A Funny Thing Happened!

I was uploading pictures from the camera to the laptop when I noticed the following pictures:

I'm trying to figure out how and when Aydan got a hold of the camera to be able to take pictures without me around.  And then I look at the next shot:

I guess I fell asleep while watching TV with Aydan, Zayn was napping and Aydan went nuts!

Happy 3rd Birthday Aydan!

Aydan turned 3 years old this year!

Wow! Where did the time go?

As his birthday approached he was so excited because he was going to have a 'jumpy castle' at his party but all I could think about was, "Holy Moly - I have a 3 year old!" 

I still remember the day Aydan was born; it was a day that changed my outlook on life.  I finally got to meet someone I was waiting so long for.  He made me into a mom, something I wanted to be so badly.  He let the dream that Sulman and I shared for so long become a reality.  

We decided to throw a huge party for him because he never really had a huge party so we went all out!

He is currently obsessed with Toopy and Binoo a Canadian cartoon.  It's a story of huge mouse and much smaller cat who are best friends and live in a make believe land of adventures. 

Aydan was watching an episode titled, The Big Race when he first laughed out loud while watching it. He had never done that before and every time that episode comes on, he laughs at that same part all the time!

So it was only natural he would want a Toopy and Binoo birthday party and it was only natural that I would agree to it.  I had to order a cake and make sure the baker knew was familiar with the show because I wanted it to be perfect! I had to make all the decorations myself since there wasn't any party supplies based on the show!  Anything for my Dani!

Here are some pics from the party:

The day of his party he also told me he didn't want to wear Pull Ups anymore.  All he wanted to do was jump in his Jumpy Castle.  I kept pestering him to go to but he kept telling me he didn't have to go.  I later found out from my mom that he went to the washroom three times asking her to help him because he couldn't find me!  He decided he wanted to really grow up!

On the day of his actual birthday we took Aydan bowling -another obsession of his!

He was so excited and kept telling us that he was bigger now, that's why he can go bowling and carry the ball!

Happy Birthday Aydan!

One of my favorite pics...

Aydan's shirt says Big Bro!  This was taken the day Sulman's parents were arriving from Saudi to meet Zayn for the first time:

While Zayn enjoyed hanging out Aydan continuted to make funny faces!

Another one of my fav pics that I plan on enlarging and framing is a candid one of Aydan and I.  He's been showing a lot of interest in taking pics, one afternoon he kept taking pictures of me.  I took the camera from him and said I'd take one of us together. He was so excited it made me so happy, that I was wataching him pose for the picture.  Just as the pic was about to be taken he turned and looked at me -and I really think you can see the love in this pic!

Earth to The Sheikhs....

Yes we're still alive - extremely busy but alive we are!
I'm going to promise to do a post a day for the next few weeks to get everything up to date.
Obviously Zayn is growing like a weed. Here he is having cereal for the first time:

He did eat it all up and continues to do so everyday!  And of course here is Aydan dancing away while Zayn was enjoying his cereal!

In April was my birthday and I was gifted a season's pass to the Toronto Zoo!  It was the perfect gift because I spent many warm afternoons admiring the animals with the kids!  Here are a few pics from our first visit:

A bonus for me in the Spring was Aydan wanted to do everything for Zayn.  I often found him changing his diaper!