Visiting Auntie Shira

Recently my mama got a chance to spend some time with her bestest friend in the world, Shira... we just happened to be in the same area together for almost a week and they sure did take advantage of their time together! The first night Shira came into town from New York we had some yummy Vietnamese food called Pho with her really friendly parents Riva and Peter... boy, were they nice!
After dinner we headed back to their place... Shira's parents bought a house a few years back and they worked really hard renovating it! We couldn't believe how beautiful it turned out!!! Here we are in their Martha Stewart-esque kitchen. Mama and papa were drooling...
Peter read me a nice story...
... I bounced on Riva's exercise ball... hehehe.. weeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
Mama also got to spend some "girly" time with Shira and another friend... they went shopping had coffee and mama even got her ears re-pierced! I didn't see it get done though... I was spending quality time with papa :)
Mama and Auntie Shira joke that whenever they get together they take pictures together in different coffee shops... I think they already have a few (so I've heard) :-D

Happy Birthday Auntie Shira!!!

We LOVE you!!!

Welcome Shira & Dena!

Shira and Dena are sisters.. and mama's known them for many, many years. Recently they were able to fly over to see us, and boy were we happy and excited!!!

Unfortunately we were having so much fun, we hardly remembered to take pictures... and well, a few mishaps with various cameras, which is why we only got to capture a few moments. Here we are at Cafe Suron, a Persian restaurant in Chicago.






























We got a little goofy and started playing dress up (as older Persian ladies) with the new bed sheets mama bought from Ikea! (where we all had a nice shopping spree, by the way..hehehe)












We loved having you guys here! Come back soon!! =)