"we are the ones" we've been waiting for

mommy heroin

i read somewhere that researchers tested brain activity of heroin addicts and mothers shown pictures of their babies smiling. got the exact same response--euphoria and addiction. gotta say that i totally believe it!!

arabic by khary

this month is ramadan, and we go to the masjid for iftar a couple times a week. (ramadan=month of fasting, masjid=place of worship, iftar=evening meal and prayer)

naturally, we're trying to teach the words to khary. he clams up and refuses to repeat them, though. out of nowhere saturday on our way to iftar, he proclaimed, "i'm going to mass." lmao. er, you mean mas-JID, but darnit if it wasn't adorable! (and more than a little scary to this catholic-raised mama!!)

later that evening, amidst a dinner conversation peppered with "if-then" statements, he blurted out IF...TAR. of course, they all adore him anyway, but this won him even more points, lol.

my name is khary barack obama awesome

if you ask khary his whole name, he will usually answer with "khary awesome," (he can't understand the "h" sound at the beginning, lol). but he occasionally enters the phone booth and emerges as "khary barack obama." damn, i love that boy!

totally lifted from a friend's blog, but i need to "hope" this baby up a bit.


but my fave is still this one

big boy!

we went to the doc today because i had a minor freakout, thinking khalil had an ear infection. (don't know why the hell i repeatedly think my boys have ear infections; neither has had any, ever. gah!) anyway, khalil now weighs 18lb, 6.4 oz !!! big boy. he's still right on the 75th percentile line for weight. um, seems long, but we didn't measure. guess i should do that, huh? :P for the record, he's officially 6 months in about 5 minutes or so.

and khary obsessed over measuring his height. somehow the thing only said he was 41" tall, but i think he was that tall almost 6 months ago, and i *know* he's bigger. nothing fits the boy! (we got some wonderful clothes from gram today, though--i'm certain we'll be wearing those size 5 jeans in no time flat. THANKS GRAM!!)

khary's first joke

Khary: "i played a trick on you last night, mommy."
Me: "really? what was it?"
Khary, laughing hysterically: "i said, 'you have a penis! you have a penis! you have a penis!'"

khalil almost crawls

from the looks of it, we're only days away from success!

he's been scooting for about a week or so, though. :)