February 2004
2nd: Aden loves to sit on my bed against the backrest and play with the remote control. Mama gave him indoor strolls of the house in his stroller, which he loved. Everytime I sing the opening line of “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” he gives me a glorious smile. He complete adores mama, and lunges for her whenever she’s near, and is really sweet and calm with her. He loves playing with fruit – I use oranges to distract him from crying when I bring him in from the outdoors. Yesterday when we came inside, I took him to a bowl of grapes, and he was plucking grapes from the stem and throwing them back into the bowl! Rabia says he goes to sleep every night with a remote in his hand. She says that when other kids take blankies to pre-k, he’ll probably take a remote! 12th: I miss Aden so much! They haven’t been able to come because Shoaib has a bad cold and may have given it to Humera. But I have some cute things to write down, that I jotted down in my Palm Pilot about him: 1. A