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Friday, November 2, 2012

3 Months & 21 Months

Okay, so Sami turned 3 months old last week, but because of hurricane Sandy we didn't have any power or heat so we had to leave our home and go to a friend's house, so I didn't get a chance to take his 3 months pictures yet. But we are now back home, and we have power, thank God, could have been much worse, the wind was blowing SO HARD it was very scary, we thought the windows were going to break and fly all over the room! we slept all in the same bed, the lightning and rain made it so scary. We went to my friend's house the next day, she and her husband and 13 months old son live in Brooklyn, a part of the city that wasn't affected by the hurricane, usually it takes us about 2 hours to get to her house, it took us 7 hours that day, first all the gas station were closed as there was no power or gas! so we ended up running out of gas and waiting for help, then we tried 3 different ways to get to manhattan but Jersey was affected hard by the hurricane so most roads and highways leading to NYC were closed, finally we found a way to manhattan, and that was the creepy part, lower manhattan and midtown looked INSANE, there are no lights at all, no traffic lights, no lights in the buildings, streets, nothing, it looked like that show revolution, or any "end of days" movie, it was the scariest thing, even Jamel was scared driving down the streets with the kids, but thank God once we crossed the bridge to brooklyn it was much better. The hurricane affected a lot of people, I hope the recovery is fast inshaa Allah.

We stayed at my friend's house that night and came home the following day, we had a lot of fun, except for Loui acting very strange and cranky all day, I think he missed home.

Sami is a sweet little boy, he smiles and laughs a lot, cries when he is hungry or sleepy, but most of the time he is a good baby :-) I love him so much, I love both my little boys, and they love each other, I am so thankful to have them.

We will go to Egypt the beginning of next year Inshaa Allah for my family to see the Loui as they miss him a lot, and also to meet Sami, no one met him yet but my mother, I am very excited and can't wait till we go. We always have a blast when we go, I'll work on Simsim's passport this weekend isA. Also I need to do a lot with my business and it has to be done from there.

Weight watchers is awesome as always, I'm in love with it, I lost 20.4 pounds in 9 weeks now, and since I had sami (more than three months) I've lost a total of 36.4 pounds. I feel great, I work out 5 days a week, 45 minutes a day, burning 300-400 calories a day. I love it, I have more energy and feel much better about how I look, I have a long way still but it's fun...

My birthday was last Friday, Jamel planned with a close friend of mine to come and take me out to a nice dinner while he watches the kids :-) it was my first time leaving them with Jamel, it was great, we went to Emeril Lagasse's restaurant about 45 minutes from here, dinner was great, it was fun to hang out with her without the boys, although I missed them, it was nice to just enjoy my food without worrying about simsim crying or Loui jumping out of his seat and climbing the table... I turned 29 years old, I plan to enjoy my last year of my 20's to the max, I am terrified of turning 30! It sounds so old and, what's the word? MATURE.

I will update with simsim's 3 months old pics when I take them.

 Me at 219 pounds (on my 29th birthday)
 Bubu and his friend Nono :-)
Simsim @12 weeks old


Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Weight Loss

It has been a while since I posted anything, everything is going good, right now Loui is in his swing to take his nap and Sami is sleeping so I have a minute to myself. Losing weight is going good, just a bit too slow, I'm now 220 pounds, which  means I've lost 15 pounds since I started weight watchers September 1st, and lost 31 pounds since I had Sami. It's great but I was hoping it would be a bit faster, but I understand that it's NOT a diet it's a life style change, and it's working, I eat less and I know what my portions should be, I indulge on Fridays and Saturdays a bit but that's what I have extra points for.
My birthday is Friday, I will be 29, my last year in the 20's, then I'm old! Can't believe I'm only 1 year away from being 30, THIRTY, God, anyways, Sami is up, I'll update later.

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

My Tita (Grandmother) Passed away

My dear Tita, my mom's mother, passed away yesterday, she was the funniest person I know, I'll always remember her jokes, great sense of humor, her shocking comments, her great cooking and her kindness. May Allah have mercy on her soul and may she rest in peace isA.






Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Sami's first week

 With his grandma
 First bath with baba

 YES I captured a newborn smile :-)



 My babies :-)


lol


Man it was an exhausting week...

Monday, August 6, 2012

Loui meeting Sami when he 1st came home


Loui still tries to touch Sami all the time, it's cute though, he does it softly, he tries to poke him also but out of curiosity like to see what he'll do. Sami is getting better, rash is clearing up slowly, and he seems to be in less pain when we change him.
Also we started potty training Loui as he started to show signs that he is ready, he pulls down his pants when he needs to change, so we got him a potty that he refuses to sit on, but when we put him on the toilet he sits for a few moments, he went in the toilet this morning with mama :-) we cheered for him a lot he was so proud of himself, I ordered some pull ups and big boy diaper underwear for him today, hopefully this will work :-) will update on this soon.
Life is busy, very very busy, but fun, I'm WAY behind on work for missing a week, so I'm trying to catch up, but between Sami changing and nursing and changing Loui and feeding him it's a bit hectic... Can't wait till Sami is a bit older to see how he acts, we still can't tell who he looks like, just a lot like Loui when he was his age.
I set up an appointment for Loui with an Audiologist this Friday as the doctor recommended for the delayed speech, not that we are worried but just to be safe. Sami's second doctor appointment will be August 31st when he is a month old isA :-)

Thursday, August 2, 2012

Pictures from Sami's birth weekend :-)


 Th night before I went in labor :-)

 Sami with my sweet Doctor









 Sami looks A LOT like his older brother when he was born :-)
YEP they are both sucking their thumbs!