Kaniz & Abbas +2

Ok, so you probably thought that Samarah didn't survive the ear piercing as we haven't posted in so long, but she did! Her ears are healing very nicely and she already got her first new pair of earrings. We can't put them in for another 5 weeks though. 2 weeks ago, we took Samarah downtown for a fun filled day in the sun. It's so hard to keep her shaded though (and no sunscreen for another 2 months). We met Lauranna at Saving Grace for a delicious breakfast (my new favorite spot) and then we walked around Trinity Bellwoods. We then headed down to the Harbourfront Centre with Pratiksha and Rahul for Samarah's first summer festival, Beats, Breaks and Culture. Half way through the break dancing competition, her and I left Daddy and went to browse through the clothing and jewelry stalls - man that girl loves to shop! The next weekend Maria came to visit us from NY and we went to Livia's baby shower. Abbas and I volunteered to help make the favours so we decided...

Last Friday, as we're heading to my parents' place, Kaniz announces that after the visit, we were going to a mall and getting Samarah's ears pierced.. although I wasn't sure about getting this done so soon, Kaniz persuaded me that now was the best time, before Samarah is really even aware of her ears.. so off we went to Claire's at Yorkdale Mall to get the ordeal over with. As usual, Kaniz was well prepared - she brought a numbing cream for Samarah's ears as well as some baby Tylenol. The plan was to give her some Tylenol a half hour before and numb her earlobes to ease the (eventual) pain. So far, so good. Except, as soon as we got in the store, Samarah must have felt something was up and started fussing and crying, which is quite unusual for her. We first tried to have Kaniz hold Samarah while her ears were being pierced, but Samarah kept moving too much, so I had to do it. Having to restrain my wailing baby while willingly letting someone hurt her was quite d...

The days are flying by.. so much so that we almost missed Samarah turning 100 days old! She passed that milestone on June 30th, and we didn't realize it until the day was nearly over.. so alas, no picture of our little cutie on her big day.  In our defense, we've been pretty active and Samarah has been learning new tricks almost every day, such as: Giggling fits! If you get her in the right mood, she can't stop laughing.. it really is the sweetest thing, and hearing her laughter cracks us up, which in turn makes Samarah laugh even more. Sitting up.. well, not quite on her own, but she can sit quite comfortably in her Bumbo chair (thanks Safiyya). Surfing on her tummy time board. We've been doing tummy time with her for a while now, but she hasn't had a lot of staying power until recently. As you'll see in the photos, she's gotten quite comfortable on her tummy. Soothing herself with her hands. She's been doing this for a while, but it's been very con...