"Whats your name?" Ayaya!

Yess I have started talking. I have conversations with people that talk to me. I respond to everything in 1-word sentenses and if you ask me the same question again I will respond with the same word- trust me I am pretty consistent with my thoughts :) I repeat single words that you teach me.

I will raise my butt, extend my hands out to balance and stand up as soon as you ask me to. And I am doing a much better job with my walking skills. When my mama visited me last weekend he made me stand up and walk quite a bit, and ever since I have been attempting to try some walking everyday.

My brother is the love of my life - I was home sick yesterday so I hung out with nani and nana. I didnt eat much all day. But when Aarubhai got a muffin with him when he got back from school I ate most of it! And I was soo hapy to see him- I hugged him, kept smiling and laughing and was all over him.

I love my friends. I went late to school today as I woke up too early and then napped right after breakfast. So mom took me to school late. I was super excited to go. When I saw my friends I started laughing and pointing at each of them. I saw my friend Maya and went Maya and reached out to caress her cheek. She responded Ayaya with a big smile.

My nani and nana are visiting me and are in total awe of my independence. I will never eat if you feed me. It is so good having them to play with everyday.

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!