Almost Ready To Go, Just Had To Post This

On our way down south we will stop by North Carolina to visit family. The last time Ryad and Nael were there they looked like this. Yes, highly dependent on burp cloths, binkies and mittens. It'll be nice to travel light this time around.

With Cousin Azra (well, technically Aunt) who is more than happy to strike a pose.

This Day Last Year

Nael and Ryad have turned 15 months old. I will not say that time has flown and that I didn't realize when they got this far, no. My mind can place every milestone (that I so looked forward to) in an accurate time line. All the diaper changes, the hours of breastfeeding, the piles of bottles, the sleepless nights and drowsy days that followed. No dreamy nostalgia here.

What I will truly miss and remember are all the smiles, all the countless and cute babbling that have now morphed into legible words. All the fun traveling to new places and visiting family. All the tickles, all the discovering, all the learning. The first smile, the first steps, the first tooth I will fondly remember all of these moments. All our joys were doubled, every happiness was twice as nice since they came in our lives.

This very day last year they were 3 months old.

 

Nael and Ryad @ 3 months old

  

Two very serious 3 month olds

  

Not so serious at 15 months, are we?

 

Playing on the billiards table

The Very First Haircut Day

Previously I had posted pictures of Ryad and Nael's homemade haircut :). Here's the thing, it wasn't their first. Their first haircut was when they were only 2 months old, executed by their Great Uncle, who also happens to be a Pediatric Surgeon (yeah, we got in the expert to do this one)


Both of them peacefully sucked on their pacifiers through out the process. Trust me when I say this, they didn't cry even once!


There are many benefits of shaving a baby's head early. When I say shaving, don't picture a razor running across a soft newborn head. A handy gadget like the Clip and Trim will do the job. It is soothing for the baby to have a clean head and also reduces the occurrence of cradle crap.
I had researched before I delved into this controversial terrain and found that there were more pros than cons that supported shaving a baby's hair as early as possible. One more benefit is that if your baby is born with thick locks (like mine were), they will desperately need a haircut around 8-9 months. That is a stage when they are starting crawl or are already very mobile. It is  very difficult to pin them down to one place and can also prove dangerous if you are working with scissors. So if you get the baby bald early, they will be ready for their next real haircut only when they old enough to handle one. This makes life a little more easy. Plus, they looked super cute with their clean heads, I guess bald is beautiful when it comes to babies.

Nael, just out of bed and ready for his haircut.

 

There it goes, no looking back now.

 

Nael found the vibrations from the machine so soothing that he fell asleep again

  

Ryad's Turn!

  

Almost done! Thanks to multi-talented Great Uncle.

 

Do you see a smile too? I think he liked it!