January round up!

Sary is witnessing a stage of quick development!

he started to say words I can understand, instead of the constant babbling,

he knows what he wants, and he knows how to GET what he wants...

and he's imitating every single activity his brother does...

and here I shall say  we are so lucky that Ghadi is a relatively a quiet peaceful child 

(most of the times...)...

(well, sometimes...)

 I am grateful that January passed 

it was one of those creepy months... 

Sary had  tonsils infection... had to  treat it with antibiotics (Augmentin)

and all the accompanying symptoms were there: fever, cough, running nose, 

he was fussy and cranky..

  

and when all that is over, my sister pushed me to stop giving him the pacifier...

and so I did, I threw it away and I was preparing myself for the de-pacifying stage...which was really TOUGH!

Sary didn't cope well with it...

it's been two weeks now, but he is still waking up at night, asking for a bottle of milk

 (which happened three times last night)

and he seems like punishing us! 

otherwise, it's getting so funny at home, 

Sary repeats unexpected words and it makes us laugh and wonder and forget all other sorrows!

he sings along

and he loves to dance, to run, to jump!

and one other hobby: he loves to BREAK stuff!

 he snitched my JustCavalli and in one second he turned it into a piece of junk, 

the maintenance guy shook his head in despair and whispered: " sorry ma'am, this cannot be fixed!: 

Ghadi is a totally different story!

He is getting more responsible and enjoying every single minute at school.

 and still enjoys playing with is cars!

 oh, and we are hosting these fellows every weekend!

he brings them from school, and we try our best to terurn them on monday, ALIVE!

we attended his friend's birthday last week...

and on our way back home he said:

"mama, please remind me to take invitation cards to the burger king on September 27th !"

and I was like: "Whaaaaat?"

he said:

"yes, to invite my friends to my birthday on 28th!"

*that was sooo cute!*

How to beat winter cold!

Ghadi discovered two simple steps:

1- Go to the Living Room

2- Jump under dad's Moroccan Cape

and 3:
take hold of the Remote Control!

A glimpse back to November

Just everyday's life...

Those are few random shots taken by my phone,

they are of bad quality I know, but I'm posting them 

as a quick glimpse to our daily chaotic crazy life 

with the boys I adore the MOST

 taking advantage that his brother had to go to the toilet,

Sary jumped on the car track and tried to roll the cars exactly as Ghadi does it!

of course shortly after taking the shot I had to stop 

the fight that erupted as soon as Ghadi spotted his baby brother daring to play with HIS cars!

coming back from a visit to Jamil's parents, it was raining heavily, 

and we had to wait a couple minutes on the sidewalk before heading to the car parked on the other side...

Sary struggled to get off my grip 

he felt the rain drops and he was extremely happy

It was a huge discovery for him, then the fun began when he realized it could hit his face!

I took a bazillion photos but all were blurred because the little explorer wouldn't stand still for a fraction of second!

 Sary wearing his first Hoody!

 Me" shooting myself as per my sister's request!

in one of our self-portrait exchange session

 The classical Music concerts by the Lebanese philharmonic Orchestra are back 

and we are trying to go regularly..

 Ghadi didn't accompany us yet since that he gets sleepy by the time we leave... and knowing that he is able to sleep in the middle of any concert of any kind, 

just like he did in Sami Youssef' Concert we attended last summer,

I prefer that he stays at home and I don't push him to accompany us anymore!

 That was taken just before the concert started!

and then 30 minutes after... yes, fully asleep, on my lap!

 A visit to Jamil's Brother would definitely include: playing with IPAD

Playstation/ and or computer games!

 Ghadi getting grounded by Jamil for a Major thing he did!

I envy Jamil's for the cold blood style!

he talks with him slowly and he clarifies things and he's always ready to hear what Ghadi has to say!

do my kids know how lucky they are for having such a great father?

I know I am for having him by my side, and someday they'll realize it as well...

and here's my hero, tasting the pain au chocolat for the first time!

Action action!

WAW!
Too much action and no time at all to post or describe how happy I am about the presence of my sister's family here!
we are spending great times and surely there will be many posts to document their stay!
until then, here's a tiny little photo of my happy monster!

A special post, for a Very special one

On this special day,
here a post dedicated to very special one

To my father
on his birthday...

I will not try to summarize his journey, or mine

I will not mention what he did and how he lived

But I really want that my kids know something about their grandfather

When they grow up, and when time is suitable to tell them about these facts

I’m afraid life would be too hectic

I’m afraid I would forget

I’m afraid I won’t have the courage to talk about all this 

So this is to you boys

Please read it carefully and live the moments and feel the love I have for this great man

It’s not going to be a biography

But just simple facts, flashbacks, and memorable moments

At the Park!

Sary is 1, the Gathering!

A first Birthday isn't perfect without a great family gathering!

this is one of the epic -March- events that I want to document...

CARS II and the never ending Iliad !

yes, yes

we are STILL fond of CARS the movie, the Grand Prix

and Ghadi keeps on doing same scenes with his bunch of cars!

and for those who didn't see the movie, 

there's that bad guy, who wants to burn all cars using a laser camera!

and we aretrying our best to find a suitable gadget that would serve as this evil camera

finally Ghadi got his binoculars, (a gift from Aunt J surely)

and it happens that it has like laser light for night vision!

Super! 

the racing track

the evil guy with his camera!

then the fatal light!

the collision!

it makes me extremely happy to watch him play with such enthusiasm, neglecting all other techno-time-wasting-aspects of our age!

The best bunch of flowers I ever had!

Last month on Valentine's we decided to take kids out, weather was nice after many cold gloomy days, so we headed to Sanayeh park

Ghadi played football with his father

I Love to see them playing together

it reminds me how lucky I am having a boy, who would share his father's interests

the Other boy was calmly sitting in his trolley,

enjoying the voices of kids and birds

Then I spotted them 

and here we are, the most adorable flowers from my boy, saying: "Eid Hobb Sa'id! (happy Love Day)"

my day and my whole life is full of love because you exist!

Random Facts

The photo above gives clear quick hints to three facts:

Fact 1-this guy, (the older on

e) is the most adorable father

I know many many mothers will assume they have married the greatest husband-friend-lover

But I will humbly say, that I am constantly surprised about the amount of tenderness this man is able to express, give and transmit to his children

Jamil is very supporting,

I mean, lets’ admit, he wakes up in the night with me, holding our baby, singing to him at 3:00AM while I prepare the milk bottle

he would walk down our baby tens of times holding his tiny hands encouraging him to keep walking and supporting his lovely steps

he would go search for a toy, requested by our older son, he would search in 2-3-4 toy stores until he find it (I would NOT do that!)

he would sit next to him, watching him play or play with him

he would put him to bed at night, whispering prayers in his ears

he would do ANYTHING, literally anything that would make our sons happy

I’m so lucky and so happy I have him by my side

His heart is so big and so warm we all fit perfectly in there!

Fact 2- sary’s hair is only getting uglier

I know he’s born with little hair

But those are growing in such a strange way… he’s gonna need a haircut very soon!

Fact 3- that Yuppala/jumper/marche-bébé or whatever u name it, shown at the left corner of the photo,

That is a survivor!

It belonged to my 17-year old niece!

It has been used by her, her sister and borother when they visited Beirut, by Ghadi, by my neighbor’s son, and now by Sary

And still, as tough as ever!

Not a scratch and flawless!

I wonder now that Sary is done with it (he refuses to sit in it anymore!) what would be its next destination!

Random thoughts at the end of January

It's been long time since I posted here.
It's Winter,
It's January...
and it's So cold
but I know this is no Excuse....

The start of this year was accompanied by many heart-pounding challenges.
and I had to take some important decisions related to my career
so this was taking  great time and huge effort.
and now all I can say is that I hope I did the right decision and what is best for me and my family.

January also brought running noses and swollen eyes at home!
I had to give Sary his first Antibiotics 2 weeks ago (this fact is depressing enough) and Ghadi recovered quickly from what seemed like a potential heavy flu (that wiped away the depression!)

meanwhile,
Ghadi seems like he's growing so fast,
it's just getting so fun talking to him, we are having long conversations now,
discussing stuff like why I didn't became an astronaut,
and he's a great brother too! he ENJOYS feeding sary
he does his Best to make him laugh!
they're so cute together!

Sary is standing by his own, holding the edge of a table or the sofa, he sits carefully (after falling several times hitting his head on the floor!)
he enjoys playing hide and seek now and hides his face with any piece of clothes waiting for you to search for him (I'm hiding my face, therefore I don't exist ! :)
he laughs very often and his tiny lower teeth are so cute, especially that there is no sign of any other tooth coming soon!

still one week to end this month, hope it'll bring more fun and joyful moment than the passing ones!

new look, winter look!

Ghadi asked me to shoot him and print the photo to show his teacher that HE IS sleeping alone (with me next to him), in fact in this photo, he was pretending to be asleep,

and another fact: he IS sleeping all by himself! 

he finishes playing, goes to his bed, and sleeps! waw!

my angel while asleep, I spotted him holding his toy, how cute!

Three in a Bubble!

The Perfect Trio!

How many times am I gonna say this:

these are my favorite trio!

I love every bit of  them

ah So many cheeks to eat! :)

Sary's First Tooth...

This was taken last Saturday while celebrating Sary's first tooth.

actually it appeared 2 weeks ago, and

yet no photos for this tooth up till now!

we had a big gathering and I made the "snayniyyeh" 

a traditional wheat dessert made specially at this occasion!

Ghadi seems to enjoy more and more family reunions

He had great time with his cousin/neighbor/mate and lovely friend Y.B.

they are amazing now while playing together, no more fighting & crying scenes!

Love those boys!