Time flies...

By Abbas -

.. when you're busy chasing after a feisty toddler!

Hi again everyone. Been a while since the last post, and since I finally got done sorting through the pictures in July and August, I figured it was about time for a post.

So a lot has been going on in our life. The biggest news, of course, is the expected arrival of +2. The new news (although it isn't very new anymore) is that Samarah is having a baby sister! I'm not sure if we decided to find out the gender because we simply couldn't wait or because we wanted to know if we could re-use all of Samarah's stuff. Probably a bit of both. :) In any case, Kaniz and I are super excited about +2 - we think she will be a great little sister to Samarah.. and they'll never ever argue, fight or whine and always share and be helpful. Ok, so maybe a little wishful thinking on our part, but one can hope.

Between the doctor's visits, busy work schedules, library visits, outings to the park, shopping trips, and a couple of mini vacations, the rest of the summer just flew by. As you'll see from the pictures, we really didn't take a whole lot. I'd like to think that I'm saving my photography skills for +2's arrival, but it probably has more to do with my overall laziness in not bringing the camera everywhere.

Anyway, enjoy the pictures.. if you haven't written us in a while, drop us a note and tell us how you're doing!

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