Jamil's Bday and after

This is super overdue so sorry about a delay in updating this blog.
We celebrated Jamil's 3rd bday at Extreme Pizza just like Arya. It was fun with Toy story theme and lots of other kids from JamJam's school who came by. Arya had fun at a distance but seemed to like watching the other kids play.















This is one of those lucky moments where arya had the perfect pose. I need to blow this one up later.



Here are some more pictures of Arya that were taken last weekend for his first time on the MerrygoRound at the Galleria Mall. He wanted to go on it sooo bad then when he started to turn he got really scared and cried. I think next time we will sit on the non moving animals or the seat. The visit to some toy stores made up for it though :)

Out and About

Below are the pictures from a few outings with Arya. It's a few weeks old.

At the park






At our neighbor's birthday party








At the Sacramento Zoo. We saw everything but his favorite, the elephants. None were there. Boo :(

New water toy

The weather has been really nice even though some days it's been hot it has still been tolerable and with a light breeze. We decided to take Arya out and let him play with the water and we got him a new toy to have fun with. He seemed to enjoy the water and a bucket more however. Here are some photos of that day.







Here's a video too:

Ali's Birthday

We celebrated Ali's 42nd birthday this year together. Arya had a lot of fun playing and even opening all his gifts. He seems to like doing that.

Here's a video clip from all of us singing...although I wish everyone else would have been in the video, but oh well....:)



And some pics:

Saying cheese from far away


Papa with Arya


Lounging out

Papa's Birthday & more

Here are some pictures from Papa's birthday and other days we've had some time together. Sorry it's been a while since my last post. Arya was sick for a while and we had other events that took my time away.

All of us at Papa's birthday. It was unique that both Arya and Jamil came to the front like this. A 1 in a million pic :)


Arya in his pj's - this superman one looks cute on him.


Singing in the back seat.


Out to lunch with Baba and coloring before our meal arrives.


Fond of coloring. He's been enjoying it a lot these days.




This was a cute face :) heheheh


Saying cheese while laying on the ground :)


All three of us on the 21st (9 yrs anniversary that Ali & I met)


Ali in his cast...and not a happy camper


Here are some videos:
Arya's first time on his tricycle he got for his birthday


Arya Dancing

Happy 2nd birthday Arya joon!

It was Arya's birthday on June 29th and we couldn't wait for the party. We had a brief episode of the "teroos" (Terrible twos) before he actually turned 2. It had to do with a blue balloon that he picked up the day before and took it home. He didn't want to let it go for a second thinking it would float into the air or something would take it away from him. Unfortunately it turned into an obsession and until 2 am we waited for him to finally fall asleep. That's how determined he was to keep it in his hands. He even slept with it. The good thing was in the morning all the balloons disappeared and he didn't say a word about it. So we were happy.

We got to celebrate at Extreme Pizza with the gang. He had his own personal room, a Big TV with cartoons and many many toys. He even got a tricycle. So here are some pictures from that day. For all those family members who couldn't be there, we missed you.

Before the Party


Playing with the Lude Bag Toys


Arya and I




Ma setta


Cake time


Presents


The Gang

Father's Day and more

This is Arya's 2nd Father's Day to celebrate his father and grandfather. We have Ali's father in our heart every year as well along with all the other dads who are in our family. Hope everyone had a great day together.

Before father's day, Arya spent some time to decorate a frame we bought from Michaels. He got to paint it and he really spent an hour doing so. It was so cute when he finished and the biggest mess to clean up for me. I think it was worth it getting a gift from your 2 year old son...don't you?



In the morning we went to IHOP for breakfast and then off to Papa & Nana's house. Khoresh Sabzi with rice and fun fun fun for the kids. In this picture it was Arya's first time saying "CHEESE". :)



It was a bit hard to get both kids to sit in Papa's lap for a photo, but here's the best we could get:



Now here's Arya with some outdoor fun:









And finally here's a funny pic taken only yesterday because Arya wanted to wear this shirt on the way home and i took it off. Boy was he mad at me. We came from Nana & Papa's house and it was a bit chili so Nana put it on him and i took it off in the car thinking he'd fall asleep. He was so upset.