Family Ties

Since family is arriving for the funeral, there have been some earlier meeting opportunities for Zara. First my parents who were going to be down next week for Zara's first Christmas flew to Houston and met her for the first time. Then the four of us drove up to Arkansas yesterday. But Monday night Zara met jeddoh (arabic for grandfather) and tay-ta (arabic for grandmother, actually the Palestinian regional term of endearment). Here are the photos of their first meeting.



Last night my brother, who flew directly to Little Rock, met Zara for the first time too. This morning he was watching her for me while I was getting ready. But this is really called PRACTICE, he's going to be a papa in June. So right now we are working on how to identify when baby needs a binkie and what the hunger cry sounds like.

And the best development of the last week is that someone learned to smile, as if she wasn't cute enough already.