Now that my father is hospitalized and none of us is strong enough to give the poor man a visit, your existence, laughs and noises around the house is more than just a baby in the house. You bring hope, joy and calmness in our days.

You, darling, you are more than just a bundle of joy to this house. You are a new meaning to our lives in these difficult days.

I can never thank God enough for adding you to our family.

I am not sure how my mom could overcome her deep sorrow if you were not here with us.

We worship you, appreciate your every moment, and adore you.

The royal baby -son of William and Kate- was born just yesterday. He is five months younger than you.

We are considering him as on of the candidates to become your husband in the future. What about that?! Lol…

Well, Rustin is just (and exactly) three years older than you. So, 3 years and 5 months as of the weekend before the last weekend when we were in their place.

I guess he had got an irritated skin from their day before on the beach. He just pulled off his pants and underpants right in the living room, and when you were looking.

I guess you liked it. You had a big smile on your face!!!!!!! Lol…

I didn’t get a chance to see it, but there is a photo of it, taken by Neda. 🙂

You sat in a swing the weekend before the last weekend in Neda and Pouria’s house.

Once again you are anxious around new faces, even if they visit you at home.

As I read today on babycenter website, you are supposed to be like this at your age! Be honest, did you read this website already?!!

The website suggests we need to keep you in our arms when strangers come, we should ask them get close to you slowly, play with you and talk to you when you are in our arms, then pass you to them, but stay close, and then leave you with them  for several minutes.

Crying or laughing, you are lovely.

You woke up at around 5:30 a.m. yesterday,  crying outloud. We thought it should be because of gum pain. We gave you a homeopathic teething medication (which we were given in the welcome baby hospital package), and it calmed you down. You slept again in half a hour. You were a bit short tempered yesterday though. Your second tooth is about to emerge too.

Your grandma cooked “aash dandouni” and we distributed it among friends.

Just a quick list:

Started with 4~5 drops of apple or grape juice daily since you were 3.5 months.

Started rice cereal (mixed with formula) 10 ml +10 ml daily when you were four months and a week.

After 2 days mixed rice cereal with fresh fruit juice (apple or grapes) rather than formula. To make it smooth and warm, I added less than 5 ml of hot water.

After a couple of weeks I smashed a little piece of banana, mixed it with formula and gave it to you. You love this smooth tasty snack.

Then a mix of avocado and rice cereal for a couple of days.

Then a mix of banana and oatmeal cereal for a couple of days.

Now a mix of fresh apple juice and oatmeal cereal for a couple of days.

In a day or two, I am planning to give you almond syrup with oatmeal cereal. I just hope you are not allergic to almond.

Your grandmother cooked the “ash dandouni” today.

Your first tooth has merged and can be seen. Till the day before yesterday we could just feel a sharp bite when we put our fingers in your mouth. Since yesterday the whiteness of the tooth could be seen. Congrats. 🙂

We should take some ash dandouni to our friends. The list would be Lida, Neda, Layla, Sahar, Fariba (Amir), and of course uncle Keyan.

You sit. You need a little bit of support, because you get tired and you are not yet a pro in keeping your balance. But you sit. 🙂

Not for a long time, because you get tired. But you learnt the skill, fully and perfectly today.

Oh God, you have no idea how adorable you are.

Congrats sweetie. Your fist tooth is about to emerge. Yesterday it was just a sharpness felt when you bit us. Today a very little bit of a white color can be seen in your gum. That is your left lower central incisor.