Doesn't she look comfortable?

I got her the pillow because her head would always hang forward when she'd fall asleep. At first she was trying to fight and rip the pillow off, but now I think she enjoys it :-)

Miss Lea @ 8 months

Happy Father's Day!

To the best Dad in the world.

Making new friends

Here are some pictures of Lea making new friends at the weekly Mommy and Baby meeting we go to.

Lea with one of the Mommies.

We decided to have a get together with the Dads too.
Lea and Treasa

Lea with Adel and Bianca.

@ the car wash

Lea and I take the car to the car wash at least once a week. The first couple of times she loved it and now she is scared. If I go to get the car washed she has to sit with me in the front or on my lap.

Sitting in the passenger seat.
Passenger seat didn't feel safe enough for Lea so she ended up in my lap.

It's getting messy!

With Lea eating more and more solids things are starting to get a little messy.

Lea's 1st time on the potty!

Today was Lea's first time on the potty! Right after her nap I sat her down to do her business and what do you know?! She did all of her business within 5 minutes!
I couldn't be more proud. :-)

The face of concentration...
Ohh! Something came out!

Not finished yet...

The end result!

Things I'm learning

Lea and I meet at least once a week with some expat Mommies for some coffee and chit chat. I usually come out of these get togethers with some new information about this country and yesterday's lunch was no different.

So I've learned from Mom's who have been here many years that;
1) If you hit a camel on the road (camels here are on the side of the road when you drive into the desert, kind of like deer in Canada) you go to jail as the camel is the national animal of the UAE.

2) When you get car insurance you have to make sure that the insurance covers blood money which is compensation of 200 000 DHS that will be paid to the family of a person you may kill in a car accident. Weather your fault or not you have to pay the blood money if the other person involved in the accident dies. Saying that it has been known that people run across high ways to comit suicide because they know that this blood money will be sent to their families back home. Even if it's not your fault you still go to jail for at least a couple of days.

3) When you get into a car accident with an Emirati you are automatically at fault! In order not to be in more trouble just take the blame and move on.

I think that we should start talking about other things cause all these horror stories about the hidden rules are starting to freak me out.

Sorry Again

I haven't been able to keep up with the blog again because our little Miss Lea was sick. She's much better now, but we had a couple of rough days and nights and once she got better we were trying to catch up on our sleep. She's much better now, but still on antibiotics for a couple of days.

Nothing new to report on our side besides the fact that it's getting hotter and hotter by the minute. As I write this at 11am it is 26C in our apartment, I can just imagine what's it's like outside. It's a little hard for Lea to be outside because the poor thing can't cool herself of so I don't usually stay out with her until the afternoon. We stay indoors doing our various activities and in the evening we go for walks or go to the pool.

I'll post some pictures of her and us later.
Till next time...