Aliyah's new obsession!!!

Aliyah is obsessed with the iPAD! Daddy downloaded apps just for her like ABC's/colors/spelling/coloring, but also loves piano and animal noises! J and I have concerns about how much she wants it...first thing every morning, before bed....before she leaves the house...she always comes into our room where we charge it and asks for "cow". We started limiting her to 5-10 min per day or maybe 15 min:)! Yeah she calls it "cow" since the first time she used it was when she heard animal noises:)But I can honestly say she uses it better than I can...flips through the many pages of apps, adjusts the screen size, restarts the programs, etc...Hopefully the benefits are outweighing the negatives!

Mom and Aunt Azi visiting Dallas!

My mom from Ethiopia and my Aunt from Sweden came to visit us in May. We had a BLAST!!! They stayed with us for 10 days but it felt more like 10 hours. I forget how good it feels and how much fun we have together until they come and leave. They had so much fun with Aliyah they almost wanted to move to Dallas:) Miss you guys!!!

 

 

Dallas Zoo opens 'Giants of the Savannah exhibit

We went to go visit Savannah exhibit at the zoo. It was beautiful. It now has HUGE habitats compared to the little cages they had for the elephants, giraffes, impalas, and ostriches, it also has beautiful cheetahs and lions that you can watch through the gigantic glass wall of the air conditioned food court. The cheetah thought there was NO glass and tried to get Aliyah...it was kind of scary!!!

Since it is so hot out we will be going in the evening since the zoo is open for members only after 5pm and we can't wait to go again soon. The Giants of Savannah really makes the trip worth it.

 

Dallas Arboretum again:)

We signed up yearly membership for all the places we like to go to. It saves us TONS of money. With a 16 months old, there is not a lot of places you can go besides arboretum, zoo, aquarium, museums and malls (I almost forgot).

We visit about one/two places everytime we go Arboretum.

At Dallas Arboretum Botanical Garden

 

 

 

 

Shopping with mommy at Northpark Mall

 

 

Too many options...

The less you understand what it is you truly want the better since choice really frustrated you!

Ever since I was pregnant with Aliyah, I have read read and read too many reviews and looked at too many choice for car seats (which we have one we are very satisfied with), strollers, and any other baby essentials and there are just TOO MANY options. There is always that better something for everything but when it comes to your child, you want to get the safest and the best of everything so when does it really stop???

I bought the lightest stroller and which I thought was the best stroller (Maclaren Quest) about 4 months ago but I just can't stand it...yes it is a light weight and yes it looks nice but stroller tips over everything Aliyah leaves the seat when I have my purse or her diaper bag on on the handle. Also, I seem to always have trouble unbuckling the straps without a serious struggle which I almost broke my nails one time. So, that has to go soon and I just now ordered a new one online today called Peg Perego Si Java. I read reviews and it just seems to have everything I want a stoller to have:) I just can't wait to get it!!!!