Today, Aliyah "crawled." She was on her stomach and wiggled her way backwards...then later today, she wiggled forward. When I put a toy in front of her, she struggled to get it but ended up going the oppostie direction instead. Heh heh I'm sure she'll figure out this backward/forward thing soon. She's four months old and already she's trying to crawl! Masha'Allah =) Oh I love her! I can't keep my eyes off her! She's everything to me.
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Scoot Scoot Scoot
Today, Aliyah "crawled." She was on her stomach and wiggled her way backwards...then later today, she wiggled forward. When I put a toy in front of her, she struggled to get it but ended up going the oppostie direction instead. Heh heh I'm sure she'll figure out this backward/forward thing soon. She's four months old and already she's trying to crawl! Masha'Allah =) Oh I love her! I can't keep my eyes off her! She's everything to me.
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Rollie Pollie Update
So here's the rollie pollie update:- This morning she rolled from her back to her stomach, then back onto her back, then back on her stomach again! Triple roll!
- Also this morning, she was playing with daddy. He was teaching her to walk...one foot in front of the other as he held her hands. Then this evening she was standing on anaagee's stomach and walked towards her face without any help!
- This evening she was lying on her stomach on a sheet on the floor and anaagee put a bottle a couple of feet away from her. She pulled the sheet and brought the bottle to her! She's thinking outside the box!
She's going to be the first hijabi in the olympics!
The last few weeks have been nothing but rollie rollie rollie. When we put her to bed we lay her on her back. When we go to check on her though, she's on her side or her stomach. Oh this cutie is full of wonderful surprises!
Daddy was watching some videos I took of Aliyah and had on my desktop. He said he saw the folder and was curious as to what it was. He started to play one of the videos and his heart jumped. He found himself cheering her on as if she could hear him "Come on baby. Just a little bit more! You can do it!" His heart is completely stolen by her =) She melts him. What a magical beautiful baby girl.
She grabs everything, including that rattle she wasn't interested in just a couple of weeks ago. Shes growing so fast! She just started grabbing her feet a couple of days ago and pulls them towards her mouth. Who wouldn't want to eat those cute, tasty little toes! Yum!
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Rollie Pollie Away!
So cutie pie has been rolling all the way over onto her stomach for a couple of weeks now! She's such a superstar! And her talking volume has increased by about 1 billion decibals! She's so loud! And sometimes she makes really funny noises that sounds like a cat in a fight! She's so funny!
So a couple of days ago she woke up at around 5 or 6 in the morning and her daddy was very sleepy. She was making her usual loud noises and he just wasn't in the mood. He turned and looked at her very sternly and in a very harsh tone said "Aliyah! Be quiet!" She stops and looks at him for a second and then her lip curls up slightly and she lets out the cutest little giggle! How could he feel anything but love and happiness after that!?! Oh the powers she has over us already! Later that same day, I laid her on the bed and started to set the mood for bedtime. I softly repeated "it's time to go to sleep" with the lights dimmed. Then out of nowhere this cutie lets out the funniest cat noise at the top of her lungs! How can I do anything but laugh!? So much for trying to unwind her.
I took her to the doctor's office a few days ago because she had her first cold (she's fine) and she weighs 12.75 lbs! She moved up another diaper size! You'd think I'd realize she needed to change sizes after all those episodes of explosive poop leaking out of the diaper. So with every diaper size, the pictures of the sesame street gang look a little older. This time, they're sitting up and crawling! She's not that big yet! She's just a little thing still...well in age at least =)
When she wakes up and sees me she smiles so sweetly. Then I started to unwrap her...one arm shoots straight up like shes going to fly away...then the other and a nice long stretch. Everything she does is so cute!
Sometimes I wish I could stop taking so many pictures of her. I'm obsessed with her cuteness. I think I need to go to some support group for obsessed mothers. I can't help it! I want to be able to look back and remember everything...but at the same time I was to savor the moment instead of running to get my camera. Perhaps I can cut back just a little bit =)
I just remember one last funny thing about her...for some reason she likes it when I pick her nose =D Maybe it tickles. I don't know but she sure thinks it's funny!
So a couple of days ago she woke up at around 5 or 6 in the morning and her daddy was very sleepy. She was making her usual loud noises and he just wasn't in the mood. He turned and looked at her very sternly and in a very harsh tone said "Aliyah! Be quiet!" She stops and looks at him for a second and then her lip curls up slightly and she lets out the cutest little giggle! How could he feel anything but love and happiness after that!?! Oh the powers she has over us already! Later that same day, I laid her on the bed and started to set the mood for bedtime. I softly repeated "it's time to go to sleep" with the lights dimmed. Then out of nowhere this cutie lets out the funniest cat noise at the top of her lungs! How can I do anything but laugh!? So much for trying to unwind her.
I took her to the doctor's office a few days ago because she had her first cold (she's fine) and she weighs 12.75 lbs! She moved up another diaper size! You'd think I'd realize she needed to change sizes after all those episodes of explosive poop leaking out of the diaper. So with every diaper size, the pictures of the sesame street gang look a little older. This time, they're sitting up and crawling! She's not that big yet! She's just a little thing still...well in age at least =)
When she wakes up and sees me she smiles so sweetly. Then I started to unwrap her...one arm shoots straight up like shes going to fly away...then the other and a nice long stretch. Everything she does is so cute!
Sometimes I wish I could stop taking so many pictures of her. I'm obsessed with her cuteness. I think I need to go to some support group for obsessed mothers. I can't help it! I want to be able to look back and remember everything...but at the same time I was to savor the moment instead of running to get my camera. Perhaps I can cut back just a little bit =)
I just remember one last funny thing about her...for some reason she likes it when I pick her nose =D Maybe it tickles. I don't know but she sure thinks it's funny!
Monday, July 2, 2007
My light, my life, my love
Oh this beautiful daughter of mine amazes me every day. Her eyes light up when we go outside and I can see such a brilliant noor illuminating from within. She sings to daddy and me as we stroll along the neighborhood, amazed at the bright blue staring back at us. When I hold her in my arms and she smiles at me, it's as if I've gotten a glimpse of Jannah. She laughs sometimes, but only for mommy! She's mine! =) I love her more than anything in this dunya and she loves me like no one else.
It seems like every time I'm holding her she tries to lift her head to sit more upright...and when she's completely upright, she wants to be standing...and when she's standing she wants to run away! I'm going to have a lot of work ahead of me, chasing this cutie. She discovered her hands a couple of weeks ago and now she grabs with superhero grip, from my finger, her bib and sometimes her toys to my hair and even face. And she somehow she always ends up with her bib twisted around so that it serves as a cape for this superbaby.
When she cries without comfort, this means her gums are hurting so I let her bite on my thumb. Her lips curl around it in such a way that when she talks, she makes an 'm' sound. Once she distinctly said "mama" and I was so shocked to hear it come out of this tiny little mouth. Sure, she didn't know what she was saying and it hasn't happened since, but oh what a wonderful feeling! I can't wait until she says it and means it!
So what bad can possilbly come from this daughter? Well, I wouldn't say anything bad but perhaps some unpleasantries: explosive poop for one. Diaper after diaper, only pee, and then after one magical feeding she releases the poop that has been waiting to escape all day, building and building until finally...boom! It shoots out with such an extreme force that it breaks the levies of on both sides of the diaper and it rushes down the back, soiling the nice clean onesie that I just put on! Oh how I remember the days when they were less predictible, shooting without warning just as I open the diaper to change her...or even worse, when I was too lazy to put her on the changing pad and mommy & daddy's blanket paid the price. I've learned to have a burp cloth under her after feedings, just in case.
Spitting up can also be a problem. Just this morning, towards the end of her meal, she choked on milk and threw up all over the place! Poor baby! You need to slow down! And it seems when I neglect to put a bib on her she decides that's a perfect time to spit up. The other day, right as I finished dressing her, she spit up on her nice clean onesie. So I started to put a new one on because I can't have my baby's shirt wet and uncomfortable. As I fastened the last snaps...spit-up. Well it can't possibly happen a third time...yes it can. Four onesies in 20 minutes! But she has good aim sometimes...the spit-up lands either on her bib, the burp cloth or on daddy, not mommy =)
Oh but I can't complain! She's so worth it! It's funny to me, that's all =)
I recite the three Quls for you in the morning and in the evening and before bed and I blow on you. You love the sound of the Quran. It's so soothing and makes you go to sleep. Our bedtime routine starts with recitation of all the surahs I know, over and over again as I clean up around the room and you lay in your crib. Then you start to get sleepy, sometimes cranky. I pick you up and give you your pacifier, wrap you nice and snug and either proceed to recite or sing you a song. The light starts out somewhat bright. Then I switch to the nightlight and then only a faint light from the hallway peaks into the room. When you're almost asleep, I creep through a sliver in the doorway and pray that the baby monitor stays quiet.
What a wonderful life. I love my baby daughter more than anything. I wouldn't go back in time before she was born for all the gold in the world!
It seems like every time I'm holding her she tries to lift her head to sit more upright...and when she's completely upright, she wants to be standing...and when she's standing she wants to run away! I'm going to have a lot of work ahead of me, chasing this cutie. She discovered her hands a couple of weeks ago and now she grabs with superhero grip, from my finger, her bib and sometimes her toys to my hair and even face. And she somehow she always ends up with her bib twisted around so that it serves as a cape for this superbaby.
When she cries without comfort, this means her gums are hurting so I let her bite on my thumb. Her lips curl around it in such a way that when she talks, she makes an 'm' sound. Once she distinctly said "mama" and I was so shocked to hear it come out of this tiny little mouth. Sure, she didn't know what she was saying and it hasn't happened since, but oh what a wonderful feeling! I can't wait until she says it and means it!
So what bad can possilbly come from this daughter? Well, I wouldn't say anything bad but perhaps some unpleasantries: explosive poop for one. Diaper after diaper, only pee, and then after one magical feeding she releases the poop that has been waiting to escape all day, building and building until finally...boom! It shoots out with such an extreme force that it breaks the levies of on both sides of the diaper and it rushes down the back, soiling the nice clean onesie that I just put on! Oh how I remember the days when they were less predictible, shooting without warning just as I open the diaper to change her...or even worse, when I was too lazy to put her on the changing pad and mommy & daddy's blanket paid the price. I've learned to have a burp cloth under her after feedings, just in case.
Spitting up can also be a problem. Just this morning, towards the end of her meal, she choked on milk and threw up all over the place! Poor baby! You need to slow down! And it seems when I neglect to put a bib on her she decides that's a perfect time to spit up. The other day, right as I finished dressing her, she spit up on her nice clean onesie. So I started to put a new one on because I can't have my baby's shirt wet and uncomfortable. As I fastened the last snaps...spit-up. Well it can't possibly happen a third time...yes it can. Four onesies in 20 minutes! But she has good aim sometimes...the spit-up lands either on her bib, the burp cloth or on daddy, not mommy =)
Oh but I can't complain! She's so worth it! It's funny to me, that's all =)
I recite the three Quls for you in the morning and in the evening and before bed and I blow on you. You love the sound of the Quran. It's so soothing and makes you go to sleep. Our bedtime routine starts with recitation of all the surahs I know, over and over again as I clean up around the room and you lay in your crib. Then you start to get sleepy, sometimes cranky. I pick you up and give you your pacifier, wrap you nice and snug and either proceed to recite or sing you a song. The light starts out somewhat bright. Then I switch to the nightlight and then only a faint light from the hallway peaks into the room. When you're almost asleep, I creep through a sliver in the doorway and pray that the baby monitor stays quiet.
What a wonderful life. I love my baby daughter more than anything. I wouldn't go back in time before she was born for all the gold in the world!
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