On being an expat baby

Here I am in Bahrain. We came here to live with my daddy, he has alreay been here for a year. I like it here a lot. Everywhere we go I ooh and ahh over the things I see! In Bahrain one this is for sure, they love kids a lot in Bahrain and everywhere you go there are tons of fun things for the kids to do. In the big City Centre mall there is a massive kids area with games, a playground, rides, a huge merr-go-round, one whole part of the mall is all kids stores and toy stores even! The people are so friendly to me too, they always say hi to me then call other people over to look at me and say hi. And at Rics and Fudruckers the waitresses cleaned me up with wet wipes after I ate and picked me up and carried me around showing me off. I don't understand what they are saying but I am very young so I am sure I will come to understand a bit of their language as I grow. I like the food here a lot, mommy was worried that the flavors would be too different but I have enjoyed shawai'mas, lamb kabobs, beef kababs, persian chicken with rice, sweet melon juice, a wonderful gumbo made by my new Uncle Jason, and warm fresh flatbreads with hummus and cucumber garlic sauce which I really loved. Mommy says she is happy that I am so young because I will really grow up with 2 cultures and have a good start on living a diverse and open-minded life. I wanted to show you some new pictures of me but the pictures won't upload right now so hopefully I can do that later.

It's been awhile

It has been so long since I updated any of my blogs, a lot of things have been keeping me busy but once I get settled in my new home in a few weeks I will be back to updating reguarly.

Experiencing new things......

I've been neglecting the blogs lately, life has just gotten in the way. I spent two weeks with stitche in my right hand so that slowed me down a bit. I did take plenty of pictures though! I got this great one of Skye laughing at Lexi. Her face is hilarious. She is also learning to feed herself with a spoon. She likes eating with her fingers but always tries to take my spoon so I gave her one the other day and she did a nice job. She took her first steps yesterday, I wasn't quick enough with the camera. They were wobbly and she looked down at her feet each time, after 5 steps she reached out for me and I clapped and cheered. I also got her a little guitar the other day. The strings move and make noises too. She put held it the right way the very first time, I think she has her Daddy's talent! Ever since then everytime she even lifts her foot up she claps and cheears!! I have my video camera charged, hopefully she will take more steps soon!

More Movies

Just a few random movies of Skye. They are about a month old if not older by now so I will have to take some more to post soon. Enjoy!

Skye updates

I can't get the picture upload thing to work today so we'll just go with some writing.

Skye has 2 new teeth bringing the total up to 7, that is 4 on top and 3 on bottom. She has some funny new things she does. Well, it isn't very funny but her reaction is a hoot. She loves to bite me now and when I say "ouch!" she scrunches her face up, puts her hands on front of her and says in a real scratchy voice "owwwwwwwww!" Pretty cute even though it is painful, I am sure she keeps doing it because I laugh. She has discovered her toybox finally, it is in the living room and has been there for some time now but she never paid any attention to it. The other day she pulled herself up on it and started pulling stuff out of it much to my delight and surprise. She emptied the whole thing they crawled away to pick up a forgotten cheerio she spied under the couch! Today while at moms she discovered the stairs, a scary thing for any parent. I stood behind her to see what she would do and she actually climbed up the first step........oh boy, time to get a baby gate for the stairs! Skye is saying mama, dada, hi, and Rob so far, I am sure she will be a talking considering the family she comes from!

9 months of cute!

The past 9 months have just flown by as they always do when you have kids. Skye went for her 9 month visit today. She weighs 19lb 9oz and is 27" long. That puts her at the 50th percentile for weight and 30th percentile for height, which totally confirmed my suspicions that she is a shortie! She is pulling up on everything and cruising on all the furniture. Every once in a while she will let go and stand for a couple of seconds before falling on her booty. I call her my tiny terror because now that she is so mobile she gets into everything and follows me everywhere I go! She sounds like a police car when she whines and follows me around as I do housework or cook dinner. Man, only 3 months until her first birthday.....wow time sure does fly!

First Magic Kingdom Trip!

We took a very spontaneous trip to Disney yesterday. Aunt Jen and Uncle Rob got a villa down there for a week and invited us down for a day so we took it! We left Monday afternoon, got there around 2 or so and found a kiddie pool right outside the door of their room! Aunt and the gang were at Blizzard Beach so we had time to kill. I was so thrilled. Mom put some sunscreen on me and we played for awhile. When my aunt, uncle,and cousins got back from the water park we all got changed and went to downtown Disney. I loved the lights and music, I was dancing and talking to everyone. We ate at Rainforest Cafe and I thought the animals and thunderstorms were so cool! Tuesday we went to Disney! I had already been to Epcot but this was my first trip the the Magic Kingdom. I loved the monorail to the park! Once there I just looked around and loved everything. Mommy wore me around for awhile and took me on the Pirates ride, it was so neat! I was laughing and smiling the whole time! I napped in my stroller for a bit and when I woke up we went to Minnie and Mickeys houses! I sat in Minnies reading chair and hung out in Mickeys garage. Mommy got me a pretty Minnie Mouse ear hat and had them embroider my name on it. We got back really late at night so we stayed with Aunt again and came home Wednesday morning, it was so much fun. Ican't wait to go back with Daddy one day for our own family vacation!



The "gang" (minus mommy) in front of Cinderella's castle! I am so happy to be here!



Hanging out in Mickey Mouses garage with big sis and my oldest cousin!


I loved playing in Piglets house, can you see me?


Lex and I model our new Mickey Mouse ear hats! Aren't we the cutest?


Mommy even got them to put my name on it, what a special keepsake of my first time at Magic Kingdom!