Arias 4 months old!

We are having so much fun watching our little girl grow! She is definitely beginning teething as she wants to chew on everything in front of her and has become our little drool monster. Sleep has become easier--every night Papa gives her a bath and then we snuggle her and feed her. She falls asleep and wakes up every 3 hours...this is soooo much better than her sleep routine the first 3 months! Other activities that Aria loves: watching Sesame Street in the mornings and absolutely LOVES Elmo (we think its because he's red), sitting on her mommy's lap every day and slams down on the piano and laughs and laughs (we already know there is a musician brewing in there), going on walks with Grandma, showering with her daddy at nights, jumpig around on her exerciser-saucer, weekly visits to see her Aunt Winnie and Uncle Amir, and going to the mall (she loves to see people).

She also got to go to Vegas and visit her family there. She especially loved to suck on her Uncle Steve's thumb and watch her cousin Aliyah! She can't wait to be old enough to play with her cousin.

She has had many visitors this month--she especially loved meeting some of her Mommy's grad school friends last week and the week before! She spent so many months in mommy's belly sitting in class that it seems like she already knows mommy's school friends.

She also celebrated her mommy's first mother's day! She had so much fun splashing around the pool at her Aunt Robin's house and playing with her cousin Clara and Hayden.

It has been an exciting month! Next week mommy finishes school and she gets to spend 3 months all day with Mommy!!! We are so excited for the summer!

Are we teething?

Aria is growing so fast! She's giggling and smiling all the time! She's also starting to chew everything in her path...is it possible that she's teething? This past weekend, we visited family in Vegas and Aria found her favorite teething toy...her Uncle Steve's thumb! Her colic is getting better and she's sleeping better at night. She is also enjoying colors now--she was mesmerized by her grandpa's orchids!

Aria is 3 months old!

Time is flying by so fast! Today Aria visited her baby GI doctor for a belly check up and we were happy to find out that she has gained lots of weight and has grown. (On our last visit she was underweight because she was throwing up so much of her food). Now she is in the 95th percentile for weight and at the highest percentile for height! Almost 15 pounds and 26 inches!

Also, today the Dr. suggested that we start the "cry it out" method at night. Currently, we hold Aria until she falls asleep. Tonight we are going to feed her, change her, read to her and put her in her crib. The dr. told us that we have to let Aria cry until she falls asleep...it's apparently called self-soothing...something that babies have to learn to do. Grandma Laya and Mommy are not looking forward to hearing Aria cry and Ali suggested we go for a walk because we can't handle listening to her cry. =( Wish us luck...I'll post an update...see if Mommy and Grandma survive the cry it out method.

On a fun note...here are some photos of Aria with her best-friend and boyfriend Kaison Kowlaski! Aren't they precious???

Happy Persian New Year!!!

Here we are with Aria in front of our Persian New Year sofreh! We set out our first sofreh for Persian New Year--a tradition that we will pass on to Aria to continue with her family. We dressed up Aria in her beautiful spring dress from Aunty Mahdis! We spent Persian New Year Dinner with the Bagherys, Ghaboosis, and Rahims! Aria got to meet Zaki Rahim for the first time who is one year older than Aria.

We also celebrated Teddy's first birthday. Our little boy is growing up!

St. Patricks Day

Aria was all dolled up for St. Patrick's Day in her shirt provided by her Uncle Bill & Aunty Lee.

As far as a colic update--we went to a Pediatric GI who told us that her condition is normal for a colicy baby. One salvation--the vacuum cleaner! Who would have known? The second we turn it on--her screaming settles a bit. As of now, we are getting used to the screaming from 7pm to 7am...We have tried every wives tale and home remedy for her belly aches...but nothing seems to help....If anyone has advice...we'll take it. Hopefully she'll grown out of this phase soon =)

Viva Las Vegas!!!

Aria went to Vegas--not gambling, the vegas strip, and clubbing...but a visit to see her family!!! Aria had so much fun with her Great-Grandma Nayer, Aunt Sheri, Uncle/Godfather Steve, Aunty Gail, Cousin Avi and Cousin Aliyah!! We had a wonderful time visiting with family and were sad to leave! We'll be back soon!

2 month old birthday party

Today was Aria's 2 month old birthday! She spent the day with her Aunt Winnie, Uncle Amir, Cousin Clara, Grandma & Grandpa Giti, Grandpa Dory, and Mommy & Daddy! We attempted to make a plaster imprint of her hands and feet--it was a family operation--we all tried and managed to get a full imprint of 1 foot and hand imprints with a couple fingers missing--we decided they looked more like Teddy's pawprints...oh well! We decided to attempt to do this again in a few years when she is older. At least we tried =)

As for an Aria update: she gets bigger and bigger each day, her belly is still achy but getting better, she still feeds every 2-3 hours, she loves taking showers with her papa every day, she laughs and smiles a lot, and her tear ducts are starting to open up (the other day she cried because she was hungry and mommy and her cousin Alaleh saw Aria's first tear drop!)