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short little months ago this beautiful little angel entered our world. Although I sometimes refer to her as being "high maintenance" she has been such a blessing. I love her more and more each day. Here are some fun facts about our girl as of now:

*She weighed 15 lbs. and 12 oz (50th percentile) and measured 26 in long (55th percentile) at her 6 month check-up. Her peanut head is now back on the scale in the 5th percentile.

*She sucks her left thumb (big sister sucks her right) and she has a pink blankie with a little bear rattle attached to it that she can not live without.

*She is a quite the little piggie and eats much more than her sister at this age. She loves her green veggies (peas and green beans) but, has not really come around to any fruits yet. If this continues I may have to have her DNA tested b/c surely she can not be my daughter!

*Ellia loves her big sister and lights up with a huge smile as soon as she sees her sister walk into the room.

*She isn't crawling forward yet but, she manages to get herself across the room somehow anyway...I have caught her doing a backwards crawl on several occasions.

*She is happiest in the evening right after she eats. During this time she loves to bounce her little heart out in her exersaucer.

My Doll Baby

Looks who's sitting up all by herself!!!

Cute Videos

Ticklish, Ellia???

These videos show exactly why I love being a mama! For all of you other Mommies out there, you know what I am talking about...

Not sure who she is talking to but, she cracks me up!

"Flor-di-dah" Fun

We were in Florida last week looking for a new home and the Naderpours were kind enough to let us stay in their beautiful home. While we were there Ellia fell in love with Mark's goddaughter, Brianna. Brianna was such a great little friend to Ellia...she fed her, held her and played all kinds of games with her. To top things off, Mimi and Poppy were able to come down and visit us for a couple of days over the weekend. We all enjoyed a wonderful Mother's Day brunch at the W Hotel in Ft. Lauderdale on a picture perfect day. Of course, I missed Bianca, who was back in Vegas with her grandparents, every millisecond of that day. She made it all better when we returned home though by saying, "Happy Mother's Day" (about 100 times) and presenting me with a fingerpainting as well as a card she had made for me (with the help of Zarin-joon). Yup, I am the luckiest Mommy in the world!!!

Bianca: Mommy, guess what?

Me: What?

Bianca: We're going to new house in Flor-di-dah!

Ellia on her first-ever flight!
She did great on the way out there, not so great on the way back!

Afshin, Mark and Ellia

Brianna and Ellia

Mother's Day Brunch at the W Hotel

Booty Shakin' Pizza Party

I admit it...I got in the nasty habit of turning the TV on way too much while Ellia was a teeny tiny baby and I was busy feeding her 24/7 (or so it seemed). So in an attempt to become a better Mommy and wean Bianca from all of the programs she has become accustomed to watching, we have been doing a lot more dancing with Bianca's Music Together cd.

Where does she get these moves???

Not only has she been dancing more but, she is impressing me everyday with how fast she is growing and learning. For instance, I walked into the family room to find her doing this puzzle all by herself. She completed it with very little help from me but, I was pretty impressed for a little girl of not even 2 1/2 years old.

We also completed a little "art project" that you can see in the background. Basically it was just a collage of summery items that we glued to paper but, she enjoyed it.

To make the day even more special we had a "pizza party" as opposed to just usual "lunch". It is amazing what Bianca will go along with if I make something seem exciting...

And this little dough ball is still just as sweet as can be. She can roll over both ways now and she does this thing that I call the "jumping jellybean" where she lays on her back and bounces around the floor. I need to get a video of it and post it before she stops doing it...

Bianca at the park for a Spring party we were invited to over the weekend...

Daddy being silly with Ellia who will grab at anything and everything now and puts everything in her mouth!