Hannah is 3 months!

Our little baby is 3 months! OK, I know she is not little, she is getting more rolls than the Oros man-but she is beautiful!

What a blessed 3 months it's been! Hannah is so responsive-smiling enormously when you talk to her or smile at her or laugh at her, basically everytime you look at her -IF she's not hungry- she smiles! I know coming from her mom this doesn't mean much, but trust me: she is the cutest baby ever!!

She has started "talking" (see the video below) and it is just so awesome to hear! Also she has started swimming just a few days ago, and loves it-TWO water babies, lovely!!

Donna continues to be the best big sister (again, only from a mom!), she just can't do enough for her little sister. And now that Hannah smiles and talks back to Donny, it's brought a new dimension to this budding relationship-it's wonderful to see!

Hannah Singing!

Donna's Party

Donna turns 3!!

Our dearest Donna has turned 3! It's one of those times when I cannot believe she's already 3, but at the same time can't believe she's only 3!! Life without her seems very very long ago, I struggle to remember what all I did before she came along.



She has continued to grow into a very special little girl. She is shy to those she doesn't know well, but is a beeming light to all she does. Donna is soft, yet loud; clever, but silly; sensitive, but loves teasing and getting teased; girly, but fun; she's caring, loving, sweet, considerate, beautiful... she's our little princess!



Donna is truely a treasure that can only come from a truely caring, loving and giving God. We are eternally thankful to Him for blessing us with a ongoing miracle like our precious Donna!

Making the Fairy Cake!

Donna has been asking for a Fairy cake since her second birthday. Finally she got it! But even better than that-she got to help to make it too-getting to taste it at every stage!!

Thanx go to Granny for her hard work!!

Granny and Granpa Diggers' Visit

Granny and Granpa Diggers came to visit for two weeks for Donna's birthday, and of course to meet their new gorgeous granddaughter too! We had a great time, doing non-holiday stuff like voting, vaccines and a surgical consult for Hannah, cooking, washing, cleaning and baking cakes (!!), but I also gave them a break and took them to see a few places in Dubai!

I think Donna had the best time-got very spoilt with a new present every day, a 24 hour playmate (aka Granny), and someone who would take her swimming any time of day (aka Granpa Diggers)! She loved the attention and love, and is missing them alot now that they're back home!

Thanx for the good times we spent together, it was really a good visit!

The Collett's visit!

We were treated by the Colletts who came to visit for 2 days-2 wonderful days of sweet fellowship!!

We had a picnic out in one of the gardens on Friday, then went and did the tourist thing on Saturday. To be honest-Ryan and I felt like the tourists-Dubai has changed so much since the last time we went sight seeing!!

To Brian, Tanya, Ashley and Michael:

Thank you so much for stopping over! We had so much fun catching up with you guys! We so appreciate the friendship we have with you.

Ash: THANK YOU for how great you were with Donna and Hannah-you are such star! Donna has not stopped talking about you!

The Girls

Just a few random pics of our beautiful treasures!

Ashton's 1st Birthday Party

We had such a great time at Ashton's 1st party-Donna enjoying it the most definitely! Well...there was a pool and cupcakes-that's about as good as life gets for Donna!

Hannah was also there...