a 2nd Birthday

Published by on March 12, 2011 | Leave a response

Ada had a lot of fun on her 2nd Birthday: she sang songs, ate yummy lemon cake, played with friends, enjoyed penguin balloons, jumped up and down on the couch, and was celebrated by many friends and family from afar. She opened presents: books, stuffed animals, a game, an outfit, a jumpy chicken, and a beautiful hand-made hat! It was all-in-all a beautiful day, filled with love, special things, and play — exactly what a 2 year old wants!

Here is a picture of Ada on her special day:

Its my birthday

Beautiful 2 years

Hi family

Ada's 2nd birthday

Her penguin invitation:

Penguin says come to Adas Bday

She wore a special dress and was very proud, from her Baba Bazorg:

A special day!

Friends who were there:

Auntie Deanna & Ada

Lilly & Penguin

Uncle Pickle/Dave

Ada & mommy:

Ada & Mommy on her Birthday

Daddy & Dave:

Hamid & Dave (in overalls and guitar, of course!)

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Ama & Ada having a laugh

Published by on March 11, 2011 | Leave a response

Ama visited for two weeks, and they became great pals!

A typical morning:

Ada and Ama having breakfast

Ada telling a joke

and having a belly laugh!

Ada’s favorite joke is “pickle driving a hat”. If you can’t laugh at that, you really have no sense of humor! She’s is a real ham.

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Bows!

Published by on March 10, 2011 | Leave a response

What a cutie! We tried something new. How lucky to be so cute!

Trying out bows

Wanna come play?!

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New Year’s on the Beach

Published by on January 1, 2011 | Leave a response

Ada and I (Rebecca) spent New Year’s eve on the beach. It was a rainy and thoughtful day. A photo from a friend who spotted us…

New Year's at the beach, Rebecca & Ada

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Riding a horse, talking on the phone, & hearing an airplane

Published by on June 30, 2010 | Leave a response

Ada’s suddenly so creative, with lots of being able to show us how she can play make believe, make new observations, and show us fun ways of using stuff in new ways. Its so cool to see her imagination unfolding. Here she’s riding a horse (aka the stroller), talking on the phone, and hearing an airplane. Its some busy playing.

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Just a regular day

Published by on June 26, 2010 | Leave a response

Just a regular day, in a green skirt, pink socks, and yellow t-shirt, that is.

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What’s in the backyard

Published by on June 20, 2010 | Leave a response

Ada wonders what is in the backyard on a sunny Sunday in June. A few quiet pictures.

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Ada & her own spoon

Published by on June 19, 2010 | Leave a response

Ada’s learning to try out feeding herself with her own spoon. Lots of new coordination underway. She really loves yogurt and says “yaaghrrrt yammmi, yammi, yammi” = (yogurt yummy!).

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One Year Ago

Published by on June 7, 2010 | Leave a response

In May, my Yoga Moms group met at Tilden Park and we rode the steam train, wooo!!wooo!!   Ada nabbed the prime spot in the tree, and was pretty proud.

Yoga Moms May 2010

Ada and her buddies May 2010

Can you believe this is the same group almost exactly a year ago?   Babies/kiddos are lined up in age order (Ada and the two to her right — were born on the same day.  Ada is the  wee one.  She can’t even sit up!).

Ada and her buddies

Ada and her buddies May 2009

We’ve come a long way.  Each day — moment to moment.  A child is raised over the energy of a lifetime. We create the reference point connecting their millions of moments each day, their reference on love and continuity.   This timescale removes us from our own immediacy – breathe and reorient to what is important, at least as best we can.   These moms & babies have been our good buddies & given us so much support this year.   I’m grateful.  We can’t do it alone!

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New Shoes

Published by on June 7, 2010 | Leave a response

Ada received a very special gift from her papa — a pair of beautiful pink shoes. Hamid had gone out shopping for business clothes, but didn’t find anything. Instead he came back with a pleased look on his face. He had a little box, with these cute cupcake-almost-edible shoes inside. Ada walked around with big tall steps and was very proud of herself. Papa was pretty proud too!

Pink Shoes

Ada's special pink shoes

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