The long Eid holiday

For all the years that we have been in Dubai, Eid holidays have been a time for frolic and fun a - getting out of the country, or do fun camping / outdoor trips etc. However, since the Islamic calendar is based on the moon, Eid keeps moving forward by a few days every year. And this year the holidays happened end of August, which meant that it was too hot to do anything outdoors. Moreover, the house purchase and a lot of other expenditures meant that we couldn't travel abroad either. So the whole of 5 days was spent doing absolutely nothing.

Next year, Mikie will be too small for us to do much but also, cookie will be big enough for us to stay indoors and do nothing. Hmmmm!

So, what's your gender?

Well kids, some people choose to keep it a surprise till the very end, but we have always preferred to find out whether the baby in mommy's tummy is a boy or a girl. It helps us to plan ahead, shop and otherwise prepare for the newcomer's arrival.

Now we eagerly await for the next month to find out whether dear Mikie is a brother or a sister to little ms. Samya. Of course, we would love for you to be a boy, so that we have a complete family, but no pressure there darling. You could as easily be a girl, and Daddy and Mommy would shower the same kind of love on you too.

Catch up with the news day.

So today is the day that I realize again that I've not been writing in since July 25th and I would like to make up for it. Now I start thinking about what has happened since then, and it is a whole whole lot. We won't be able to capture the whole story of the days of our lives into this blog anyways, but here goes.

GranNanay arrived to take care of both of you and Mommy especially. Mommy was struggling to keep up with all our demands and we were getting worried that Mikie, sitting inside Mommy's tommy is not going to take it well.

We bought an iPad and that brought up the gadget count. Cookie, you are a pro on it already, playing whatever games or videos you want. Guess it will be outdated by the time Mikie can look at taking it up.

Our house has come to a final deal situation. We chose a reasonably good 2 br apartment in Dubai's Motor City and Daddy got the loan to pay for it - not without problems but at last. Hoping to shift there by October, in time for the lovely winters.

Hmmm what else? Again the search for a new car has started, because the small Pajero won't take all of us in when Mikie has arrived. All of us including Cookie would love to buy a LR4, but Daddy should instead save up that money and keep it for bringing up both of you. :)

More later I guess!