She's potty trained, turning into a young lady

Oh boy, no more signs of a baby here....
Zaina is potty trained...almost. no more diapers, she got 30 new underwear (I am not doing laundry every day), and loves to pick out the underwear for the day, and pull ups at nap time and at night... only a couple of accidents so far..
also, FINALLY got rid of all her baby bottles, she is using nubby sippy cups only now...

kids are growing up fast, cant believe we are done with so much baby stuff.....

Zaina and Shaun are both back to school 2 days a week, zaina has speech therapy 2 to 3 times per week, and shaun has yoga and karate once a week. in the fall we will put zaina and shaun both in karate twice a week, together, that will be fun!!!

just got done doing spring and summer shopping for the kids, tons of clothes, jackets, swim wear, shoes, accessories....I am officially broke now. Mom and dad wear the same worn out clothes, but kiddos get tons of new trendy stuff...

chinese new year and wedding in march 2010

zaina healed well from her palate surgery, she is speaking better, we are told it takes 6 months or so before you see a major difference in speech. we are very very aggressive with speech therapy right now, will pay off soon.

day at hospital, surgery date

AT PARK, DAYS BEFORE SURGERY
"CHEESE"

AT PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZER BASKETBALL GAME

BLAZERS WIN!!!

YAHOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

2 HOURS BEFORE SURGERY

WHAT'S GOING ON?

DRUNK OFF OF HAPPY DRUGS, LUCKY

FUN, WHY ARE WE HERE....

day of surgery, she was great, right after, dilirium for 3 hours, then good...1 night stay at hospital, the fastest it's been so far.

now we are home, 4 weeks puree foods and liquids diet only, then 2 weeks of soft food diet after that, total 6 weeks abnormal diet....that's mission impossible!! This girl likes to eat. As they were wheeling her away to surgery, she looked at Mike and said "Daddy, I want Pizzicato

pizza now", dream on honey, not for 6 weeks.

morning of surgery

well,

she's in the operating room...lots of prayers from friends, family, loved ones. hope she does well. will post later.

be strong baby girl.

2 weeks til surgery, at Newport Aquarium

Scientist Zaina at OMSI Museum

kids scaring the poor ducks...

look at me mama.....

Aren't I precious....

Daddies babies....

BATMAN...BATMAN...BATMAN!!

well, zaina's 2nd cleft palate surgery and palatal flap elongation surgery is on feb 10th. worried. I know it is good for her, just the initial few days after surgery are rough. Please pray these days go by well and she does well during surgery.

pulling Z out of school for 2 months for recovery...she will miss her buddies.

thanksgiving fun, eid the next day

Yes, she is wearing eye shadow.

Thanksgiving was 3 days of cooking, baking, setting up, cleaning, but lots of fun. Chaos, lots of peeps, but fun. Kids had a blast.

The next day was Eid, and day at church, and evening at friends house for dinner. We didnt get to do shopping for Black Friday til Saturday, but got lots of good deals.

just realized that as of now, zaina has been with us longer than she was ever without us in her life. That felt like a huge milestone.

in Feb she'll have a major surgery for her palate and hopefully we'll see major improvement with the speech.

Shaun and Z are learning so much in school. Smarty pants.

february 2nd palate surgery 2010

2nd palate surgery is going to be in february 2010, and it will be to close the palate completely, and to elongate the soft palate and flap. hope it goes well. worried and excited. Here we go again. it will help her with her speech tremendously, but oh... the recovery in the hospital right after surgery, coming off of anesthesia...very hard.

bday weekend pics for shauns 4th bday

star wars entertainers jedi training show in our back yard

a storm trooper, a yoda, and a friend

star wars friends bday party for shaun

FCC Autumn festival picnic

Pumpkin Patch and Hay Maze fun in october

all the loot from not 1 but 2 birthday parties!!!!

Portland TrailBlazers basketball pregame.

Eid festivites

more star wars party pinata loot and pics

priceless pics of shaun's bday dinner with the family on friday (transformers), bday party with friends on saturday (star wars), pumpkin patch day with dad and sister Z, and Portland Trailblazers preseason game day. too much fun!!! also eid pics from 2 weeks ago and FCC Autumn Festival picnic 1 week ago.