My day with Zabey Babey

Today I spent the day with My Zabien. He needed some "mama" time! It sucks being the "middle" child sometimes. I try to spend one on one time with each of my kids on a daily basis but I've been so busy trying to get this lil business of mine up and running, that I've let that slide. I decided to make up for that and spend the whole day with him.

The Comedian 

Drinkin his Starbucks (decaf people don't freak out) and now he wants a Subway

Laughing hysterically at his own jokes....he is so much like his mama! lol

He had the biggest head! (10lbs 7 1/2oz and was all head...lol can you say OUCH!!)

So after spending all this time with him I realized something....I needed this just as much as he did. My pregnancy (with him) was very hard. I was at the lowest point of my life (emotionally) and it didn't help that I was moved to high risk because he was a twin, but the other baby had died while inside the womb and I almost lost him too! He was the perfect baby! I knew he was going to be funny when I noticed in his first ever picture (taken by my mother, the minister) he was flipping off the camera (definitely my son, lol)! His first word was "mama" and it came early, but after seeing my huge reaction to that word, he decided to start calling me baba and would laugh every time. I would beg him "zabey babey, pleeeeeease, stop calling me baba, say mama!! I know you can" and he would just sit and laugh and say "baba" over and over again (which is what he calls his father, it's arabic for daddy) but he's a mama's boy, there's no denying that...and he's VERY protective of his mama :)

When he was 2, he created, "The Kissing Monster!" It was meant to make me smile, and through obsessively lavishing me with kisses...tickle me into laughter! It worked every time lol! Then he would stand back and clap because he was so proud that he could tickle me 

But what really gets me are those eyes! They melt me! :)

Ya know that feeling when your baby's eyes meet yours for the first time? Times that by a million!! I could feel the most immense amount of love in those eyes :) and they still melt me on a daily basis!

He LOVES money! This was his first 100.00 bill

I HATED that dog!! He loved it though, he wants another one...noooo!

He's such a good big brother! What a lover :)

He's always doing something to try to take care of me....randomly making me coffee, bringing me ice water (he calls it the zabey babey special cus it's just the way I like it with a lot of ice)

(seriously...how great is this kid??)

"Dear Mom,

I just wanna thank you for being there for me since I was 1 minute old. I could tell that me and you would have a good relationship. You touch my heart every day I see you. Without you, I wouldn't want to be here. Youre funny, cool, amazing, and you take care of me before you. I love you so much and I want you to know that.

You are my best friend, Mom.
Zabien-Ali"



He is an amazing kid! He's different from any child I've ever known....he doesn't follow the crowd, he makes up what he thinks is popular and he doesn't care at all what people say about him. He is who he is and he likes it!

He sleeps with his eyes open (it's so weird), he bites his nails (I'm trying to get him to stop!), he has too many girls asking him to be their bf, he tends to stretch the truth a lil...he is a story teller 

I love him without a doubt he owns my heart 

Sunday Confessionals

Ok so here I go.....

I almost didnt post this because its not perfectly centered and there is stuff in the background and then I thought...."oh screw it" the truth is, I am tired of putting a front on for people to think everything is perfect. I have 6 kids who are loud, crazy and often times wild, but they are amazing and I cant stand to be away from them even for 5 minutes and its times like these (in the picture) that make it all worth it! I love their smiles!!

Is that the beginning stages of a moustache?? This is my first born child, Kumayl. He is going to be 14 soon which means one more year until drivers training and worrying about finding a car. (EEEeeekk!!) I remember just yesterday when he was dressed in his superman cape jumping off the edge of the bed screaming "BOO BOO DAYDEYAAH" which in his baby talk mean 'to infinity and beyond' of course! Im so grateful for my relationship with him! and a better picture of him would definitely make up for the fact that I posted this closeup so here it is....

(hes so handsome isnt he??)

My son zabien has (for the past 4 years) decided that an afro will be his "thing". He has the most beautiful curly hair, so naturally, I allow this. Some people dont think I should...I dont care, hes my son, not yours so why worry about it? However, can I just say that as much as I love him, I absolutely LOATHE braiding it! He has the most sensitive head, just brushing it is a daunting task let alone parting it, re-wetting the dry areas, gelling it and braiding it! Just another task I just chalk up to another oh-so-fun motherly duty.

I have a thing about noises...mouth noises, popping noises, body noises....omg I just cringe thinking about it! The worst noise of all? Chewing gum...well chewing anything with your mouth open is just the most disgusting and rude thing you could ever do around me. Nothing will make me snap more than a loud chewer!

****BUT****

Chewing gum takes the cake! I mean its horrible, I cant even stand the sight of it, sound of it, popping it, blowing it, stretching it...in fact, I cant wait until Im done with this part so I can put another picture up and stop looking at it. I feel nautious! (I know, I should have my head checked....) Cant shake the shivers that are running down my spine....on to the next!!

I am ALWAYS late!! I try, I try and I keep trying but no matter what I do...Im late for everything!!

 Ive set my clocks to always be 14 minutes fast-doesnt work.

Ive lied to the kids and told them something starts 30 minutes before it does so we would all be ready (and while this makes us there sooner than we would normally be...we are still late)

Ive set personal goals and rewards for myself if I make it happen...still nothing!

Even now, I was supposed to have this, my first post, finished hours ago and here I am. Heck, its not even Sunday anymore!

So there ya have it....my Sunday (now Monday) confessions...not proper or glamorous, just me, plain ole me :)