Baby Sister on the Way

As many of you know, Ayla is finally about to become an older sister. The due date is March 9. Ayla is very excited, and we believe she understands what's going on with Mama's belly. The working name for her unborn sister is Aditi, and Ayla often points to her mom's belly and says 'mama stomach aditi' (in either language). We will know only for sure after the birth how well she understands what is going on if, as many other kids her age with a new sibling, she will still point to her moms belly and say there is a baby in there. We have a very good book which explains with illustration the birth process, including a drawing of a labouring mother with the head of the baby coming out of her (its done quite tastefully). Ayla likes that book very much and is often to name all the characters in it by people in her life - 'this is Abba', 'This is Mama', 'This is Ayla', 'This is Kalindi', 'This is Anisha' etc. (did we mention she is very smart?) We are now reorganizing the house. The current plan is to have Ayla be in her own room with her own bed before the birth. After the birth Amir will probably be in there with her while Ania will be in the main bedroom with the newborn, at least in the beginning. This a plan in progress. Meanwhile, here are more photos of Ayla

Ayla wearing her Chinese outfit (photo from the summertime)
Ayla with Laika
Ayla in the fall