Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Real Shoes!

Winter arrived early in Marburg this year,
so it was time for Rana to upgrade to real shoes.

She loves them!

Thanks to Nana and Grandpa, her feet will be
cozy and warm all winter long in a pair of
Hush Puppies from good ol' Grand Rapids! ;)

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Crayons!

Rana has been showing more interest in
pens and paper whenever we write anything,
so we pulled out her crayons this afternoon.


She had fun trying out every color in the cute
apron that Great Grandmar and Pop-pop gave her.

Friday, October 30, 2009

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Another stay in the hospital...

Rana had a check-up with her neurologists this week and spent a couple of days in the hospital. She impressed the doctors, made it though the tests with a smile on her face, and had fun playing with her roommate, Baby Leanna. Here's a video of the two of them goofing off.

Unfortunately, the tests showed that there is still some seizure activity in Rana's brain, so the doctors are going to monitor her more closely again. We're not sure what to make of all of this since Rana appears to be doing so well. Hopefully, we'll get some answers over the next few months...

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

"Baby"

One of Rana's first words was "baby." She calls kids of any age "baby" and lovingly tends to her little baby doll. After her bath today, I found her in the bathroom pretending to put lotion on her baby.

Monday, October 12, 2009

I got rhythm, I got music...

I got rhythm, I got music...

Who could ask for anything more??

Monday, October 5, 2009

Recent Developments

Rana still loves music! Nedaa and Layal taught

her how to twirl while we were in Saudi Arabia,

so she has added it to her dance routine.

Here she is chitter-chattering with Uncle Wahib.

She is learning more real words, too. In this clip,

she says "hina", which means "here" in Arabic.