Long Time No Post

Let’s see. Besa is now 15 months old and having a very hard time with teething. Mum agrees that it is like Father like daughter case. Her gums are not as tough as Ben’s and it did not require dentist intervention to open them for the teeth to come through but they are making our lil girl very uncomfortable. Teething is making her lose appetite which she never had much to begin with. There was a week which she survived only on milk. We felt helpless. Oh.. I wish she could just take from me when it comes to food : )

Better weather is coming and we can hardly wait to truly enjoy being outdoors which is heaven for Besa.

Yay! One Year Old!

As promised, my posing are getting very rare.
At least there is lot's of changes to write about. Since my last post, Besa is now walking and very eager to do it without help. We recently enrolled her for Coop Pre-School and the class we attend is only one day a week for about 2 hours. It is great at seeing her interact with other kids her age and learn how to be herself without hurting others. She gets special attention from everyone since happens to be the youngest.

The last week and half or so have been especially hard since we decided that once she reached one year old, she was ready for rules and handle us being tough. And... tough we were. First, we had to loose the pacifier which she had gotten addicted to. She would have been just fine with using for a little longer but the longer she did the harder for us. Sleep training was the hardest however. As a nonbeliever of the cry it out method, i must say that works only if consistent like with everything else in life. The tough week is over with now and she goes to sleep so much easier and sleeps through the night.

It is almost end of January and it is so nice to see the days get longer and sunnier. it takes only this little to make me stop obsessing with the idea of moving to a sunny place. If anything comes good of global worming, would be to give us California's wether.

Welcome to AC Model & Talent

Welcome to AC Model & Talent

11 Month Old! The older the busier!

Proof of being busy is lack of writing on this blog. It is good busy though. Besa is now almost walking, saying mama, drita, ( light ) gives us kisses with her mouth open though and climbs stairs like a hiker.
This week has been amazing and it must be a growth spurt because she’s eating pretty much anything we offer her, takes long naps during the day and sleeps thru the night. It such a nice phase that we know won’t be for long since we are still waiting for the teething to start. My mum has been gone one week now and our Indian’s friend mother comes to the house and takes care of her. Luckily she is the same age as my mum and just as sweet so the change was super easy. They bonded from day one.
The Holidays are here and off to shopping. The waiting lines are killing me.

Obama Girl

She picked up the newspaper herself : )
We don't talk politics with her yet but she knows who she likes. We will take her suggestion.
Besa is baby no more. She's figured out how to demand attention but has not outsmarted us out yet. Distraction works like a charm. Give her any cellphone and she will forget about bumping her head in a split of a sec. Our house is always messy and Ben has finally come to terms that it will be like that for a awhile. Thanksgiving is right around the corner and we are going to Omak. Every holiday now will the first one so we will make every effort to spend it with family. Nothing like a first. First Christmas, First Birthday, First valentines and on and on.
Our latest news is that my little brother living in Italy has been granted a tourist visa for a year. He come December 20th to meet Besa and stay for about a month. We are so excited. We have not seen him in 3 over 3 years. The americans at the embassy have not been very nice but finally they were convinced that he does not intend to stay here illegally.

The World Of Crawling

While many parents complain about their babies getting into everything when they start crawling we love this phase. She can get to where she wants without our help showing some of her personality traits which are independence and curiosity. Actually too much of both but cannot complain.

She pulls her self up grabbing onto anything to help with standing. Her memory is developing amazingly. She will remember that a week ago she got hurt by a toy and won’t touch anymore or will push it away if we hand it to her.

Besa is sleeping and eating better but we feel busier

Our lives have changed a lot since Besa likes taking naps only in her room. That means a good chunk of the day we have to be home. Can’t blame her for having a strict sleep schedule it just means that we have to be very creative in finding time to do anything else. As for visiting people, we’d rather have people visit us.
She is now determined to crawl and is almost there. She’s figured out to push with only one leg and move her hands in a coordinated motion. So for just barely a few feet at a time. She likes food better now. Practice makes all the difference. She never ceases to surprise us with her food taste. She thinks she has teeth and chews on food like she has teeth although there are not signs of cutting the first tooth yet. She’ll most likely walk before she has teeth. It’s cute.