Mother Goose singing class

Elfida and I are now attending a nursery rhymes class every week, it is called "Mother Goose on the Loose". Most of our friends with their babies come as well. So it is a good opportunity to interact and meet with the moms and babies in our community. I am enjoying it a lot and hope to learn these songs well so I can sing them to Elfida at home. Enjoy our group photo taken last week at Sieni and Tara's place.

My first visits....

to the Shrine of Baha'u'llah...



to the Shrine of the Bab and Abdul-Baha with my two aunts Cahide and Zubeyde and of course with my dear mommy Canan...



and Haifa Pilgrim House...

My first visits......

To the Shrines of the Bab and Abdul-Baha with my anneanne, Cahide teyze and Songul teyze and of course my annecim...

Comfortable with daddy!!!

Hmmm....it is sooo good to be with daddy....we are both enjoying watching Christian Aminpour of CNN....

Our Turkish Family

My mom's annecim, Cahide hala and Zubeyde hala, at the parking area near the Shrine of Baha'u'llah at Bahji. This was couple of weeks before I came out in this world....

Elfida's first wedding attendance

7 September 2007, 16:30: Elfida's first wedding attendance at Rayyan and Analiza's held in the Ridvan Garden. Such a wonderful occasion and atmosphere being in the vicinity of the Holy Place.

Hey! Look at daddy...do you think I resemble him?

At a recent gathering...

this is a farewell gathering for Eric Pastores and Monalyn Peralta

mommies with their babies: Menchie & Enna-Marie (almost 2 yrs. old), Canan & Elfida (almost 2 mos. old), Farzana & Ariana (2 mos. old today)

our baby girl starts to develop her social skills at a very young age, here she seems to be reacting to auntie's & uncle's hellos

soo cute of Elfida on a sling, already knows how to look at the camera...

Arnold's birthday

Canan and I are both born in the month of September. After celebrating her birthday, we celebrated mine on the 19th. Here are some photos of the dinner at Shahram's.

It's Canan's birthday...

group picture at Canan's birthday dinner at David's place on 9 September. At this very same day, Elfida turned one month old.

baby Elfida with Enna-Marie
the two cuties this time with mommy Canan

Elfida just a few weeks old

Baby Elfida is born

Baby Elfida Laroya was born on 9 August 2007 in Rambam hospital in Haifa, Israel. Daddy Arnold and auntie Cahide accompanied me in the labor room. To sum it up, it was a short labor of 5 hours and indeed a wonderful experience.

and here's my baby girl!

with my mom and sister Zubeyde

and with Arnold who said push...push...and push during labor!

our newborn baby Elfida!

sleeping like an angel

zzzz...zzzz!

Very Much Preggy Canan