Our Amazing, Wonderful, Hilarious Poloo

When mama calls from Columbus, she always sounds so pleased, and she almost always calls with sweet Aden sleeping in her lap. I ❤ him.

Our sweet baby boy is finally here! Yesterday – March 26 th , 2003, at 1:58am. Tuesday morning, Rabia called saying that her blood pressure had shot up, so the doctors decided to induce labor. Her water broke around 12, and I saw one last appointment at work and then ran home. Rabia said Dr. Aranas said the baby would arrive by 8, which turns out was a “joke” and Rabia wanted mama there, so we left around 3. Went to the hospitaI, nothing was going on. Mama, Humera, and I went to Applebee’s, back to the hospital, then to Rabia’s house (Humera had to leave and go back to Atlanta), because the ETA was midnight-1am. At 2:09, my cell phone started ringing. It was Najeeb, who was very happy and excited, saying the baby had arrived. I was completely disoriented, and thought that my cell phone was having a birthday 😂 Mama says I kept saying “Mash’Allah” but I remember nothing. Mama told me to rest for a little while, then we would go, but she was all restless. My mind felt completely inope