What a Week

It's been a rough few days. Faris is sick again - he keeps us up all night with his coughing. I just got over my illness only to have yet another sinus infection creep back in last night. Nada has ulcers in her mouth from stress and lack of sleep. And to top it all off we experienced a sudden, completely unexpected loss which left us broken-hearted.



Luckily there is someone who keeps on smiling through it all.



That same someone is ALMOST walking. He is up to 8 or 10 steps, hands overhead, wobbling, until he loses his balance and takes a spill. His new favorite "game" is to cover his face with his blanket and crawl forward as quickly as possible, unaware of what's in front of him. It keeps us on our toes as we have alot of pointy wooden furniture in the house. He can also make it to the top of the stairs now. So as much as I'm looking forward to Faris learning to walk, I'm also dreading the days ahead. We can hardly sit still for more than 1 minute as it is before having to chase after him.