Day 358: Happy birthday

To my wonderful dad!

Day 357: Ancestors

A photo of my dad's parents. I love this picture.

Day 356: Family

Grandma and her grandkids!

Day 355: Generations

Grandfather, father, and son.

Day 349: Home sweet home

We start our first full day at home in the Chicago suburbs. Anand and Daddy are reading a magazine.

Day 302: Aunt Anita is here!

My sister arrived late Friday and is staying with us for a whole week!

Day 296: Happy Father's Day

Today was S's first Father's Day...A and I gave him cards and a present.

Day 255: Present

My family sent me a Mothers' Day present! It's a mommy-to-be bear. So cute!

Day 243: Fridge poetry

My cousin's poetry contribution to our fridge from when he was over for the shower last weekend.

Day 240: Loading up for the drive home

Mira had to go home so S helped her load the car (I was not allowed to carry anything!).  I already miss her!

Day 239: Baby shower #2

We had our New Haven baby shower and it was a big success.  My cousin Mira, S, and I did a lot of prep and I think everything turned out really well.  It was great to celebrate with our family and friends.

Day 226: Family

Our family as drawn by Lizzie.

Day 225: The shower

We had a wonderful time at our baby shower.  Lots of great friends, family, food, and fun.  It was a lot of work, but I think it was a big success.

Day 205: They're home!

Blurry photo of S and Y coming off the plane.

Day 190: Farewell

I saw S and Y off at the airport at the start of their long trip to the Maldives.  They were very well prepared, thanks to our last day of shopping and packing.  I hope they have a great trip!

Day 188: SIL arrives and we go to a party

My sister-in-law arrived today from the west coast via Chicago. We went to dinner, and then we were troopers and made it out to Tariq's party (at 9 PM, no less).  Here my sister-in-law is showing Tariq and someone (didn't get her name!) photos on her camera.

Day 136: Lizzy

Lizzy was not happy when we went to meet my sister to exchange the kids, so she sat under the table at the restaurant we met at for a while.  Here is a photo I took of her under the table.  It was originally upside down, but I turned it around.  Her eyelashes are incredibly long!

Day 135: To snowy Chicago

Well, the suburbs actually, but same idea.  Here is Madi after sledding down the hill.  Elizabeth is to the right with her SpongeBob tube.

Day 120: Could it be?

Yes, it's a genuine Zhu Zhu pet!  My nieces and nephew were lucky enough to get one hamster each for Christmas (two from Santa and one from Aunt Gigi).  They also got the hamster house and a carrier.  This is Chunk, who is being fed a piece of bread by my sister.

Day 119: Oplatek

One Polish tradition we have on Christmas eve is sharing the oplatek.  The oplatek is a thin wafer that you break into pieces and share with the people around the table at dinner.  My mother luckily found one that she had left over that we used tonight.