Sunglasses!

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...

"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.

I got rhythm, I got music...

I got rhythm, I got music...

Who could ask for anything more??

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.

Few More...

A Trip to the Rhine

We took another trip to the Rhine with Tom and Janice this week.

We rented bikes and rode along the shore,

and found a creative way to keep Rana's head

from bobbing when she fell asleep in the bike seat!

We stopped to explore several little towns along the way

and had fun walking through the castles, too!