Arya slept through the night in her room!

02/28/2011

Last night Arya slept through the night without waking up even once in her bed in her room... I woke up at 3:30 because Socrates was whining to go out and I was a little worried that Arya hadnt woken up at all. I had read about it where the parents freak out a little when this happens, but I didnt think it would happen to us...Yeah... we are not entirely sure what we did right this time. But believe it we will be trying everything we did last night to have a repeat of this miracle. I think I will be feeding her the exact same food as well :)

We are thrilled that she slept through the night.

Looking forward to more nights like this one.

Mean Blade Grass

02/24/2011
We were playing in the backyard enjoying the wonderful weather when a mean strand of blade grass decided to drift Arya's way and tempt her to pick it up. Although I hastily told Arya not to pick up, her curiosity forced her to ignore my warning. Arya picked up the blade grass and and held it tight in her little hand. When I tried to get her to drop it, she just slid her fingers on it and ouch... she cut her finger :( A drop of blood pooled at her fingertip and she looked up at me and said "Mommy boo boo.." I ran into the house and cleaned up the cut and and put a band aid on it. Since then she has been saying "boo boo" and kissing her little finger multiple times through the day. It is so cute to watch her do that through the day....
Luckily it was a very light cut so no biggie...

Best Friends Forever

02/24/2011

It has been a while since my last post. Arya is growing up so fast. She picks more than 50% of the words we say to her, doesnt always remember them. But she definitely tries to repeat after us.

We went to Kiawah Island, SC this past weekend to spend some time with Kathy (one of my best friends) and her family. Kathy and Phil's daughter Lilian is just over 2 months older to Arya. They had such a blast playing with each other annoying each other - it was a lot of fun to watch. It was Arya's first time with spending so much time with another kid her own age. Needless to say she was so excited that the concept of eating escaped her thoughts completely.

This was also Arya's first time at the beach. She did not have much fun walking barefoot, but she did have a lot of fun walking around with her shoes on. She collected shells and looked at dead starfish.

Throughout the trip both Arya and Lilian would try to eat out of each other plate when they were snacking, or snatch the toy out of each other's hand, but they didnt fight. Lilian is at the stage where everything is "mine", so every time Arya would take one of Lilian's toys Lilian would come and take it back saying "mine". It was very cute....

Since Lilian had been to this place a few times before, she tried to show Arya the way by holding her hand and walking together. They also shared a few moments on a rocking chair..

I really hope that they will grow up to be best friends like Kathy and I and cherish these moments that they are spending together.