To vaccinate or not To Vaccinate That is the Question – The Swine Flu Edition

The H1N1 vaccine is finally ready in Canada and it’s getting shipped out to all clinics and I have to make the decision whether to give it to my Girls or not. So I am beyond confused and here is what I got:
- Our family Doctor said, don’t do it, too risky since it was [...]

Either Nothing or All

Peanut never seizes to amaze me.
At 8 months she was clearly behind on her milestones, no crawling, no standing, no rolling over (that really concerned me, until the doctor told me she was too fat to roll over, HAHAHAHAHA), no teeth.
Nothing.
Nada.
Zilch.
And then when she hit 8.5 months she:
1) Turned over back to front and front [...]

To the End of the Universe and Back

I can’t begin to describe how much joy you bring to my life.
You have a sparkle in your eyes that I have never seen in any other human being. It brings so much joy to my life.
I wish I can describe how my heart flutters every time you smile at me and every time you look into [...]

An “I Wish The Earth Could Open and Swallow Me” Moment

I really wished that would happen, I was even imagining it: Maybe I can melt? Maybe I can become invisible? It was an OMG I wish the earth would just open , right here, right now and swallow me moment.
Little 7aki is turning five soon , oh how time flies, so we are busy setting [...]

Baby Food Tastes SOOOOOOOOO Good!

Honest to God baby food tastes soooooo good.
I have been steaming veggies for peanut and adding nothing to them, just steaming them and then blending them, with a hand blender, speaking of hand blenders: I want to hug , kiss, marry and worship whoever invented them.
Hand blender creator inventor, will you marry me? I really [...]

Behold…

…. the gums.

What Your Child Should Be Reading: Part 1

I LOVE children’s books. Even before I had my little 7aki I was drawn to these books and I loved reading them.
Here are some of my favorite children’s books in no particular order.
They are for different ages, from toddler to Teenager.
1) Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Clement Hurd.

Such a cute book where [...]

Four

Peanut turned 4 months a couple of days ago.
Oh my how time flies!
She can grab things now with her little tiny hands and guide them to her mouth.
She can squeal and kick her feet with excitement.
She still drools like it’s her bidness (for real she drools a lot, like A LOT).
She has a ticklish spot [...]

On The New Year.

I don’t know about any of you but the year 2008 was a tough one, many deaths, many dear people to me got ill , my pregnancy was very hard and work was soooo boring and I hated it which is a first becaue I always loved my job and  many other difficulties.
But there was one thing that [...]

Ten Reasons ….

…. to why I love 7aki peanut , I mean bateekha. Biddi akolhom AKEL

I want to eat them up . nom nom nom

YO YO YO HOLLAAAAAA

So Obama won the election eh? I got goose bumps and all.
And baby peanut (knock on wood) is all cheeks, I think I need to call her baby watermelon now (bateekha) .
And check it, check it, my sister wrote her first post here, go show her some love . The post is actually [...]

Hello My Name Is 7aki And I Am An Addict.

Yup, I can’t hide it anymore, I am addicted, BIG TIME. I can’t stop so shoot me.
I am addicted to sniffing her all over; her little neck and her little toes (sometimes they smell funny, hahaha) and her hair and OH MY GOD everything.
I can’t get enough all day and night.
Well I am not addicted to [...]

It’s a Girl!

They say be careful what you wish for, in my last post I was telling peanut to come out already and guess what? She did!
Baby peanut came out 15 days early on Sept 23rd and I am in loooooove.
She weighed 7 pounds 13 ounces. Pretty good size for an early baby. Imagine if she was [...]