kaka

We have been seriously potty training for almost 2 weeks and although Karim still goes in his pants and on the floor sometimes he does really well with the potty and today he made his first kaka! This is great for me because I really don't like cleaning poo.  He got a piece of chocolate and he got to flush his creation and say 'bye bye kaka'.  I will just hope that all the excitement reminds him to go in the potty next time too.  

I will spare the pictures for this event :)

4 Months Already!?

Today we went for Roqaya's 4 month check-up. Everything went well, she is developing fantastically and even the hemangioma on her hand has begun to regress. The Dr. found that her neck muscles are stronger on one side than the other so we need to do some tummy time activities to help build up the other side so her head is more balanced. She now weighs 15 1/2 pounds and is 28 inches long. I also weighed Karim and he is 31 pounds. He spent the visit with the receptionist because she had more intersting things to play with than what the exam room had to offer. I will add some updated pictures also...

Sweet Dreams

I went to check on Karim and Roqaya this morning and this is what I found :) Karim started on the other side of the bed but made his way over so he could cuddle Roqaya. They both slept for another hour after this so I was able to drink my coffee in peace and I finished all my homework.

Sea Sir

Karim and Roqaya are starting to love each other more, before Roqaya didn't really care and Karim was a little jealous and didn't like her much. Recently Karim wants to hug her and kiss her and gets mad if he doesn't get a turn holding her. When Roqaya hears Karim's voice she turns her head to try to find him and when she sees him she gives him a big smile.
Karim has learned some more words but the cutest so far is 'sister' or as he says, 'sea sir'.

Karim's Busy Day

 We recently moved Karim's toys from the living room to the basement. He usually doesn't like to play down there alone so when he went down today and stayed for awhile I was trying to take advantage of the time and study and do some chores without being interrupted. After awhile he got really quiet so I went to check on him and he had fallen asleep after creating a disaster. One side of the basement is toys, the other is Ahmed's office. The two are separated by a little fence that we put up and secured (or so we thought) to keep him out of the office part. Well, it didn't work. What you may not see in the picture is probably 1000 paper clips all over which I picked up a couple months ago after he got in to them then, it wasn't fun. He also found the phone and when I went to pick him up saw that the he had called someone and the timer had been going for 23 minutes, I don't know who was on the other line, I'm just glad it wasn't 911 again.
Is this what they mean by 'terrible twos'? Because this is a terrible mess.