One Hot Day!!

Maksim gets a little relief from the heat when he discovers the cool mist from the hose.




Maksim decides to help Gramie wash the plants outside to escape the heat in Florida.

Christmas in Florida

What a special Christmas we had in Florida with Maksim. It was a wonderful vacation with Gramie,Papa,Grandma and Grandpa,Uncle Bill and Aunt Laurie. He was in heaven, with all the attention on him. He loved every minute of it! He went swimming in the pool every day, running and playing on the golf course, and went to the beach for the first time. The weather was just perfect...warm and sunny. Maksim had so much fun running around barefoot. Thank you Mom and John for being such wonderful hosts. We had a great time!!









We had so much to be excited about this Christmas. Not only were we celebrating Maksim's first Christmas. We celebrated Bill(Barbara's Brother) and Laurie's engagement. Bill surprised Laurie with a ring a few days before Christmas!
Congratulations and Best Wishes to you both! We are thrilled for you. We can't wait for the big day!



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Wishing you a Merry Little Christmas

Maksim's First Christmas

Maksim's First Pony Ride

The week of Thanksgiving we went over to the Hunt Club to visit the Budweiser Clydesdales that were in town for the Detroit Thanksgiving Day Parade. Maksim loved seeing all the beautiful horses. He also had the opportunity to have his first pony ride in the ring. Here are a few photos from the night. Unfortuntately, mom missed a great photo op of Maksim with one of the Clydesdale horses. Sorry!!
p.s. A special note to David Stoecklein
We are getting him ready to come out to the ranch. So you can show him how to be a real cowboy!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

We have so much to be thankful for every year...but especially this year. We feel so fortunate to have this little boy in our lives. He makes our little family complete. We love him more and more everyday. We are truly blessed.

Wishing you all a wonderful Thanksgiving. Hope your day is filled with love, laughter and you are with the ones you love.








A few photos from Maksim's First Thanksgiving. We celebrated and had our turkey dinner at the Country Club with Grandpa, Nana, Aunt SuSu and Uncle Dan. Maksim of course loved the turkey, gravy, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and yams, although wasn't a big fan of pumpkin pie, but loves pumpkin bread...go figure. After a big dinner he ran around greeting all the other guests. Then went bowling at the club with his buddy Sam Adlhoch. I think someone is going to sleep well tonight!! Maksim too :)





What happened to seconds?

An Autumn Day

We are enjoying these last days of fall in Michigan. It is such a gorgeous time of the year, the leaves are all golden and crimson.

Even though it was a bit chilly, Maksim wanted to help his daddy with the leaves. Well, he mostly just wanted to play in the leaves.




Thanks Maksim and Daddy for raking all those leaves!!!!