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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!

On The Road Again...

We headed back to San Diego last week for some fun and relaxation. I don't know how much relaxing we did but, we did have a lot of fun and the week just flew by!!! We had the fabulous Jen Wilson come down and take pictures of the girls since we were in CA and I haven't had any pictures taken of Ellia yet (whoops!). The photo shoot didn't go too well...Jen got lost finding us and by the time she arrived Ellia was tired and crying. I was so busy focusing on Ellia that I didn't realized that Bianca was running around with her crazy hair (that she inherited from me!), half in her clothes and half out. We are still waiting on the pictures but, I am sure that Jen will work her magic and (hopefully!!!) pull through with some beautiful pictures! The day after that fiasco we went to the zoo. Bianca was in her glory and the pictures will probably speak for themselves. Of course, the elephants and the giraffes were the biggest hits (no dolphins at the SD Zoo). Other than that, we visited with relatives and friends, went to the park and played in Zarin-joon's magnificent garden!

Brace yourself for the pictures!

Ellia enjoyed her baths so much while we were gone that we had to wipe down the entire kitchen after taking her out of the tub! That is how much splashing around she did!

She also started eating rice cereal...

Everyone had fun at the zoo including Ellia...

Some of the pictures that we took during the JW photo shoot...let's see how ours compare to hers...hahahaha!

Bianca has always loved to place this stick in the hole in the backyard. Not sure why but, she thinks it is a great game!

Playing with friends and letting the "big girls" show her how it is done!

Pushing Cody Preston at the park...

We traveled up to Orange County during our trip so we could visit with the Molinos and meet precious little London... Bianca and Kennedy had a great time playing together! It is so touching to watch your children and your close friends' children playing together!

Mark and I snuck out one night for some sushi at Nobu!

Bianca running along what she calls "the beautiful path" in Zarin joon's garden!

Another Birthday Bash

We went to celebrate Kyle's 3rd birthday on Saturday at an indoor sports park. Fun was had by all and Bianca was no exception. She played soccer with the best of them (I think she was one of the youngest kids there), learned to hula-hoop (a first!), showed off her animal tattoos, ate Aunt Traci's delicious cookie cake and then ran around on a sugar high! Here are some pictures of our afternoon!