Kaniz & Abbas +2

Kaniz, Samarah and I are in Irvine, CA for Halloween, visiting Sarah & Kabir. We just came back from Samarah's first 'Trick or Treat' outing, which was a great success. We had brought along a cow costume for Samarah but it ended up too hot outside, so we opted to dress her up in her swimsuit (yes, a swimsuit on Halloween - life's tough in Orange County).  The pictures from tonight aren't quite ready yet, but I'm posting some from the last couple of weeks (before we left on our vacation). Some highlights: We hosted a baby shower for our dear friends Inthida & Hiro (and Baby Sasaki).. and we got to meet Baby Jayden! Our annual Thanksgiving dinner at Atul & Sonal's place. Unfortunately, Rahul had to be in India for work, so we had to make do without him (the evening wasn't quite the same). Thanksgiving dinner #2 at Kaniz's mom & dad's place. Yummy Thanksgiving samosas! Now that fall is in full swing (and then some), we went out on a ...

This isn't really a strictly baby-related post, but Samarah, Kaniz and I went to the Chinese Lantern Festival a couple of weekends ago (thanks for the invite Javed & Nishat!).. the installations were very impressive, and to top it off, we had perfect weather. All in all, a fantastic evening.. enjoy the pictures!

I'm pretty much out of excuses for not keeping up with pictures, so I won't even try. Here are some of the latest pictures chronicling the adventures of Samarah (and mommy & daddy). Enjoy! Pictures from Days 184-202

Hi everyone - just wanted to wish friends and family a belated Eid Mubarik. Kaniz, Samarah and I were fortunate enough to celebrate this Eid-ul-Fitr (which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadhan) with family and friends.  I have some photos and videos that I was hoping to post, but haven't had a chance to download them from the cameras, so instead, here are a couple of videos from September for your viewing enjoyment. The first one is a couple of weeks old - Samarah is a real pro at sitting now. The second one is of Samarah hanging out in Brampton with her cousin Sakina. The lighting wasn't great in the room, hence the terrible picture quality: