IN JEDDAH =)

Im writing from mama's house, I'm dreaming:D

alhamdulilah we arrived to Jeddah safely on Thursday night...the trip was ok! the first part was the hardest, from LA to Frankfort was about 10 hours. it was very tiring having Lana on my lab all the time..she did not throw tantrums THANK GOD..and i did not have to give her medicine earthier alhamdulilah...in fact i would of been really scared if i did because during the last 3 hours, she throw up a little after feeding her Gerber food! and if i gave her the medicine i would of thought its because of it....ya3ny my brain would of took me to a dark place..what of i gave her too much medicine what if .....etc!!!so alhamdulilah i didn't give it to her. But subhanallah I'm also thankful to God that i actually bought the medicine because Zaido used it instead of Lana! Also in the last few hours Zaido had really bad coughing and he was not able to sleep because of how bad it was, so i gave him a little and he slept a little...It was very sad watching zaid and Lana sleeping in such uncomfortable position=( I'm glad i took my pillow with me so Lana can sleep better on top of it on my legs instead of holing her in my arms. I did not sleep at all...and my back and my arms were killing me. I have to mention that i was VERY lucky to have this young Iranian lady next to me! she truly was a gift from God. she was super nice to zaid, she played with him, draw pic with him, read the Arabic letter with him:) and made nice models out of the play dough. And when it was time for food..she ate and when she saw me that i asked not to bring my food, cus there is no way that i can eat with Lana on my lab!, she finished her food and took Lana from me so i can eat, wash Lana's bottles, take zaid to the bathroom....one time when Lana throw up, this lady did not hesitate to put her hand under Lana's mouth!!i was sooo embarrassed and humbled by her! she was truly an angel. Also, when the plain was going down, all of the sudden i got super dizzy (surprise right, not sleeping, not eating oh and did i mention that before going to the airport i started to have the flue signs, so u can imagine) she took Lana from me AND attached her seat belt with Lana's! isn't she amazing mashallah, and on top of that her name is Sahar just like my older sis=) May Allah reward her for everything she did for me and my kids.

I have to say after traveling in Europeans airlines, they are wayyy better than Americans(I'm talking from my own experience only here;)! the flight attendee were super nice and friendly! when i took Lana and Zaid to play in the back, one flight attendee came to sit in her seat..and when she saw me standing there with Lana, she actually offered me to sit on her seat! then she went and brought chocolate bars for Zaido! and we had nice conversation=) even the regular people in the airplane were nice, when they saw me holding Lana in one hand and pushing the bag on the other hand, there was always someone to come and take the bag from me up the stairs...etc

The second part of the trip was super good alhamdulilah. i was able to have the baby bassinet area and everyone was comfortable alhamdulilah!

My mom, Abeer, and Noureddinn were there to pick me up and it was jumping from joy to see them alhamdulilah=) we went to mama's house and saw my sis and the kids, had some yoummy food, and a surprise birthday cake for Lana :) then Nouerdeen couldn't help himself and started asking me about the gifts:D it was soo cute. Then we tried to put the kids to sleep and we all stayed up until Fajer talking and laughing...we tried to sleep after that but Lana started having a fever so i didn't get to sleep at all, plus my crazy flue and my throat were already killing me!

Lana is better alhamdulilah, last night we all slept good after a long day in ba7ra (like a mazra3a) with my dad. Today we had lunch at my sis Ftima, we had fish and what can i say about the red sea's fish it is AMAZING. I'm so sick of Salmon and Talabia.lol

Then we had late dinner at Bayan's. Tomorrow at Abeer's :D fun fun fun. I'm soo happy to see zaido with his cousins having fun and bonding with his aunties =) This morning he woke up and started asking about Abeer and Fatima. They are spoiling him so much...Abeer loves to sit and draw his favorites trucks with him. Fatima loves to feed him her self bite by bite! Zaid is actually finishing his food! Well i don't blame him the food is really good ;) and I'm loving being spoiled again! After praying Fajer and listening to the amazing sound of athan, my mommy made me her famous coffee with milk..each sip i took, it brought back so many memories, even the smell of it..just like the old times. When i told mommy i feel dizzy in the afternoon, she went to the kitchen and made me fresh orange juice..i felt so loved and it brought tears in my eyes, Allah ykhalyly my mommy ow la ye7rmny menek ya rabb.

I miss Ammar so much, especially this morning when my mom made me Mamonyeh for breakfast, Ammar loves this Syrian dish. we skyped today and zaido was super happy. he misses his dad a lot already..he asks about him around bedtime..it's so sad. but inshallah i cant wait to see him here with me..may Allah bring him to us safe soon inshallah=)

ok this is enough updates for today, time to sleep!

salams

Busy Week!

It's 2:30 am, and Lana just woke me up to make her a bottle and i can't go back to sleep. I was looking at her and thinking to myself..ahh it's so weird not to breastfeed her anymore:(

I actually miss that bond between us. Sometimes i feel like i don't hug her enough! this girl loves to run and play MASHALLA she does not have time for that ;)

I also forgot to put my removable braces before i went to bed..so thank u Lana! I have been using the removable braces for like 2 weeks now i think! I decided to do it because i felt like the 3 bottom front teeth's are not straight and I'm afraid, because my dad and my older bro and me have the same looking teeth and i don't wana end up like them :D

so i asked the Dr. and we agreed to do the braces just for the bottom teeth..but when i went to pick it up..they did the braces for ALL my teeth! so basically i had to pay double the amount! so i better use it.. right! after experimenting..i decided to use them when I'm sleep at night..i need to put them on for like 7 hours..I'm used to it now alhamduliah!

Anyway, I've been very busy with packing for Wednesday he he he! I'm so excited but soo nervous too i can't help it..the other day Ammar called the airline to save the baby bassinet area for us. BUT they said that all of it is taken! so i asked him to call again to give me at least a window seats, BUT it's also taken!! WTH! i asked for a place next to the bathroom, so they gave me the seats all the way in the back! now I'm not sure if that's good or bad! maybe it's good..this way if Lana cried or whatever..we will be all the way in the back in the noisy engine spot! ughh my stomach is hurting just talking about it Allah yesser inshallh ahhh!

I packed some snacks, colors, playdoh, stories, and bought this neck pillow for myself. I was also going to take Zaido's small pillow for him but a friend advised me not to take too much stuff. she told me take a pillow cover instead and stuff it with 2 small pillows from the airplane! I like the idea and the airline better have enough pillows! this way I'm thinking to take a big pillow with me so Lana can sleep better on my lap, she is so not used to sleep while holding her! we will see i guess, inshallah everything goes smoothly ya Rab!

Last night i went to bed around 9:30 i was so tired of cleaning the house and packing for tomorrow inshalla! we are leaving in the morning to Vegas to see Homam, my lovely older brother..he is gona come from Indiana to Vegas for a week to attend ASHP midyear clinical meeting. it's like the biggest pharmacy meeting in the world or something. why in Ls Vegas? i have no clue =) so finally Ammar agreed to take me to Las Vegas :D he always said to me I'll never go to that place..even non Muslims call it sin city, he said lol so now I'm like YES;)

I'm really excited to see my Homam, he is very homesick i can imagine! inshallah will have some fun time together =)

back for more sleep!

keep us in ur prayer :)