Club Med Ixtapa, Mexico

In the early morning hours of February 21st, we woke the boys and headed off to the airport. Our flight was at 8am but we had to be there early (~5am) to try to get some seats together. In the end, we really lucked out. The plane was setup with 3 seats, then the aisle, then 3 seats. We were so lucky that on the way there, we had a whole row to ourselves. 3 seats for Saro and I; 3 seats for Ari and Serdal. We were pretty lucky on the way back too... We had 3 seats for the 4 of us together. Overall, flying with the boys was really not that bad!! they behaved VERY well and everyone around us told us so! I'm sure they were panicked when they saw us come sit right in front of them so they were relieved when Saro and Ari were the best behaved little guys on the plane!!

Overall, we loved the resort. The food was amazing. Our room was amazing. We would definitely go back and recommend it to others, especially others with babies. We could have brought absolutely no food with us had i known what to expect... but i hadn't trusted what they would have so we had ~3 days worth of food packed... You can check out general pics of the resort at Club Med Ixtapa . We stayed in a family suite which meant the boys had their own bedroom so that Serdal and i didn't have to sit quietly in the dark while they slept. It gave us a small amount of freedom that we enjoyed.

Here are some pics of our vacation.

Playing in the sand


Chillin' by the pool in the wonderful lounge beds


Playing in the pool


Serdal was so excited when Saro went for the tennis racket!


One of our only family shots


More hanging out by the pool



Hanging out in the high chairs in our room


Saro & Ari entertaining themselves while we eat some lunch


Ari, deep in thought

back again

i always surprise myself when i realize how long it's been since my last post. It honestly feels like i update this thing a lot more often than i really do... You must all be wondering what the heck can she be doing that keeps her so busy? uh... hello?? this blog is about TWO BABY BOYS. They are, and will continue to be, my best excuse ever. :)

well, since my last post, we had another doctor's appointment and the weight gain wasn't great but I have been told (again) by the doctor to stop worrying about it and that they are doing just fine. so i'm trying. We're trying very hard to get the boys to start eating real foods (i.e. stop our dependence on those baby purees). So far, we are making a little bit of progress with Ari... a little bit less with Saro... They both have made no progress with the stupid sippy cup for ages. I shiver at the thought of the stupid cup. Really, how hard is it to drink from the darned things!? argh! hehe

Speaking of progress... Saro is WALKING!! He probably took his first steps about a month ago and now walks across the room in his adorable way. He still prefers to crawl but is walking more and more often. Ari is just too fast at crawling; he doesn't see the point in making so much effort to go so slow! How would he ever run after the ball if he has to think about every step? He will walk soon enough, i'm sure.

We just got back from a family vacation in Ixtapa, Mexico. It was beautiful and relaxing and a wonderful change of scenery for us all. We especially LOVED having baba around all the time for a full week! Posting pictures always takes a long time so i will create a new post for that... otherwise, this message will never see the light of day.

one week left until we can officially say we made it through their first year! wow, pretty amazing to think how quickly it flew by!

doctor checkup

it has been a long time since i have written a post that isn't centered around some pictures... but i just got back from seeing our pediatrician and the boys are asleep in the car (with Serdal - i didn't just leave them there!) so i thought i would share my excitement.

obviously, excitement means the appointment went well. We thought we would be getting some bad news today (about Ari's progress) since, over the last month, we had a case of stomach flu and changed the boys' schedule around quite a bit which impacted Ari's feeding. Well, i was dumbfounded to get the following results:

In the last 4 weeks, Ari has gained 450 grams (almost 1 pound!!). (Comparitively, at our last checkup, he had gained 110 grams (~4oz) in 3 weeks. So we went from 5 grams a day to 16 grams a day!) He now weighs 7.89kg (17lbs 6oz).

Saro continues to do well. He gained 400 grams and weighs 8.45kg (18 lbs 10 oz).

Though we still have frustrating feeding sessions that seem to go on forever, no actual drinking from sippy cups, and no ability to chew anything quite yet... both we and the doctor are ecstatic about their weight gain in the last month. I hope he keeps this up and we see great results again next month.

signing off with a sigh of relief...

Saro and Ari play together

check out this video of Saro pushing Ari on their new Diego car! Saro LOVES to walk now, cracks up while doing it. (He pushes the diego car or the other walker we have.) Ari LOVES sitting on either the Diego car or the other walker thingy and getting pushed. If you stop, he gets mad and starts bouncing up and down and whining! haha.

December 2007 Update

December was full of more crawling, standing, and cruising. Ari LOVES to kick a ball around and chase after it (he's very fast now!). Saro just loves to pull up on anything and everything. Unfortunately, we ended the year off with our worst sickness yet. While in Montreal, we caught a stomach virus. First Saro was really sick, then Ari (and mommy). It was NOT fun but we're all better now.

(p.s. don't forget to scroll down to see the Nov 2007 update too)

Dec 2 @ Matthew's birthday party.


December 5 - cute smiles


Dec 13 - cracking up with baba


Dec 22 - JoJo and Ti Genny came over for some fun! They brought the best toy ever - we love it!!


Dec 23 - Lots of babies at Ara & Maral's house


Dec 25 - Christmas Day: getting ready to meet Santa!


Dec 25 - Santa arrived, scared everyone, gave TONS and TONS of gifts, and left. :) Some great family shots (Alepian side of the family).


Dec 26 - Ari still feeling invincible with Raffi dai-dai (he doesn't know he's about to get sick in 6 hours). Poor sick Saro with mommy. Another nice family shot (Derkevorkian side of the family).


Dec 31 - More gifts on New Year's Eve! Saro wearing one of his gifts from Bahamas while Ari unwraps the toys!

November 2007 Update

ok, so i have slacked quite a bit in my blog updates (as many of you have NOT failed to mention...) So i am going to create a few posts because there are way too many pics to fit in one post and i figure it will be easier to view chronologically.

November 4 - having fun at Noah's birthday party


November 11 - Ari playing peek-a boo from the kitchen


November 17 - the boys in action


November 18 - auditioning for a Huggies ad ;)


November 24 - playing together in our jammies, in desperate need of a haircut


November 24 - haircut day! Before pics


during and after



November 28 - we love playing and staring out the window

halloween

oh - what fun halloween can be!! not much introduction is needed to these pics. sorry if i go a bit overboard... :)

dressed up for sasha's (aka minnie mouse) birthday party


little cousins and friend Izzie


prenatal class reunion (20 babies!)


medzbaba Ara and medzbaba Ohannes with the lion and the monkey :)


... and a bit of an update for you... SARO IS CRAWLING!!!! he took his first tentative steps on Sunday night and has been improving every day. Ari is almost there too - i predict a few more days 'til i have two crawling babies. AAAHH!! :)