Jaydon, Ella, and Aiden

All the phase 2 Al-Malki babies are here and ready to see the world. We've had a few opputunites to get them together and thought you may enjoy the pics...


From left to right Cheryl and baby Ella, Me and Jaydon, and Sheri and baby Aiden.

Strollers are the new vehicles of choice for us now - good thing we all live down the street from each other, makes playdates soo much easier!
Jaydon and Ella hanging out together...
They've discovered their hands and were tasting each others
I think this is the first date where both babies we actually awake at the same time!

Aiden wanted to join the fun but Jaydon was not happy about losing his spot to the new guy!

2 Months Old

Jaydon is 2 months old. He went in to see the doc and now weighs 12 1/2 lbs. According to the internet growth charts that's exactly in the 50th percentile. We all found that amusing since he was born on his due date at an average weight. He seems to be on the course to be an all around average baby...Yeah right - average....not when you're this cool!Next time mommy needs to take the sticker off!
He's getting ready for the Doha sun and had to show daddy his new hat.

It took a few days to feel better after his shots. Once he did it was time to chow down again.

Starting off early with a big 'ol Milk belly.

Enough already, these Momaratzzi's just don't put the camera down!

GGF Fashion

Not every baby gets to have the latest in custom designed onezy fashion but this baby is one of the lucky few.

Our first outfit in the GGF collection is this tropical parrot fish.

The colors of the fish do a wonderful job bringing out the warm tones in any baby's skin.

It's casual and fun and a great look to sport while hanging out with Pooh and friends.

Our next look in the GGF collection uses a primary color palette that's sure to catch the eye of that special lady friend.

The truck design says "I'm hard working, approachable, and devilishly handsome..."

"... and I know when to lay back and have a good time."
To complete this look we've added blue slacks with red accents and the final touch is the bright yellow converse sneaker socks. This look is sure make any baby the life of the party.

You may be wondering who Jaydon's secret onezy designer is...well it's a secret that can't be kept for long. GGF is Great Grandfather Forte who just turned 91 a few weeks ago.

Happy Birthday GGF - we love the outfits!

Steve's trip to NY

Steve had another business trip to NY to work on his fire safety college project. He claimed that they sat in meetings all week but the pics from his camera say otherwise. Looks like it was just and excuse to get a bunch of pyros together to light stuff on fire...

While he was in town he also got a chance to meet up with my cousins Michele and Will. You may recognize Will from SNL, he's a regular on it so Steve and Michele got back stage passes for the show and joined the cast and crew for the after party. Steve claims he was hanging out with The Rock and Justin Timberlake but didn't have the photos to prove it.

Michele is also expecting her first baby in a couple months so everyone is excited to see more baby pics...

Jaydon was really happy to see his daddy back.
Especially since he came home with lots of gifts. First was his Fireman outfit which he sported while helping daddy catch up on a few e-mails and phone calls.

It's also good to just hang out in too.

Next was his policeman outfit

And don't forget the fun new play mat/blanket that makes all kinds of jungle noises. Each head makes a different sound and the blanket is soft and cuddly too.

Jaydon's 1st Party Invite

Jaydon got to attend his first party for his friends Will and Jade's 1 year old birthday. The party was Tinkerbell and Pirate themed...
Will was a pirate and
Jade was Tinkerbell.

Jaydon was wide eyed most of the party and enjoyed seeing all the fun.
Jaydon and his girlfriend Ella spent most of the party in their baby carriers but did give the pirate ship cut outs a try.
Jaydon is the monkey and Ella is the ship's mate.

Video Clip Test

Here's a short video of Jaydon playing on his Jungle Gym mat. I haven't used the video feature on the camera much and it took several days to finally get blogger to accept the video so consider this a trial run. Let me know if you have any issues.

Go ahead and ignore the sound on the video, I had my pump going while videoing not realizing how well the sound would come through on the clip. Next time I'll try not to multi task...

I also wanted to post the pic of Jaydon's awesome tie dye outfit that Grandma Forte bought him. I just realized today that he needs to graduate to the 3mos size clothes before he gets to big for them!

As Samena his nanny said "Oooh Very Colorful".

Al Malki Baby Art

Stephanie was brave enough to volunteer her house for an all out Al-Malki baby art party. There have been 9 babies conceived and born while their parents were on assignment here in Doha and living in our compound (Al-Malki Gardens). Aimee Jackson and her parents are moving back to London so it felt like an end of an era that needed to be documented. What better way then covering our baby's in paint!
William (and mom Kelly) was our brave test subject and went first. He seemed to be as interested in trying to figure out what in the world the adults were doing to him this time.
Ella (above with his mom Cheryl) and Jaydon were the last to go, being the newest babies we thought they would the hardest but they just slept the whole time. Jamie became an expert baby foot painter. Jaydon opted for his signature color...baby blue.

And for those counting I said 9 babies but there are only 7 prints. Well one baby is in Australia seeing family and the other is being born as I type this. Sheri (refer to earlier baby shower post) is the last one of phase II and she's in labor right now. I think Aiden saw how much fun he was missing out on and decided it was time to come join the world!

1 Month Old

Boy does time fly when you're having fun (and sleeping in increments of 30 minutes to 2 hours...it's amazing how much better you feel after 2 hours of sleep). Jaydon is already 1 month old and for all his fans out there here's more pictures of the little guy from his birthday and others we found on the camera.

Jaydon helping daddy figure out some details on his fire safety college design project. Steve plans on fitting this picture in during his presentation to his clients next week while he's in NY to show them how hard everyone is working (on his first trip away :-(
Jaydon's humongous bear taking over a little of the babysitting duty. You may remember this bear from the flower bouquet EM gave to Jaydon...freezer is still full of chocolates from it.

Dreaming about driving his first sports car

These pictures were taken on his 1 month birthday:

Tummy time
Jaydon does a lot of smiling lately but never for very long so documenting it is very difficult. This was the best picture I got of about 20 different takes, it's a little fuzzy but still adorable.