bath time

three months!

emre is three months old today!

he's grown into such a sweet, loving little baby.  current favorite activities including laying on his back and kicking his legs like crazy, sucking on his fingers (at least two, preferably) or anything else that comes within the general vicinity of his mouth (blankets, shirts, my wrist...), making all kinds of sounds (screeching is a current favorite), and most of all, bath time.  every night he gets a bath before bed and he'd probably stay in there all night if we let him.  he loves to splash the water out of the tub -  and all over his parents, who are always soaking wet by the time we pull him out.

three months!

cozy on a sunday - just missing his pipe

bearfeet

visiting dede at the office

sick of the damned paparazzi!

sunny eyed boy

trying desperately to fit his whole fist...

those eyelashes just keep growing!

'scuse me?

we'll find out his current measurements/weight on monday when we go for his 3 month check up.  until then, we'll just enjoy celebrating our beautiful little boy!

twelve weeks

emre was twelve weeks yesterday!  we've had a very nice week, which involved on thursday a crazy sand storm.  we do not get these in ankara typically (or, ever, that anyone i've spoken to can recall).  the wind was so strong it knocked tiles and roofs off of buildings, and was quite scary at times up on our hill. but by the evening the dust had settled again and all was calm, leaving us with a majorly dusty apartment to clean up.  it brings to mind the many snow storms we had this winter, and the crazy hail storm that took place last spring... but no, global warming surely does not exist!

sand storm of 2012- picture taken from the inter webs

last weekend the weather was beautiful so we took emre out for some walks in g.o.p.  on saturday we ended up at our friend's place, mickey's, where we had a nice family lunch.

emre & daddy

emre & mommy

the week also involved, of course, a couple of fashion shows.  emre's beginning to outgrow his 0-3 month clothing and fitting nicely into 3 month sizes, and a little loosely into 3-6 months.  it's fun to have a whole new wardrobe to play with!

post-bath, looking handsome in his 'future mr. right' pj's

remember the viking romper i picked up as a souvenir in copenhagen?  well it turns out it was made in turkey.  a factory that sells its seconds in stores all over town had a bunch of stuff from the same company, for pennies compared to what i paid in denmark!  oh well.

pirate viking onesie, size 3 months but already almost too small!

looking dapper in his zara wear from asli

he continues to love playtime in his gym, where he tries out different sounds with his voice - most recently a kind of howl...

kicking & howling away

...and is beginning to like the bumbo more.  this is good news, as i can now sit him in it as i work on things like organizing his clothes or doing laundry, and he is quite happy to watch.

watching mommy fold clothes

happy weekend!

funny face

happy thursday!

happy birthday, ben!

today is ben's birthday!  i turned to him the other day and asked 'are we turning 32 or 33 this year?' and he responded 33, so there you have it.  funny how you lose track!  i blame it on the lack of sleep.

this will be a low-key one, mainly because he refuses to let us celebrate it much.  we did have a nice brunch at coccinella with his dad yesterday, and today emre and i will take him out for lunch.  lame, i know!  i guess he feels like he already got a pretty awesome gift this year (you know, our son),  so i'll let this one slide. 

emre & mommy - ben's shots are always blurry

with dede

happy birthday, daddy!

sadet hanim surprises ben with a ladybug cake

'the light in my eyes'

eleven weeks

emre's had a rather uneventful week, which was much deserved after having been circumcised last week. the weather here is slowly turning to spring, and we've had some beautiful days of sunshine and temps in the low 70s.  it's been great fun to get little e out and about in this weather - taking walks, lunching with friends, all while wearing our best spring fashions, of course!  wherever we go everyone seems to ooh and ahh over emre (are you really surprised?  how could they not?!), even blowing him air kisses and making sounds at him in passing.  moms insist on pointing him out to their children, men stop on the sidewalk to make much over him.  it makes it so much fun to go out with him and parade him around, my beautiful little guy.  

enjoy the pics!

napping after getting his fill of milk

hangin' with mom

the thinker

sooo sleepy

mr. curious, watching mommy cook

afternoon at agatha's - we put him in the stroller so we could wheel him around with us and he seemed to really enjoy it!

chillin' with aunt agatha in her new house

alex wasn't so sure about giving him the stroller (but what if i get tired of walking?), but steffano was excited to show him all of the features

modeling his basmatik onesie, from yalin & burcu

sneezy face, captured by daddy

walking down tunali blvd with mom - he LOVES his baby bjorn

it's balkaya.

james balkaya.

he'll have his bottle shaken...

not stirred.

thanks, aunt v!