completely potty trained, she's a "big girl now" and is very proud of herself; we're proud of her too. She's talking non-stop and comes up with new phrases all the time. She has finished an entire school-year of Gymnastics classes and is off for the summer! She loves the outdoors, loves accessories, coloring, drawing and is still in love with Thomas trains!
Veronika's 15th Month (126)

Baby Nika is 14 months. She's growing up and turning into such a little girl. She can walk really fast now and is trying really hard to run so that she can keep up with her sister. She sleeps through the night in the same room as her sister and has adjusted wonderfully. She LOVES fruit and eats lots of it everyday... but doesn't like veggies much. She's learning a lot of new words and like Thomas trains as much as her sister. She also really likes animals, especially squirrels.
Natasha's 33rd Month (106)

Only 4 months left until Natasha's 3rd birthday. Our baby girl is growing up. She surprises Matthew and myself every single day with new phrases that she comes up with. She talks literally non-stop and can say all kinds of things. She loves music and dancing to it, loves animals & bugs (has no fear of them!), loves singing, her gymnastics class, and being outdoors. She's now very interested in story-books and in accessories (necklaces!). She's also sharing a room with her little sister now.
Veronika's 14th Month (141)

Veronika is getting bigger! She's now fully walking and is starting to prefer walking over crawling. She loves the outdoors and the playground. She understands a lot of simple words, such as "cookie", "stand up!" and some more. She's babbling non-stop and is trying to copy many words as well. She's now sleeping at night in the same room as her sister and is almost all done with baby foods. She's a very smiley, happy baby and loves to snuggle and be held.
Natasha's 32nd Month (117)

Natashka is doing great. She's developing a bit of a 2-year-old attitude and is testing limits, but otherwise she's a really happy little girl. She's enjoying the warmer weather and loves being outdoors. She's really into stickers and books right now. She's also still in love with her cars and trains, and not so much with baby dolls.
Easter 2009 (17)

Easter 2009 @ Matthew's parents' house
Veronika's 13th Month (171)

Veronika Claire has turned ONE!!! The year has passed very quickly and our sweet baby girl just celebrated her very first birthday. She's growing up really quickly and is a very happy child. She's sleeping through the night, eating solids, drinking whole milk, taking 1-2 naps every day and is doing fab. She weighs 9.51kg (21 lbs) and is 81cm (31.9 inches) tall. She's repeating a lot of different sounds and is a very cheeful little girl.
Natasha's 31st Month (138)

Natashka is now 2 1/2 years old! She's doing wonderful and still doesn't stop talking. She still takes a 2-3 hour nap almost every afternoon and is a very happy girl. She now started doing "pretend play" and wants to do anything and everything herself without any help, "Tasha do it!"
Veronika's 12th Month (93)

This is the last month in Veronika's 1st year! The time just flew by. Veronika is growing like a weed! She can wave and say, "uh-oh" and repeating different sounds such as, "mamama", and "papapa", and "tatata". She eats table foods all by herself and mastered her sippy cup. She's transitioning to whole milk and will hopefully be done with formula soon. She's cruising around furniture, crawling, and walking if you hold her hand. She LOVES her older sister and follows her everywhere. She's also practically sleeping through the night which is wonderful!
Natasha's 30th Month (145)

Natashka is still her happy cheerful goofy self. This past month she battled her first serious illness - Scarlet Fever and was prescribed her very first Antibiotics. She loved taking her medicine and a week later, her rash, fever, and strep throat seemed to have gone away. She's still talking in 3-5 word sentenes; she loves learning new things and loves coloring pages with her crayons or paints. She also started inventing new games to play with her little sister!
Veronika's 11th Month (105)

Nika turned 10 months! It's crazy how quickly time is flying by. She's getting sooo big! She can now stand and pulls up unto everything. She just recently learned to sit down from a standing position and is very proud of herself! She has 2 bottom teeth and is eating lots of tablefoods. She's training on sleeping through the night and is doing great! She makes lots of noises and can repeat/say a few simply words, like "uh-oh!" She's now 19 lbs 10 oz (8.91 kg), and 30.3 inches tall (77cm).
Natasha's 29th Month (142)

Natashka is still talking up a storm and communicating in short sentences. She can sing the entire ABC song and recognizes every single letter of the alpahabet and knows its name. She can count to 10 and is learning to recognize numbers too. She LOVES stickers and loves In the Night Garden.
Kacper's Baptism (57)

Our nephew's Baptism - January 18, 2009
Veronika's 10th Month (136)

Baby Nika is 9 months old already! She's scooting/crawling all over the place and is very mobile. She's practicing standing up for so far hasn't yet mastered it. She makes tons of sounds - baba, dada, tata, mama, papa, can say uh-oh, can clap, and loves to sing and dance just like her sister. She also loves table foods and screams when someone is eating and not sharing with her. She's a very determined and curious baby girl!
Christmas 2008 (81)

Christmas Eve 2008, Matthew's parents' house.
Natasha's 28th Month (102)

Natashka is 27 months old. She's really talkitive now and in LOVE with the show In the Night Garden. She has a few of the characters and loves playing with them. She also loves the snow and playing outside. She still dances, sings, and loves to practice what she learns in her gymnastics class at home. She also likes to discipline her little sister!
Veronika's 9th Month (142)

Baby Nika is growing up! She's 8 months old now. She weighs 18lbs 3oz (8.2kg) and is 29.1 inches (74cm); she also has 2 bottom teeth! Veronika is really trying to crawl and can crawl backwards or rotate on her bum, but that's about it. She's eating lots of solids but still takes her bottle a few times a day. She's a very cuddly, smily girl, and loves her older sister to bits.
Natasha's 27th Month (138)

Natashka is really beginning to talk now and joining all kinds of words together. She's also repeating everything, can almost sing her ABCs and count to 10. She comes up with new phrases everyday. She also loves making her little sister laugh. She's learning to share her toys and is getting a lot better at it. She still attends music and gymnastics classes and loves both!
Veronika's 8th Month (124)

Baby Veronika is getting big! She can sit without support now, rolls both ways, and yaps/sings non-stop. She's a very curious baby and grabs anything within reach. She's eating solids every day (cereals, fruits, veggies), and will be starting on meats soon. She's teething badly but so far is all gums. She takes 2-3 naps and loves being outside. She's around 17 lbs now.
Natasha's 26th Month (119)

Natashka is 25 months old. She's a big girl now. She's talking in 2-3 word sentences and learning something new everyday. She loves doing stuff for her little sister like throwing out her diapers, brushing her hair, bringing her toys or a bottle, and more. She's a very girly girl and loves the outdoors.
Kacper (6)

Baby Kacper (Matthew's nephew) born October 9, 2008
Thanksgiving 2008 (20)

Thanksgiving dinner at Matthew's parents' house. October 12, 2008
Veronika's 7th Month (133)

Baby Nika is 1/2 a year old now! Her main goal right now is to sit up unsupported and she's trying real hard... she's also singing, babbling up a storm, and her favourite source of entertainment is her older sister! She can roll from back to belly, but not the other way yet! She loves eating oatmeal and is getting used to eating her fruits and veggies. She wakes up 1 time at night and is a very smiley, happy baby! She's 16lbs 3oz (7.37 kg) and around 29 inches.
September 21, 2008 (32)

Natasha's 2nd birthday celebration with Julia's family.
Natasha's 25th Month (140)

Natasha turned 2 years old! She's a big girl now. She had 2 parties to celebrate her birthday and got tons of new toys & clothes. She's talking up a storm and she loves her baby sister!
Veronika's 6th Month (114)

Baby Veronika is now 5 months old. She's getting very big! She laughs and smiles all the time and is a very happy baby. She started cereal, loves it, but yet has to master the skill of eating from a spoon. She'll start oatmeal shortly. She also loves her big sister and gives her more smiles and coos than anyone else. She's also trying really hard to sit up but is not quiet able to yet. She's around 15 lbs.
Kids' Birthday - 2008 (12)

Joint birthday party for Natasha, Dominika, and Daniel - August 16, 2008
Natasha's 24th Month (154)

Natashka is almost 2 years old! She's very vocal and putting more and more words together, and even pops a phrase now & then. She's practically done eating baby foods and likes to eat regular foods now. She takes one 2-3 hour nap every day and sleeps great at night. She's about to begin potty training (wish us luck!). She loves trains, her little animals, pandas, and her music class.
Veronika's 5th Month (100)

Our little baby is getting bigger! She's now 4 months old. She can roll to the side, and almost to her tummy. Her neck control is already really good, and we've both noticed that she's an incredibly smiley baby. She smiles at her mama, papa, and big sister Natasha. She can also laugh out loud when tickled. She's a very calm, content baby, and only cries when she's hungry. She wakes up once at night to eat. She weighs 13lbs 15oz (6.32kg) and is 73cm (28.7 inch) long.
Veronika's Baptism (42)

Veronika was baptised on July 27, 2008 at St. Paschal Baylon church. Her Godparents (and also aunt & uncle) are Agnes and Tomasz. Here are some pictures from her baptismal day.
Natasha's 23rd Month (118)

Natashka is 22 months old. She's becoming very independant and very vocal! She has started having numerous meltdowns and tantrums during the day and has officially entered the "terrible two's"! But aside from that, her vocabulary is expanding every single day and she's starting to eat more regular foods and beginning to let go of her baby foods. She loves her little sister and has become a "little mommy"; she absorbs everything mama does to Nika and does it to her doggy! It's very cute.
Veronika's 4th Month (89)

Veronika is 3 months old! How did that happen? She's definitely growing like a weed and changing every single day. She now smiles all the time, recognizes familiar voices and faces, can briefly hold a rattle, and loves playing with her hands and feet. She also loves smiling and observing her big sister! She wakes up only once during the night to eat.
Natasha's 22nd Month (165)

Natasha is approaching 2! She's very much into talking now and is joining 2 and even 3 words together. She loves swimming, singing, dancing and poking her little sister. She can sing along with many nursery rhymes and cartoons; she also loves animals and can name and recognize a lot of them. She's a very busy little girl.
2D Ultrasound of Veronika (2)

Ultrasounds taking through the pregnancy with Veronika.
Veronika's 3rd Month (152)

Nika is already two months old! She has lost her newborn look and is looking like a cute infant now. She's smiling & grinning all the time now. She's also overcoming her Reflux issues and turning into a much happier child. She loves being held, cuddled, and loves sleeping in her swing. She now weighs 11 lbs 9 oz (5.25 kg), and is 23 inches long.
Natasha's 21st Month (181)

Natashka is growing! She's now 20 months old. Her vocab is definitely expanding and she's learning 1-2 new words almost every day. She's also at a phase where she copies almost everything you tell her, both words and different sounds. She's a monkey now. She loves playgrounds, loves taking baths, and loves bananas! (goes back to being a monkey). She's also starting to throw mini-tantrums which I guess is normal for someone approaching her terrible-two's.
Veronika's 2nd Month (170)

Baby Nika is one month old. She now weighs 8 lbs 14 oz (4 kg) and is growing! She loves watching and observing her older sister, and can follow different objects with her eyes.
Natasha's 20th Month (158)

Natashka is becoming a little girl and losing all her baby qualities! She's talking up a storm and learning new words every day. She loves singing and dancing to her favourite TV shows, and copies anything and everything. She's also decided running is more fun than walking and runs almost everywhere. She's close to 23 lbs now.
Veronika's 1st Month (291)

Baby Veronika Claire was born on April 2, 2008 at 7:26am. She weighed 8lbs (3.63 kg) and was 19.5 inches tall. She's super cute and does not look like her older sister at all! She was in a rush to enter this world and made her appearance very quickly.
Easter 2008 (22)

Easter Sunday - March 23, 2008
Natasha's 19th Month (190)

Our baby is now a year & a half, which makes her not so much of a baby anymore! She's a very busy toddler. Her vocabulary is steadily exploding and she's very quick to learn & repeat new words; they don't always come out perfect, but she's trying her best. She can say the names of all her favourite TV characters like Elmo, Barney, Dora, Diego, Max, and more. She also loves her books - both playing with them and reading them. Her favourite activity is a bath with her gazillion duckies. She's getting taller and weighs around 22.5 lbs.
Natasha's 18th Month (146)

Natasha is seventeen months old now. She's very active and runs around the house all day long. She copies many one-syllable words and repeats them over & over all day long. She also sings and dances to many cartoon songs and regular songs with a fast pace. She loves to figure out new things, and she loves Dora the Explorer. She seems to be learning something new everyday, and she's definitely a water baby - totally loving the swimming pool and her baths! She now weighs 22lbs.
Natasha's 17th Month (112)

Our baby girl is now 16 months old. She's growing like a weed and is a very energetic, active toddler. She can say a few basic words to indicate what she wants, knows how to refuse and accept, and more. She eats lots of finger foods by herself , loves music, and dancing. She's becoming a very fast walker too. She is around 21.5-22 lbs.
Christmas 2007 (32)

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day 2007
New Year's Eve 2007 (14)

New Year's Eve 2007
Natasha's 16th Month (155)

Natasha is now 15 months old and is a very active toddler. She has mastered the skill of walking very well and is practically running now. She's eating a lot more 'adult' foods, but her all-time favourite is bread with butter. She's babbling a lot, can say a few basic words to indicate what she wants, and understands a lot. She weighs around 21-21.5 lbs.
Natasha's 15th Month (109)

Natashka is now way into toddlerhood. About 2 weeks ago, she took her first unassisted steps which quickly became 20 unassisted steps; she's very proud of her new walking skill. She's a lot more vocal, can immitate different sounds and noises, and likes to try new foods. She's also making a lot of new sounds that sound more like words than baby babbling. She's around 20-21lbs and close to 33 inches tall.
Natasha's 14th Month (124)

Natasha is now 13 month old. Our baby is quickly turning into an active toddler. She can now walk by holding to someone's hand, she eats lots of solid foods and drinks juices. Her favourite snack is bread with butter and cheese. She can point at things, blow kisses, make "barking doggie" noises, and she loves to dance and sing along to different nursery rhymes. She weighs around 20lbs and is approx. 32.5 inches long.
Natasha's 13th Month (129)

Natasha is now one!!! She had a great birthday. She's getting really big and very aware of everything. She can walk and even run if you hold her hand and she's showing huge interest in birds, squirrels, and airplanes she sees in the sky. She also points at practically everything, especially the ceiling lights/lamp. Natasha now weighs 19lbs (8.6kg), and is 32.1 inches tall (81.5cm).
September 16, 2007 (15)

Natasha's birthday celebration at Julia's parents' place. She got tons of gifts which included toys, clothes, and books! She ate cake and other yummy foods and had a great time!
Natasha's Photoshoot - Sept 2007 (77)

Photos taken by Lise Varrette for Natasha's 1-year birthday. Taken on September 1, 2007.
Oliwia's Baptism (16)

Oliwia's Baptism and afterparty, August 19, 2007
Natasha's 12th Month (113)

Natashka is now eleven months old. She can now crawl, clap, give "high-5", and wave "bye bye". She's very determined and has 5 teeth with number 6 on the way. She eats a lot more table foods and likes to try new flavours. She can also walk if you hold her hand. She weighs around 17lbs and is close to 32 inches long.
Kids' Birthday - 2007 (43)

Joint birthday party for Natasha, Daniel, and Dominika. August 11, 2007
July 22, 2007 (13)

July 22, 2007 - Surprise Birthday Party for Matthew's mom, she turns 60 on July 23, 2007.
Natasha's 11th Month (179)

Natasha is now 10 months old. She is 31.5 inches long (80cm) and 16.7lbs (7.7kg). She's doing great, but still remaining tall and skinny. She can now stand very well by holding unto something, is an expert at sitting unsupported, says "mama", "dada", and tons of other 'words'. She likes to laugh a lot, scream, and is generally a very happy baby. She's stubborn too. She eats meats, yogurts, cheese, and a lot of regular table foods. She's getting BIG!
Natasha's 10th Month (244)

Our baby girl is growing up! She's now 9 months old. She weighs around 17lbs and is becoming very tall. She's also getting stronger and very determined. She's an independent baby and likes to entertain herself. It's easy to make her smile and laugh now. She has started to taste and eat many different solid foods, and started sleeping in her own crib in the nursery. Her favourite new sound to make is "ta-ta-ta".
June 16, 2007 (45)

BBQ at Tomek and Nina's Place, and Father's Day 2007
Montreal Trip (67)

June 11-June 14, 2007
Natasha's 9th Month (267)

Baby Natasha is now eight months old. She weighs over 16lbs, is 31.1 inches long, still has 2 bottom teeth and is starting to look less like a baby and more like a little girl. She says a lot of "baba", "dada", "gaga" and twice said "mama". She can now sit by herself, stand with support, and is incredibly smiley and interractive. She also loves strawberries and playing with stuff like remote control, the phone, or the keyboard.
Photo Editing (83)

This is a gallery of some photo-editing I have been doing using Adobe Photoshop CS2.
May 13, 2007 (51)

Visiting Anna's house (Matthew's cousin)
Natasha's 8th Month (198)

Baby Natasha is seven months now. In the past month she cut 2 bottom teeth and is officially a bunny rabbit. She's now teething with the top ones. She's also become a lot more vocal and weaned herself off the bottle. She now exclusively eats from a spoon. She weighs around 14 lbs and is growing like a weed! She can now sit on her own for about 30 seconds before tipping over. Way to go!
Natasha's 7th Month (230)

Natasha is now six months old. Wow! Where did the time go?? Wasn't she just born such a short time ago? Anyways, our beautiful princess is getting bigger and smarter. Her hair has gotten slightly longer, she began expressing various consonants, sqealing, and what not. She also started on stage 2 solid foods (fruits/veggies) and is crazy for her morning cereal. Aside from that, she likes going outside, laughs out loud, smiles non-stop and loves her family. And everyone loves her hangy cheeks! She now weighs 13.8 lbs(6.3kg) and is 28.3 inches long (72cm).
Easter 2007 (133)

Easter 2007
Natasha's 6th Month (178)

Our baby girl is growing up. She now weighs 12.6 lbs and is 70 cm long. Yes, she's a tall girl. She has expanded on her menu by starting on solids such as sweet potatoes, green peas, peach, and apple. She also loves her oatmeal cereal and tolerates the rice. Aside from that, she makes many vowel noises and started to squeal quite loudly. Oh, and she LOVES to grab her feet and hold them!
Natasha's 5th Month (165)

Natasha is now four months old. She's gotten a little taller (68cm) and gained some weight (11.9 lbs). She has also started eating rice cereal in small quantities which gradually will increase. Natashka has also been laughing more frequently and is able to grasp toys for long periods of time. She's a very active & happy baby. This month she might get her ears pierced and will swim in the bathtub more often.
Natasha's 4th Month (193)

Natashka is now three whole months old. Wow, where did the time go?? Well, she is becoming very VERY interactive, constantly shouts and coos, weighs close to 11lbs, and smiles all the time! She is also a very messy eater and only wakes up once to eat during the night. What progress!
Christmas 2006 (72)

Christmas 2006
Natasha's Baptism (57)

Natasha was baptised on December 10, 2006 at St. Michael's Cathedral. Her Godparents (and also aunt & uncle) are Agata and Mariusz. Here are some pictures from her baptismal day.
Natasha's 3rd Month (160)

Our baby Natasha is now 2 months old. Over the past month she has gained some weight (is now over 9.2 lbs), has learned to smile broadly, and has become very active. Her hair also became slightly lighter and a bit longer. She has also added many new sounds to her cooing vocabulary.
Natasha's 2nd Month (157)

Moments from our daughter Natasha's second month. She now weighs over 8lbs and is learning a whole new set of skills such as smiling and focusing on bright objects.
Natasha's 1st Month (256)

First days in the life of our daughter. Natasha was born on September 18, 2006 at 8:33 am, weighing 7lbs 11oz.
2D & 3D Ultrasound of Natasha (48)

Was taken at 27.5 weeks pregnancy.
Julia - Early Years (59)

Early pictures of Julia and her family
Matthew - Early Years (51)

A collection of baby pictures and pictures from the early days of Matthew's life
Our Wedding (148)

Our wedding - June 11, 2005. Ontario, Canada.
Tomek and Nina Wedding (35)

May 27, 2006 Wedding Day of Tomek and Nina Rygiel (Tomek is Matthew's older brother)
Favourites (40)

These are my favourite pictures.
Anna's Wedding (6)

Anna is Matthew's cousin. She was married in April 2006
Niagara Trip (42)

Trip to Niagara Falls April 06 Julia was almost 5 months pregnant here.
Moving day 2006 (9)

Pictures from the moving day of June 28-July 1, 2006