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Let's go back to winter 2009 for a moment or two.

3 generations.

Family photo. Vlore, Albania.


Mother is the most humble person I have ever known.

Durres, Albania. Natural is always better.

Father and Uncle in their best attitude. I don't think you wanna mess with my family, we're thick as thieves. You mess with one of us : It's over :)

Before shooting...

And after... See the difference? I'm still not peeing my pants :)

My brother, my friend, my love!

Walking in my hood.



Born to be free!!!

Hey bro, there's no such thing as freedom!!! * Bam Bam*

SF Museum of Modern Arts [Part II]

SF MOMA eshte kjo ndertesa me kulla te kuqe.




U kenaqem shume tek SF MOMA [Muzeu i Arteve Moderne ne San Francisco]. Edukimi i femijes per artet e bukura duhet te filloi qe heret ne femijeri. Prandaj menduam qe mosha 1 vjec e gjysem eshte absolutisht mosha e duhur. Nuk la arkitekture edhe pikture pa vrojtuar, pa prekur, bente edhe komente biles. Terhoqi vemendjen e turisteve, me kete rast mami shfrytezonte rastin te kerkonte ndere per foto. Meqe tripod-i nuk na lejohej brenda muzeut per arsye sigurie ose me sakte mos rrezimi te njerezve.












17 jave shtatzane. Nje here ne dy jave e kam vendosur te tregoj progresin e shtatzanise.

Pregnancy Test

Ky eshte testi i pare qe bera. Me ne fund mbas dy muajsh kane dale vizat shume te qarta.

Summer is here

Not our aunt, we're talking about the season. It has been very warm all these days, just like in the summer. Mami decided to go out this weekend and take pictures of her belly. Daddy went camping & hiking with the YM so we did our favorite thing. This pregnancy she has more time in her hands to plan for tons of belly pictures.




15 weeks pregnant.



At first Mami wasn't really comfortable with showing her naked belly, but let's do this until the stretchmarks come on our way. She convinced herself by looking at her friends naked bellies photographs.

14 Weeks Pregnant

My bump is getting bigger and bigger. 14 weeks prego at the bowling alley. This week I can feel the baby "flutters" which is amazing. I'm waiting to feel his moves.
So according to 3DPregnancy [the website I check every week] it says :

What Mama's Thinking:
"I'm too sexy for this pregnancy, too sexy for this pregnancy. ..."

Thought you'd never want to do "it" again, right? You may find that now that your energy levels are picking up, your interest in sex may increase as well.

If your back is starting to hurt, you can thank yet another hormone, relaxin, for the aches and pains.


My Baby

My baby now has fingerprints! Book 'em, Danno! Believe it or not, he actually created them himself while swimming around in the amniotic fluid. As he moved his hands, the skin on the tips of his fingers formed unique ridges and folds. That's why no one on earth has the same fingerprints, not even identical twins! Cool, right?

My baby is now about an ounce and is the length of a flip phone, or roughly 3.5 inches.

12 Weeks Pregnant

I need to update the blog more often with my prego pictures. Here I am 12 weeks pregnant with Baby XY.




Te gjithe thone qe me shtatzanine e dyte barku te del me shpejt dhe e kam vertetuar kete gje pasi kete madhesi te barkut e kam pasur me TT kur isha 16-17 javeshe. tremujorin e pare kam pasur disa here "morning sickness" ose ndjesi te vjellure. Sa here cohesha ne mengjes kisha kete ndjesi dhe deri sa shkoja ne krevat ne darke nuk ikte. Te pakten jam me fat se me zgjati ndoshta per 2 jave. Por une beja krahasimin me shtatzanine e TT qe nuk kisha asnje lloj shqetesimi dhe me dukej sikur ca po hiqja.

Back to Christmas Morning

Recent news 16 months old:

* TT continues to nap 1.5 / 3 hrs a day.
* Eats with a fork but instead prefers Mami feeding her [Sometimes with fingers, I know gross, right?]
* Has 8 front teeth and 4 molars. The last couple of days has been painful for her.
* Tries to say words in English like juice, ball.
* Loves narrow spaces, cell.phones, computers, dogs, opening bottles, pastas, crepes, drinking from a cup and playing in the pretend kitchen with pots & pans.
* Started potty training and every day has been doing # 2 in the potty.

* Picking what shoes to wear / playing with mami's shoes.
* Stomping one feet while dancing [ European style].





Last post about Christmas I promise no more. Well it's not my fault that we did so many activities around Christmas. And I swear it has nothing to do with Mami's favorite holiday ... no way!!!



Blowing kisses to everyone.



We had a live connection with family in Albania. That's why you see the mini lap top everywhere.









This is what daddy got Grandma, a snuggie.



This is what daddy got from mami, a jacket.



This is what TT got from Auntie Summer, a dancing Mickey.





"I'm on Santa's and Grandma's nice list" this is written on TT's pajamas. And it turned out to be true. Grandma Tatiana also sent a package only for TT.



Girls have never enough clothes.



TT woke up very early this morning. We all had breakfast and then started working on opening the gifts. At 10 AM she was already pooped and ready for a nap.






At the end.