Kaniz & Abbas +2

I've been meaning to put some of these videos up for some time, but you know how it goes.. if it's not one distraction, it's another. Anyway, enjoy the videos! 1. [August 4] Here is Samarah meeting Adnaan. As you can see, Adnaan was quite smitten with Samarah (she has that effect on boys!).. 2. [August 2] Here is Samarah going to town on her fingers. For the last month or so, as she starts teething, her fingers are spending more and more time in her mouth: 3. [August 26] Samarah has definitely become aware of the video camera. As soon as she sees the red record light come on, she quiets down. I think I'm going to have to put some tape on the camera to block out the light, just so I can get some footage of her babbling away. The clip below shows her current favourite past-time: 4. [August 27] Another milestone - Samarah sitting up (almost) by herself. She's definitely better at it in the morning after a full night's rest, but even still, she does pretty well for ...

Samarah turns five months today - so Happy Birthday sweetie! It's hard to believe that it's only been five months since our little +1's been in our lives, and at the same time, it's hard to believe that five months have already gone by! Samarah has really grown into a healthy, happy, beautiful baby. Although Kaniz and I often forget how little she was at birth, we were recently reminded when Safiya brought over her baby doll wearing one of Samarah's preemie outfits! There's a picture of the doll in Samarah's car seat, and it's hard to believe that our little baby was so, well, little! As usual, Samarah has been quite active - going to parties, going swimming, going shopping, going to the library.. sometimes I feel that my infant daughter gets out more than I do (sadly enough, this might actually be true). I really have to hand it to Kaniz for putting in so much effort to keep Samarah stimulated (despite only getting a few hours a night of restful sleep)....

Although I've taken a lot of pictures of Samarah, we don't have many pictures of the three of us.. So with the goal of getting at least one good 'family photo,' Kaniz, Samarah and I headed down to Edwards Gardens in North York with my trusty Nikon D80 and a borrowed tripod courtesy of my brother Hussain. It seems that I'm falling further and further behind on the pictures - this particular set was taken on August 3rd, so I guess that means about 15 days behind. Overall, I think the pictures turned out well , especially the ones with Kaniz and Samarah. As always, enjoy the pictures ... and feel free to comment!!

You bet! I think my favourite part of the day these days is when Samarah and I share a few minutes of non-stop laughter.. it's priceless!

Samarah's 4 and a half months now...when I look at the pictures of her when she was first born I can't believe that she was that small...and that she's grown so fast. It's cliche but it's so true. Anyhow, we've been busy!! We started going to the Ontario Early Years Centres for babytime. It's great. Samarah is one of youngest babies but she's starting to get into it more now. She can hold on to toys or books, she is a pro at tummy time and she loves to laugh and giggle at the older babies. We're still going to the library twice a week as well and we made it to Masala Mehndi Masti at the CNE last weekend. I find that keeping busy with her, especially while the weather is nice out, keeps both of us happy and entertained. Enjoy the pics! Samarah Days 122-133

Before I even start with today's post, let me just acknowledge the fact that it's been a while since I posted.. and I really should do a better job with keeping this thing up-to-date. Also, I should have done this a while ago, but I added a little form to the sidebar where you can subscribe to this blog.. so rather than checking in occasionally (or several times a day as some of you claim to do), you'll get notified by e-mail when there is a new post. So subscribe away!! Ok - back to the real post. When Samarah was still a '+1', I decided that I wanted to invest in a digital camera rather than a video camera.. although once she was born, I felt like I couldn't adequately capture the entire experience of having her in our lives with still photographs. I started doing some research on HD cameras, and even tried out a couple, but found the process of editing or sharing the videos to be more time consuming than I would have liked. So no video camera for me (and Sama...