I'm all of 1!

Hi! I had two celebrations on my first birthday- in school and a party at home with my loved ones. At school mommy got cup cakes for all my friends and all of us ate our cupcakes. I finished my first one in no time and got a second helping. Mom was in awe of all of us finishing our cupcakes. Aariv joined us too and i also had Kayra didi and Amayra baby join us in the cake cutting. Amayra did pretty well with her cupcake too. I was surprised to hear the etachers sing my name and it all happened too fast for me to react :) I was just happy with my cupcake.

 

The birthday party in our building clubroom was nice. I had a few friends come in and we all had a great time. We had a lot of toys, food, games and entertainment. We played a game for the grown ups too where they were crawling rushing to clean up all the toys that were spread around the room. There was a lot of chaos, but they did a decent job for grown ups.

10 days more and I will be 1!

I crawled for a very short while and now I want to stand up as soon as I find aomething, anything to hold on to. Some favorties are my mommys or daddys legs, or chairs(I try to use them as walkers and dont like it when they dont move as easily) or even the large grocery jars I find in the foyer. I grab the jars and stand up and then find out they are not as stable and start crying for someone to rescue me!

I started going to my first school on September 2. I was upset the first 3 days or so but I was also cutting my two bottom teeth those days, so I was not happy. However come day three and I was a happy camper at school. I played with my friends and the toys there. Yesterday when mommy picked me up at school I was holding on to the railing on the bookshelf and standing up. The railings are at a perfect height for me to hold and the teacher told mommy Ive been doing this all day :)

Watch out guys - Im crawling!

Below the dining table is one of my favorite spots. I notice little bits of anything on teh floor and usually crawl and head right to it and if you are not fast enough get it into my mouth. Yesterday while Aariv was eating his cube of cheese mom wasnt fast enough and found the wrapper in my mouth.

People were thinking this may never happen but I am surprising everyone by reaching out for anything that you show me from a distance that looks attractive. Also, yesterday was my first time crawling, just in time for my first Raksha Bandhan. Now with one brother and two cousins that I will be tying rakhi to, I had to grow up a little bit.

My first trip to India

I took the longest flight of my life - 15 hours to fly to India with Aariv and mommy. It wasnt bad at all. Since I had the bassinet I was comfortable in my own space and Aariv had hos own seat. After I slept a few hours mommy put me and Aariv down in front of her seat on a beach mat with some toys. It was fun to sit up and play. The rest of the time, I ate and lay down and played with my toys in my bassinet. It was a fun flight.

Now in India I am really pampered. I have this aunty come over and take care of me all day and another aunty come over to play with me and Aariv in the evenings. I have also been more vocal, yelling out loud if you ignore me, leave or if I am in a good mood I clap my hands along. Yesterday I gave dadi a bad look when she tried to take aariv in her arms leaving me behind. Just a few days back I started sitting up from a lying down position and if a toy is beyond reach I will lie doen to reach it and sit back up. I get very proud and beam a huge smile each time I sit up. Now I wake up at about 6 am, sit up in the bed and try to call out and get Aariv's attention if he is asleep or play with him if he is up.

My dadi dada took me to a family get together where I met about 50 new people and everyone was in awe of me. I went to everyones arms and played with their glasses, necklaces or beards while Aariv slept. I was barely with my mommy that evening.
I am almost 10 months old and I will be making my first trip to my cousins in Ahmedabad and Rajkot. It will be my longest train ride, more firsts!

My First Haircut Pictures

I loved sitting in the car and looking at the book, and there was also a movie playing for me!

 
 
 
 

Bye-Bye, sitting up, snapping my fingers

Whoa! Its been such a busy 8 months! I am now able to sit for a few minutes on my own. I especially love sitting in front of the gym in the playroom. It has these handles I can pull myself up with, so I end up spending quite some time playing with the gym. This is the same gym that I used to be kicking sometime back.

My food has a lot of variety now, with mangoes, strawberries, date pudding, khichdi, dal. Yummm! I also try to snap my little fingers. Dont know if they make a sound yet but I do try. I also wave out bye bye. Not exactly when you leave but I get pretty excited and start waving bye bye when I am in a good mood.

I have gotten pretty mobile- I move backwards and sideways on my tummy. Today mom also noticed me raise myself on one foot when I am on my belly, then try and raise the second foot and put it on the other side of the first, attempting to go on my back. Its pretty dangerous, I know. Seems like crawling os pretty close. Sooo exciting!

half a year old!

I have come so far in these past 6 months! Mommy tried to put me on the potty and I fell and got a bad bruise on my nose that lasted a few days. It made her feel it was too early, but from coaxing from Dadi she put me on the potty again, monitored me and I am doing soo much better now. I pee and sometimes even go poo poo on the potty. Whenever I do something in the potty mommy claps her hands and goes "Anaya is a good girl!!" and I looooove it!Its been about two weeks into it but today my diaper was totally dry through the day. Dadi diligently took me to the potty every 45 minutes. And I pee as soon as I sit on it. Aint you proud of me?

I love reading a book with Aariv and mom at bedtime. I reach out for the book and try to turn the page. I also started on real food. Rice cereal from mommys finger was my first food, followed by carrots, zuccini, sweet potato, green beans and I shall start with fruits soon.

And here is my seven-month update. I have somehow figured to roll over to my tummy, lift and kick my feet and go backward when I'm on my foam. Then I finally run into the wall and start crying till you get me away from the wall. And everything repeats. Dadi got me some delicious cut up mangoes and I tried them today! My initial reaction was like it was sour but after mommy pureed them I loved them.

I looove taking baths now!

I especially enjoy the massage that mom gives me after my bath.


Here are some pics from my first trip to the park now that the weather is nice.





It was so much fun watching Aariv play with all those kids!

 

 

Ms chatterbox

Thats me! I am a very expressive 5 month old. I blabber in response to seeing my parents or dadi when they get back home from outside. Though you cant understand words, I can through tone of my voice express to anyone my joy, boredum, hunger or sleep. The only exception is Aariv. When I see him I forget my complaints, look at him with interest, smile and try to fire up a conversation. I have a sense of humor and start chuckling when you make a funny face or sound.
I have my 5 month checkup tomorrow. This will also be a life altering event for me as I am scheduled to get my ears pierced. Gosh, the price we have to pay to look good!
I have gotten pretty good at rolling over to my tummy. I can now raise my shoulders and head to enjoy the view for some time but then I get tired of keeping my head raised and start yelling for help. Then someone turns me to being on my back. What a workout.
I also love slurping on my fingers and thumb. If I am quiet in my crib or playmat, and its not sleepytime yet you will likely catch me with my thumb or fingers in my mouth. Dadi has started putting mittens on my hands-I still manage eating my hands but its no fun eating through a wet mitten.
I am sleeping less during the day - 2 or 3 naps; and nights are getting better through sleep training. I sometimes cry a bit at 3.30am but go back to sleep, and usually wake up at 5.45am and demand breakfast.
My first flight and vacation were great! It was a short flight at 3 and a 1/2 hours but carrying my carseat across the airport made dad realize I had gotten quite heavy. Beaides that, it was all fun. I loved the strollers they put in our room and the crib made me feel at home. We even had a baby bathtub that I enjoyed! I didnt make it to the pool yet and will wait for summer and make it to the pool in our condo.

4 month update

I am now 4 months old. The month started bad as I got my first ear infection. I had to take antibiotics, I got a fancy instrument to vaporise my nose and get the congestion out of my chest called a nebulizer. The only good part of all this as that my shots were delayed - I had to come back after a week to get my 4 month shots. I am still good practicing my rolling over. Things could have been better but mommy thinks they got a bit delayed because of my sickness.
I finally got my shots yesterday. I was a bit sick in the evening but as soon as I got busy with my beautiful hands I forgot all about the pain.



Now, for some fun pictures:)Heres one of me hanging out with Aariv. I can sit up now!



All set to leave for my first flight and my first vacation to sunny florida!

My new bed!

I just moved to a crib and thats where I sleep most of the time. I sleep in the bassinet sometimes during the day but most of the time I'm in the crib. It has a nice aquarium that has moving fish and makes great sounds! I love staring at the fish till I fall asleep.

My nani and nana left me to go back home, I wil miss them :( But I know I will be spoilt equally by my dadi dada over the next few months. And I will keep updating my blog for the rest of you all.

I can roll over!

This afternoon I went to the playroom with dadi dada and Aariv and my dadi put me on my playmat under a toy that I loved to kick. As soon as dadi pulled the toy away I rolled over to my tummy. Mom and dad had gone out to get me some stuff and they couldnt believe dadi when she told them of my feat over the phone. Once they got back papa put me on my mat but I was not ready to roll over then. I guess they're gonna have to wait it out!

Mommy has been trying to hand me over my toys and I now clench them for a few seconds before I let go. So many new things to learn!

I found my hands!

Whenever I am unswaddled mommy makes sure she gets my mittens of so I can play with my hands. I keep looking at them - first to my right at my right hand, then I look at the left hand. I just cant get over checking out my amazing hands. Then I slowly get my hands together and clench them above my chest. Then I slowly bring them close to my mouth. First they wouldnt make it all the way to my mouth but they would break loose. Then I would start all over again. However, now I am getting better at this and you would often hear me slurping on my fingers. Then mommy puts my mittens back on. And that ends the fun.

I am sleeping a bit less and am awake for more hours in the day. I have the 5 to 6 hour stretch at night, I sleep from 10 to 3.30, have a quick meal and go back to sleep till 6.30 or 7.

I love conversing with talkative people - I respond with smiles, gurgles, aahs and oohs. I do recognise familiar faces and dont take too long to get acquainted to a new person-its all good as long as you are talkative.