Emirates Palace Christmas tree

	WORLD’S ‘MOST EXPENSIVE’ Christmas TREE: $11-million Christmas tree at Emirates Palace hotel in Abu Dhabi.

Pregnancy update

We made to 37 weeks, yeah...........We are so excited. Thank you so much for all the Christmas gifts and remembering us this holiday season. I have to say we are really blessed this year and we even had an amazing Christmas lunch and dinner together just the three of us. It is really something to think in just a few days we will be parents again.

I have to say this pregnancy has gone by so fast and with all the worrying and praying this little girl seems to be perfect. God has blessed us beyond measure. As this time ends I still think of little Angela and know she is watching over all of us. I have to say we are proud parents of three little girls.

I am drying the last load of little baby Batey's clothes and going to put it away. I have my bag ready and Sydney's bag is ready just need to put a few toys in there and I need to get Paul a bag together too.

Here's hoping we can make it all the way to the scheduled c-section, but who knows just knowing that she is healthy is wonderful.

We will keep everyone posted.

Take care and Happy New Year.

Tom Cruise

His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, explaining to Hollywood actor Tom Cruise how to balance a falcon on his arm. Cruise is in Dubai shooting for the movie Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol. - AFP Tom Cruise Dangles in Burj Dubai for Mission Impossible 4 Nov 3, 2010 → By Raissa Would you be willing to dangle thousands of feet in the air for the sake of a movie? Well, Tom Cruise is! This is not the first time that he did it. Remember he also dangled on the rocky face of a mountain in the Grand Canyon. But for the fourth Mission Impossible movie, Tom is not challenging the rocky mountains of the United States! He is taking on the tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. They filmed there during the weekend.

Yas Tunnel

Yas Tunnel, which connects Al Raha Beach to Yas Island was officially opened to the public on Monday. The 1.1km long tunnel, which is 43m wide and has a height clearance of 4.5m, is made up of six lanes and will play a vital role in connecting key attractions on the island such as Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island Hotels and Ferrari World Abu Dhabi to residential communities such as Al Bandar and Al Raha Gardens, and improve connection times to and from Abu Dhabi International Airport. - Wam

Pregnancy

Baby update:

This pregnancy seems to going really fast and now that summer is over and Sydney is back in school it seems to be going even faster. I will be 21 weeks on September 5. We have had several appointments already and the baby seems to be doing really well. We still don't know for sure the baby's gender, but at our last appointment the doctor thinks it is a girl, but I guess we will have to see. If it is a girl she seems to be enjoying different foods then the last 2 girls. I was really thinking it was a boy, but we are really happy with either one. Now picking out the bedding and a name is the fun part. We are truly blessed that we get to be parents again. We finally know it's a girl.

19 weeks photo

24 weeks photo



33 weeks photo

Back to School

Well, summer is now over in our house. Sydney started FS1 on September 1, 2010 and we have been going for a hour and a half and she seems to really like it. They are just getting used to being there and some of the kids are not back yet and we should be going full time starting September 13, 2010. She will be in school from 7:45am/8:00am to 1:00pm Sunday-Thursday. She has already enjoyed painting, playing with a doll house and riding a tricycle outside as well as story time. She has already learned her teaches name. I stayed with her the first day and then the next day I told her that Mommy would leave and come back to get her and she said she wouldn't cry, she is not a baby anymore, but she will always be my little girl. :) I am so proud of her.

Trike

I took Sydney out to let her ride her trike this evening and I am happy to say she doesn't need the handle for help anymore. The trike had a handle for you to use to help them along, but off it comes and just look at her go.