Got a gift from Vancouver

My Aunt Nazleen went on a trip to Vancouver and brought me back a present. It's so neat how the mouth opens. It is a size 2, which I think is for 2 year olds but it fits me just fine right now. Thanks so much Auntie Nazy!

Aisha & Nazleen Auntie Love Me!

Nazleen Auntie, is my Mom's sister (called Khala in Urdu or Zia in Italian). Aisha is her best friend. They both love me a lot. They went to Vancouver together and thought about me. I went to Toronto this weekend to attend Aisha Mom's Party. It was fun.

Wearing the "Cars" Movie outfit

Here I am, wearing the "Cars" Movie outfit that my Aunt got me. Thanks Aunt Saira.

Eating my own upper lip

I am so hungry that I seem to be eating my own upper lip. Watch me for yourself:

Today was the last day of the Book Eating Class!

Here I am with my classmates, and other moms. I wasn't looking into the camera because I was busy chatting with the boy next to me. Don't worry, this won't be the end of my book eating days.

20.4 lbs & 71 cm long

By the way, my parents weighed me and measured me today. I am 20.4lbs and a little more than 71cm long.

Wearing my Tommy Hilfiger outfit today

Here I am wearing the Tommy Hilfiger outfit that my Nonna got me. Thanks Grandma.

I am going to be on Call for Help Today!

Hi Leo, Amber, Mike, Sean,
First of all, we love your show. My parents subscribed to Digital TV just to get this show.
Now for my question ...
I am 5 months old and have a blog chronicling my daily adventures. I would like to keep a local copy of this blog so that when I grow up I can look at it even if my blog site (blogger.com) disappears. I tried using Firefox's Scrapbook extension but it doesn't seem to be doing quite what I want. When I save only 1 level deep it stores most of the site but it does not store my videoclips. My videoclips are posted on Clipshack (which is a video sharing site like YouTube etc.). If I store 2 levels down it still doesn't save my videoclips. I know there's a Firefox extension to download Flash videos but I don't know if it can work in conjunction with the scrapbook extension.

1) Is there any way to store a local copy of my complete blog (including the videoclips)?
2) Should I be using some other tool, for example something that will allow me to create my blog locally and then with one button publish it to the web? And if so, does such a tool exist?

I laugh my head off

Every word my Mom says makes me laugh my head off in this hilarious videoclip:

I hold my bottle by myself

I'm only 5 months & 3 weeks old and I hold my bottle all by myself while watching TV. See for yourself in the videoclip below:

My very first piggy bank!

Saira Khala (Aunt) came bearing gifts! She got me a sleeveless top from the movie Cars, a Pooh shirt and shorts & my very own piggy bank. See photo of My First Bank of Oink below:

If Mamma says No ask Nonna

Today I visited my Nonna & Nonno in Windsor, Ontario. I had a great time as usual. Nonna took me for a walk. I even drank from a glass of water for the first time and did it quite well. Nonna got me a new bib that says "If Mamma says No ask Nonna" and a new Tommy Hilfiger outfit. Here are some photos from my visit:

New things that I do now

Lately I have been doing a few new things such as:
- play with my feet
- roll over from being on my stomach to back onto my back
- while on my tummy, I pull toys towards me
- I hold my head up even higher while on my tummy and watch TV
- I try to get up onto my knees (while on my tummy)
- I do mini pushups

Tasted some raspberry yogurt - yuck!

Watch my reaction to a taste of raspberry yogurt. Yuck!

Communicating with Dolphins

"Drrrrr", I have been communicating with dolphins recently or is a fax machine that I am trying to reach?

My Naana & Naani visited me today!

I had a great time as they played with me lots and lots.

A video clip from 2006-07-16

My grandparents came to visit me so I played with him a bit. I yanked his hair a bit but he didn't seem to mind. I am a little over 6 months old here. 2006-07-16

Had a nightmare

I had a nightmare and woke up scared. My Mommy and Daddy were there to comfort me though, so I felt better pretty quickly. The bottle of milk also helped.

We raised exersaucer to its tallest setting

I must be getting pretty tall because my parents had to raise the exersaucer to its tallest setting today. They also weighed me today at 19.4 lbs.

Drrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

I started making this new sound, which is something like "Drrrrrrrrrr" but my parents haven't got footage of this just yet.

Being extra good

I am still being extra good today.

Mommy has a fever, I hope she feels better soon.

I love my Mommy. She has a fever and isn't feeling well so I have to be extra good.

Italy wins the world cup

Shake hands? Hi, how are you?

Antonella, the twins' mom, shakes hands with Matthew ... or is it Nathan? He finds this quite amusing.

I was roughed up for my bib!

Matthew kept trying to steal my bib!
Watch the clip below to see this in action.

Spent some time with the Lakhani Family

We went over to the Lakhani's to watch the final FIFA World Cup match - Italy vs. France.
Here's a photo of me with Mehreen, Faheem and Marium (Mehreen & Faheem's mom).

Watched the game with some friends

I watched the game with some fellow paesan, Nathan & Matthew Rubini.

My 5 month old milestones

At Five months according to experts I there are certain milestones that I should be doing. I am meeting all of them. They are listed below:
- Can distinguish between bold colours
- Can roll over
- Amuse myself by playing with hands and feet
- Turn towards new sounds
- Recognise my own name
- Sit momentarily without support
- Mouths objects
- Started with stranger anxiety

My stranger anxiety is especially with mustached / bearded men, and I also get nervous when I wake up and suddenly new people are coming towards me (often when we arrive somewhere after a drive). I also cried when Italy won a world cup match because my Dad yelled "Goal!" and it scared me. I didn't know it was something good so I was afraid.

Today is my very first book *eating* errr I mean *reading* session

Today we went to the library at 10:30am to attend my very first session of the baby book reading club. The other babies in the class ranged from newborn to 18 months old. It was quite evident that I am very big for my age in my class. We sang nursery rhymes such as "Old McDonald Had a Farm". We got to play with rattles but of course I preferred eating mine. The teacher blew bubbles and some of the older kids who could walk tried to catch them. They had name tags for us, which we were to give back at the end of the session. Unfortunately I ate mine so I couldn't give it back. They said they would make me a new one for next time. They gave cookies out, but I declined because I don't eat solids yet. Oh, by the way ... I am 5 months old today. I weigh about 20lbs now and I am approx 68cm long.

Italy goes to the finals!

Today we watched the World Cup game between Italy and Germany. Italy scored 2 goals in overtime! Hooray! Italy goes on to Finals on Sunday and will play the winner of the match tomorrow between France and Portugal. Viva Italia!

I get entertained while travelling

Here's a little videoclip of me while my mom is entertaining me on our way home from visiting Toronto.

Visited Aunt Marium & her kids Mehreen & Faheem

On our way to my Naanaji's, we stopped in to Auntie Marium's place to say hello. Here's a photo of our little stopover.

Photos from my Naanaji's Birthday

Today we celebrated my Naanaji's (Maternal Grandfather) Birthday.
I was sleeping during the cake cutting ceremony. The weather was beautiful and I admired my Naanaji's Cherry Tree.

Happy Birthday to my Naanaji (Grandpa)

Today we are going to visit my grandparents to celebrate my Grandfather's Birthday and Canada Day.