hanging out at home...

day 1 at the manor and we have had some visitors. yay. elder and nurr + shivani and hubbies came over. it was fun. kbaby decided she was in love with elder and told elder she wanted to be a doctor. shivani wouldnt stop smelling the baby and nurr was like all decked out and looking hot (prob bc she knew i would post pictures on the blog - but shes only in like one so shes gonna be mad now, o). then my parents went to the nestle holiday party which sounded like it was so much fun with open bars and raffles etc, and it was disco themed, so of course my dad got decked out. jake and i enjoyed an evening home with donatos, season 5 dexter on demand, and a bottle of wine. hollerrrrr.

oh-io!

-morning meeting at rna

-chumbu face, pissed about the hat/shots

-high off baby tylenol, meeting giraffe

-teehee, you think im pretty?

-i love my new boyfriend, mr giraffe.

well. we have arrived in ohio. friday was a long day. we woke up, gave kword a bath, got into our jam packed car, and went to the doctors for the 2 month check up. all was well, k weighs almost 10lbs and was smiling all naked for dr shander. we joked that she didnt like hats and doc didnt believe us, so we put one on her for -.000000000002 seconds. um. ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE. she cried for 20 minutes straight, turned bright red, and threw up her entire bottle all over her cute jean dress that i had JUST PUT ON HER. the only thing that calmed her down were the three huge shots she received in her baby infant thighs (yes, i cried). seriously, she was so pissed. sigh.

then we drove to blue island so we could have lunch at rna and meet all my old work peeps. it was fun. ayaan went crazy and tried to climb me like a tree - he is so big and cute now. what a dummy. we ate pizza, obviously, and then gave kball a shot of some baby tylenol bc she started getting a fever. i also secretly hoped that would make her pass out for the next 6 hours or so to columbus. um, i was wrong. instead...she was like high off the tylenol and flirting mr giraffe! i guess she and i both have our love for giraffes in common. awe jakey. o. anywho, she was wide awake the entire time but she didnt cry. i managed to change a poo poo diaper in the car bc i refused to go in the nasty disgusting kfc/taco bell. we pushed the front passanger seat up as far as it could go (which wasnt very far bc The Bear was sitting up there) and i crouched on the floor in the back seat and changed her smelly diaper. i am awesome. anywho, she was so sleepy she slept through the entire night. holler!

check out my guns...

happy holidays!

doesnt keya look so friggin adorable?!?? we took this after keya and rowans santa themed photoshoot at the picture place...we were walking through the mall and saw santa and figured it was too cute. i think everyone at the mall collectively said "aweeee" at the same time, haha.

wanted to give a shoutout to my dad who turned 60 on sunday!!!!!!!!!! happy bd dad, i love you! my dad is super awesome, fun, patient, kind, and smart. i am so lucky to have him in my life...

in other news

-dont worry cuz, i look ridiculous too...

-keya skyping w/ her best friend/twin simran

hello

sad face

gossiping w/ her best gals fishy and seahorse

-snuggle time w/ pops

-mom. i. am. not. happy.

-muahahahah

-practicing lets wear a hat. it hasnt worked out well..

- excited about the rose bowl?

the last two weeks have been a turning point with the kid...it is true what they say, that the first 6 weeks is the hardest. the last 2-3 weeks have actually been really fun. she started smiling about 3 weeks ago and now shes cooing at her toys and trying to laugh - although that causes the hiccups and then she gets mad! she has started napping in her big girl bed (the crib) in preparation for the big move into her room which will happen once she starts sleeping through the night completely - shes almost there! jake and i get alone time at night now - we finished dexter season 4 last week - holy crap! it is such a good show. now we are sad because we need to find a new show - the ippolites recommended breaking bad, so we are gonna try that...

keya thinks shes famous...

-the four amigos w/ the new addition laughing about something stupid. jake had a hard time keeping up...

-uncle andy and aunt marcia! keya is waiting for you to move in next door and have a friend for her!

-auntie farah made a quick visit in between interviews for residency - thanks for coming!

- aunt bethany and keya chillin on the couch


-aunt gabby and uncle brad snuggling up with kbo..


-yes, it did occur to me later that i do look like barefoot contessa in this outfit. things are going downhill for me in the looks department, sigh.


-kbo meeting her new friend gulab!!!!!!!

-BIG shocker, nurr maushi decided to weep uncontrollably 9345 times during her visit. kbo wasnt even awake during this cry.

when my sister was born, i was super jealous and used to always say "neha thinks shes famous, but shes not" because all the attention was on her and not on me (its still like that, sigh). well, now all the attention is on keya and she has 93085409 visitors coming from all over to see her. she is so lucky. she got to meet a ton of people over the last couple weeks. right before thanksgiving, she got to meet uncle andy and aunt marcia who grew up in the milwaukee area - we always have so much fun with them. then my best guy friends in the world saggy and chichi came up with rami for a quick visit because saggy is always in town for .00000000003 seconds (he lives in la). the four of us have been best friends since the first day of college and always have the BEST time in the world. we looked at old pictures from when we were 17, it was so fun. then auntie farah came up for a quick visit. she was in chicago interviewing for residency programs and had enough time to squeeze in a short visit. she just got married a couple months ago! then finally, on the same day, uncle brad, aunt gabby, aunt bethany, and nurr maushi came to visit. keya slept for the first couple hours but then she hung out and snuggled up on everyone. we drank some spotted cow and chilled for a few hours - it was so good to see them! nurr cried like 93854058 times - and no its not pregnancy hormones (shes due in may with gulab), its bc thats what she does usually. cries. dummy.

thanksgiving!

-our little thanksgiving turkey

-turkey butts!

-big girl rowan holding her baby cousin

rowan: "so you know how my hair is so long with so much body? ill get yours to look the same!"
keya: depressed. "ok..i guess"

-rowan: "hey cuz. how does my butt look in these pants?"
-keya: "wow. well...you know"

-keya: um hi...im the one who cant hold up my own head yet. IS ANYONE PAYING ANY ATTENTION TO ME???

-rowan: "um, wait. i think this is my bear outfit. what is this cousin thing anyway? i dont get it"

-rowan: "i wanna see! i wanna see! what is it??"

-me and my little dum dum

we had a lovely thanksgiving at my inlaws house with all the ashley's. keya got to meet cousin rowan. they had a great time wearing matching outfits, doing eachothers hair, and drinking (milk). they partied their turkey butts off! we ate a lot of yummy food and relaxed. cousin jack gave me parenting advice (hes 6) and uncle scott gave us a gorgeous framed ashley beer depot jersey. its amazing!