01/06/2009

Ben and Jenny come to visit. It's been a long time since we met. The last time we got together was at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens way back in July (was it?)

Zafer, our former Turkish instructor, was planning to join but was held back at his job. We missed him... Hopefully, we'll be able to arrange another social once Zafer is available and even again when Olga is back from Germany. It'll be good to have the entire gang together again.

Besides this, Iza also met our good friend Annie and her 1 yr old, Bea this afternoon. Also there were Katie and her 11 mo Helen. We're trying to get in the neighborhood babysitting coop. *Fingers crossed* I'm pretty confident at least 3 already in the coop trust me well enough to leave their kids with me. They love Iza too and I'm sure wouldn't mind looking after her once in a while so Harun and I can get a date night out.

01/05/2009

Just look at that smile!!!

Day at the park with Cynthia and Laura (in the next swing): Temps here in NYC got up to lower 50s and in January, that calls for a day out!

01/04/2009

The Ozturk's Family Bed

This is what a sleepless night ends up looking like in the morning. Iza must be going through a growth spurt because she was up and down all night and decided at 4 am that it must be time to play.

01/03/2009

Breakfast at Panera Bread with Christine,
Harun's boss from MTA days. It is a lot of fun going out with Iza now that she can sit in her high chair and amuse herself, with of course, a little bit of help from us and our guests. Christine was great with her and Iza looked quite smitten.

01/02/09

Yum...Peas!

Day 2 of 365 blog, and I'm torn between what pictures to post. Actually, I woke up early this morning, looking at a gorgeous pink morning sky and the first thought that came to my head was "This should be my picture for today!"

I remembered then my plan on getting Iza to feed herself peas...since Harun once caught her elbow deep in her bowl shoving the puree in her mouth just the previous day. I wanted to catch the moment I missed and share it here.

Iza's being very clingy and cranky today. Will have to stop here.

And so it starts...

Here is my first entry for the year 2009. Harun my darling husband, who in normal circumstances, has a lot of faith in me, right away snorted away when I announced my new year's resolution of maintaining this blog.
"You won't be able to do it, I'll tell you now." said the duffer.
I know what he means...we might be away a lot since we're always vacationing, or getting away on long weekends, and on many such getaways we don't get internet service. So, it IS quite possible that I won't be posting for weeks any pictures. However, I have made this commitment and I'll keep it even if I have to log away pictures every day with the intention of posting them all at once AND as soon as I get the chance, I will!
I don't pretend to be good at photography ha ha. So the pictures may be grainy, out of focus or just plain bizzare. But that IS my life! And it's my daily life that I am blogging so I guess it should be ok.

01/01/2009

New Year breakfast