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I'm going to start a new segment that I'm going to call "Overheard at our house" which is just awesome things that Saha says. For my first installment, I give you this gem: Allen says, "Saha, tell mom what James did when I came to pick you up." I said, "Did he give you a high five?" Allen says, "What did he do before the high five? Did he give you a kiss?" Saha, "Yes." Me, "Where did he give you a kiss?" Saha  (pointing at her left cheek), "Right here!" Allen, "Saha had the biggest smile on her face." (after a few seconds) "Mommy, I love James." "Mommy, I love James." (oh boy!) Saha pretty much says loves everything right now, including foods that she's never had, so I'm not too concerned, just yet.

And, to add to the last post of random Saha-isms, here are some more of her fun sleeping poses 6/14 6/17 - yes, we did put her back up on the bed! 6/21 - doesn't Elmo look like he's being held there against his will? 6/23 - naptime 6/23 - later that evening. 6/29 - 4 am the morning she and Allen left for San Diego 7/30 - at Grandma and Grandpa's in San Diego - this one is just sweet

Here are some "Saha-isms" I've been collecting. Monday 6/11 "Crackers say 'Eat me, eat me.'" (during breakfast) (Don't remember exactly when she said this one) Mom: Saha you were so fast today. Good job Saha: mommy happy? Saturday 7/7 "oh my goodness" (as she plays Legos with her cousins) Monday 7/9 "Wait a minute" (as she decides what object to identify from her book) Yogurt is "yoyuht" (still working on the "k" and "g" sounds) Oso the dog is "Ah-so" Monday 7/16 (She said this to me when I got home and was resting on the couch, still in my work clothes) Mom and dad go bike ride, Saha study (says Saha as she picks up my pen and tries to write with it on a piece of paper) Mom you go change, I'm gonna go study. Go bike ride. You need change mommy.

While Allen and I were away, my Mom came and stayed with Saha, but it wasn't just Mom. My Dad worked in a business trip, so he spent both weekends with Saha and Mom and worked up near Baltimore during the week in between (well 4 days) and the weekend that we came back Priya and Mike came up to visit, but we just missed seeing them. My Dad did stay that night so that we could at least see him, and Mom left the following day. Here are some pictures from the 10 days of Nani-time! Dinner the day that we left Dinner at Rustico with Nani and Nana Playing Dora with Nana At Mt. Vernon with Nani Playground Who let that girl have a strawberry frappucchino!? Priya Masi made her a ribbon dancer wand Swimming lesson with Priya Masi Last day of soccer with Nani, Nana, Masi and Mike Saha and her coach Dinner with Urvashi Aunti and Sirish Uncle How'd she get so high?! Nana and Nani...

Here's the post I know that you have all been waiting for! Well, you are in for a treat (or a bore, depending on how you look at it) Allen and I went on a trip without Saha from May 24-Jun 3 rd . We covered 5 countries and had a great time. My mom came for 2 weeks and stayed with Saha, and they both had a blast. I’ll do a post on their time together after this one on our trip. We were able to do the trip with backpacks, so it made all the travelling much easier. Below is a day by day recap. I was going to scatter some pics in, but there are just too many and this post is way overdue. You can click here to view the web album. All the pictures have captions. Don't worry, I did whittle it down from 1117 pics to only posting 313 online! Friday – Iceland We took an overnight flight to Iceland. We arrived at 6:30 am, got our rental car and drove south, away from the airport and Reykjavik. We went along the coast, saw various geothermal mud springs, some awesome cliff...