Kaniz & Abbas +2

Can you believe it? Our little girl is growing up, and before we know it, she's going to be crawling, walking, running, asking to take the car out, moving away for school, getting married, etc. etc. Ok, so maybe I'm getting a little ahead of myself, but I just can't help myself! So lots of activity in the last few weeks - some highlights: We started solids! We ended up starting Samarah on solids a little earlier than six months, and she's already gotten through rice and barley and now on to butternut squash! As with everything else, Samarah is doing great! We took a couple of trips downtown - once for a walk around Yorkville and another time to see LeBron James (and also for some stargazing). Our friend Ateka (who's been super generous with giving us lots of clothes for Samarah) asked me to do a little photo shoot for her three kids.. so Samarah, Kaniz and I met them in Unionville and had a great afternoon. Samarah took her first trip to the zoo with Rayn, Diya and ...

Samarah is getting more and more fun everyday! It seems like she's learning to do something new every day. She's almost mastered the skill of sitting on her own (although she still hasn't figured out how to roll over just yet). This video is almost 4 minutes long, and for the first half, Samarah struggles to push herself away from the couch and then finally sits on her own. We're so proud of her!!

Just when I thought I was going to catch up with the pictures, I got lazy and missed a couple of weeks! I think maybe I need to streamline my workflow - as it is, the whole process goes a little something like this: I take (hundreds of) pictures, download them to my computer, select the ones worth keeping (and ones worth posting), add the oh-so-witty captions, publish the photos to the web and then write the actual post. The whole thing ends up taking longer than you'd think, which may explain why I'm posting so irregularly these days. Anyone have any brilliant ideas for me? Anyway, the last month has been quite busy, as you'll see from the pictures. Kaniz, Samarah and I had lots of fun going to different festivals across the city, entertaining friends and family, and we even made it out to the beach! Enjoy the pictures! More videos are on their way (.. and for those of you keeping count, the next post will be our 100th!) Pictures from Days 147-158

Here's another video that I had posted on YouTube a while back and never got around to adding to the blog. This is Samarah's 4-month visit to the doctor to get her shots on July 24: