March 2013

March was awesome.  Sanaa's 1st birthday, a wonderful brunch to thank me for birthing her (!), our first trip to the Art Museum (she was sooo interested), our first family trip away, Sanaa trying to learn to walk (not quite there yet), and the ending of winter coming upon us.  It even had a very successful ear tube surgery that she was just an amazement to watch her go through.  She's quite a trooper (and a charmer).

And now I'm all caught up - here's March 2013 pictures!

February 2013

February brought a fully crawling Sanaa, and I swear, it's like she's a little puppy peeking that head around corners to see where me, Hasan or Roxie is.  It is the CUTEST thing to see those eyes lighting up.  It also brought a first meeting with her greatgrandmother on Hasan's dad's side which means a lot to me since I barely knew my grandparents.

And just as nice, Hasan and I did our first weekend away from the baby (thanks Auntie Ebonie!).  It was 36 hours of heaven, I have to say.  To know that I didn't have to wake up and run around was very sweet.  And then I missed her.

It did not bring very many pictures - a few are here.

January 2013 - Happy New Year!

January had a great start with a wonderful New Year's Day.  Then it slid into a week or more of torture as first Hasan, then Sanaa, then I came down with a terrible stomach bug, and she then got a cold and set of ear infections.  UGH.  I've never seen so much throw up in my life from one little girl - and never been so scared or exhausted actually.

All that time at home however gave me lots of time to help her practice crawling, which I did by throwing Cheerios all over the ground to motivate her to crawl to them and eat them.  See video above for dramatic footage.

And the rest of January is here...

December 2012

Merry Christmas!  I really enjoyed this holiday season.  Between getting our first Christmas tree (a real one!), taking the time to buy presents for each other and the little ones in our lives, watching doting cousins relish Sanaa opening her presents, and of course my endless baking for Christmas Eve party at our house, I couldn't have asked for a better holiday season.  I honestly can't wait for the next one.

I look back on these December pictures now and she was so round-faced back then, and a little less emphatic!

Enjoy!

November 2012

Happy Thanksgiving!  We had a wonderful November.  It was started by a delayed Halloween parade in our neighborhood where Sanaa went as a tiger (SO cute).  It progressed into our settling into the new routine of life, and ended with a really lovely first Thanksgiving.  Sanaa got to wear a traditional Indian little girl's outfit to the party, and was really the belle of her cousins' eyes and attention...lucky girl.

Here are pictures from November, with lots of cute kids :)

52 Weeks

The end of this series - Happy Birthday!  For her birthday, I took a half day and she and I spent the day together.  Here she is on our walk to have lunch together.  The start of this sort of posing for the camera.  I love it.

51 Weeks

Caught on camera.  What those of us who spend time with her every day get to deal with.  Sanaa is nothing if she's not emphatic, clear about what's ok and what's not, and expressive.  I am thankful she has such a clear sense of what she feels.  Most days I enjoy it too.

50 Weeks

On March 5th, Sanaa had surgery to put tubes in her ears.  She was an absolute trooper.  Afterwards, we spent the day together.  Here's my attempt to keep her confined while I made some food for us.  What?...she has a bottle in there with her!

49 Weeks

Family day on one of the first days signaling the end of winter.  It was warm enough to get some food and sit outside for a few minutes.

48 Weeks

Little stylized treatment here.  Absolutely one of my favoritest pictures in the world.  Again with the eyes and the hair!!

47 Weeks

I don't know why I love this picture so much.  Maybe it's the "uh-oh" look on her face.  Maybe it's her being surrounding by all her "friends" in her books.  Maybe it's the fact that she's wearing a shirt that Hasan said "Babe, what is this?  An off the shoulder top for a baby?"

46 Weeks

Many a cold wintery Saturday were spent in the kitchen, me cooking and Sanaa playing on this very floor.  This was the first time I caught her climbing the stairs.

45 Weeks

Sanaa is very very fortunate to have both of her great-grandmothers still with us in this life.  Here's her first visit with Great-grandma Winnie...this visit was short, but very neat - 4 generations of Andrews between Grandma, Hasan's Dad, Hasan, and the baby.

44 Weeks

I think they look very alike.  My two sweeties.

43 Weeks

I ADORE this photo.  It so captures her - bright-eyed, on the move, and ready to smile.  Plus, I LOVE that hair!

42 Weeks

This picture is actually one of a series...it's one of the first times I saw Sanaa and Roxie really start to interact more deeply.  Sanaa crawls across the bed to pet Roxie, Roxie lets her, Sanaa gets excited, then Roxie starts showing off (see above), so Sanaa thinks to pet her even more, to which Roxie does her customary "don't touch me" light "bite" and then Sanaa cries.  Oh well.  More to come I'm sure.  It was very very sweet to watch.

41 Weeks - Happy New Year!

New Year's Day was a wonderful day at home of relaxation capped off with a yummy meal made by me.  

40 Weeks - Merry Christmas!

Here she is on very pink bouncy horsey courtesy of the McKennon-Peterson gang.  The kid did very well with Christmas.  Seemed to know exactly what to do with all the presents she got from friends and family.  She even tried to go for a pair of really fantastic shoes that Hasan bought me :)  Just a little before her time...but it's coming!