diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Processes and System Calls
 
+init....
+
 Now that we've talked a bit about how processes and system calls work at a high level, it's time to apply these concepts by doing some exercises related to process creation and making system calls. We'll be utilizing the `fork()`, `exec()`, `wait()`, and `pipe()` system calls in order to create processes and even have them pass messages to each other.
 
 ## Objective
diff --git a/ex1/ex1 b/ex1/ex1
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diff --git a/ex1/ex1.c b/ex1/ex1.c
index c4b111641..f4dc679af 100644
--- a/ex1/ex1.c
+++ b/ex1/ex1.c
@@ -9,6 +9,28 @@
 int main(void)
 {
     // Your code here
+    // init x
+    int x = 100;
+    printf("Hello there, before we call fork(), this is our processID is: (pid: %d) \n", (int)getpid());
+    printf("This is the parents value for x: %d \n", x);
+    int rc = fork();
+
+    if (rc < 0)
+    {
+        printf("Forking failed \n");
+    }
+    else if (rc == 0)
+    {
+
+        printf("Hello there, if rc==0, this is our child processID is: (pid: %d) \n", (int)getpid());
+        printf("This is the childs value for x if rc==0: %d \n", x);
+    }
+     else
+    {
+        int x = 200;
+        printf("hello, if rc > 0, this is parent here (pid: %d) of child %d\n", (int)getpid(), rc);
+        printf("This is the childs value for x if rc > 0: %d \n", x);
+    }
 
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/ex2/ex2 b/ex2/ex2
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diff --git a/ex2/ex2.c b/ex2/ex2.c
index 4245375b9..c60f08f69 100644
--- a/ex2/ex2.c
+++ b/ex2/ex2.c
@@ -9,6 +9,31 @@
 int main(void)
 {
     // Your code here 
+    FILE *fp;
+
+    fp = fopen("text.txt", "w+");
+    printf("Before forking pid: %d\n", (int)getpid());
+
+    fprintf(fp, "%s %s %s %s %d\n", "File", "write", "before", "fork", (int)getpid());
+
+    pid_t pid = fork();
+
+    if (pid < 0) //fork failed
+    {
+        exit(1);
+    }
+    else if (pid == 0) //child process
+    {
+        printf("AFTER forking CHILD pid: %d\n", (int)getpid());
+        fprintf(fp, "%s %s %d\n", "Child-File", "write", (int)getpid());
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        printf("AFTER forking PARENT pid: %d\n", (int)getpid());
+        fprintf(fp, "%s %s %d\n", "Parent-File", "write", (int)getpid());
+    }
+    fclose(fp);
+
     
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/ex2/text.txt b/ex2/text.txt
index e69de29bb..96a3e83bb 100644
--- a/ex2/text.txt
+++ b/ex2/text.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+File write before fork 4563
+Parent-File write 4563
+File write before fork 4563
+Child-File write 4564
diff --git a/ex3/ex3 b/ex3/ex3
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diff --git a/ex3/ex3.c b/ex3/ex3.c
index 3a3698c1f..43ee8339e 100644
--- a/ex3/ex3.c
+++ b/ex3/ex3.c
@@ -10,6 +10,23 @@
 int main(void)
 {
     // Your code here
+    printf("Before forking pid: %d\n", (int)getpid());
+
+    pid_t pid = fork();
+
+    if (pid < 0)
+    {
+        exit(1);
+    }
+    else if (pid == 0)
+    {
+        printf("AFTER forking CHILD says Hello pid: %d\n", (int)getpid());
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        waitpid(pid, NULL, 0);
+        printf("AFTER forking PARENT says Goodbye pid: %d\n", (int)getpid());
+    }
 
     return 0;
 }