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!