My little bunny,
You really are growing up fast, aren't you?
God knows how eager your dad was to see you stand on your own and take those tiny little first steps. Exactly a week before you turned one, you stood up and you walked all in one day, just like that. Yeah, baby!
Your first haircut - How I wish I talked your dad out of it so you could have remained looking like my cute little baby for longer.
But you, You sat in that funny looking chair looking all brave and got it done. You were unperturbed by the scissors, the weird Al, that crumpling pieces of hair trickling your face - and the best part, you had been smiling all along.
First tooth, my foot - You cut 3 teeth all at once and now you have 3 more! I had absolutely no clue you could bite into a papad and cheerfully chew and savor it until we took you on your first restaurant expedition when you turned 1. Now we dine out every week, yay!!
You are a daredevil. You love slides no matter how big they are, you love steps, you love swings and man o man, you are a rock climber, pole walker & a bite sized bahubali!
You are my little clean freak. You know what "Daa rr tee" is, you know how to use a tissue to clean a mess, you can meticulously load clothes into the dryer AND you LOVE baths.
Stranger anxiety - what the hell is that! You LOVE people - strangers & friends alike. You LOVE attention. You ARE a charmer. You REMEMBER. Teach me some of those tricks, won't you?
At a little over a year, You know your name, You know your pet names, You know your body parts, You have favorite books, favorite pets, favorite toys, You LOVE LOVE LOVE music and ENJOY dancing! And, you can blow a KISS! Wohoooo!
And honeybunch, I can't get enough of those giggles when you listen to your favorite rhyme, "Hickory dickory dock."
But hey, while you are all busy growing up, would you let your mom and dad sit back and cherish every teensy bit of you?
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Thursday, July 23, 2015
Touchwood!
I am a mom!
About a year ago, I announced to my family and few very close friends that I was expecting my first. Since then, I had these big plans that I would convert this choti si blog of mine into a baby journal as soon as my LO was here! But oh boy! It took me good 6+ months postpartum to even think about writing (again)!
No firsts are easy; be it first day at school, first time on stage, first outing with friends, first love, first job, first kiss, first pregnancy…..first CHILD!
There is excitement coupled with anxiety and a bout full of self-doubt. With the first child, it is probably a 1000 times more.
I am finally here breaking free the shackles of sloppiness wondering where to start.
And then it struck me, the realization of how scared I had been (and still am) at every turn of this new responsibility while you made everything - my pregnancy, labor, delivery and postpartum a real cake walk!
Baby R, This is for you!
When I walked around with a baby bump, people used to ask me how I dealt with the nausea, morning sickness, cravings and what not. I had none. If it wasn’t for your kicks and my growing bump, I wouldn’t even have believed I was pregnant. Those 9 months were a breeze!
It was the D-day! Your dad, standing next to me holding my hand kept muttering “you are doing great” while I vaguely remember telling the nurse “I am exhausted” after a couple of hard pushes and the nurse brushing it off with one “Already?? Women here work hard sometimes 2-3 hours and you are at 5 minutes. Pull yourself!” And then, while the doctor was still scrambling to put on her coat, “pop!” you were out, just like that! Lucky the nurse was able to get her giant hand underneath your little pink head. The room was in shock and the doctor joked about awarding me with a “Record push time” trophy!
It was the first time nurse brought you to me to try nursing; you latched on effortlessly like a pro on the very first go and nursed by the book! All the breastfeeding troubles of other new moms varying from a bad latch to tongue tie to thrust to blocked ducts, you shielded them all for me!
Rolling over, sleeping on your tummy, sitting unsupported, gnawing on just about anything to many more, reaching a milestone was nothing but a matter of fact to you but it was a whole lot of celebration each time for us.
As much as your dad and I love to watch you grow, there is this inexplicable pang of longing in our hearts as we realize you would never be as small you are today, ever again!
I know there will be more blissful days, much more difficult days but nothing can come in my way of enjoying this everlasting chapter called “motherhood”. Touchwood!
About a year ago, I announced to my family and few very close friends that I was expecting my first. Since then, I had these big plans that I would convert this choti si blog of mine into a baby journal as soon as my LO was here! But oh boy! It took me good 6+ months postpartum to even think about writing (again)!
No firsts are easy; be it first day at school, first time on stage, first outing with friends, first love, first job, first kiss, first pregnancy…..first CHILD!
There is excitement coupled with anxiety and a bout full of self-doubt. With the first child, it is probably a 1000 times more.
I am finally here breaking free the shackles of sloppiness wondering where to start.
And then it struck me, the realization of how scared I had been (and still am) at every turn of this new responsibility while you made everything - my pregnancy, labor, delivery and postpartum a real cake walk!
Baby R, This is for you!
When I walked around with a baby bump, people used to ask me how I dealt with the nausea, morning sickness, cravings and what not. I had none. If it wasn’t for your kicks and my growing bump, I wouldn’t even have believed I was pregnant. Those 9 months were a breeze!
It was the D-day! Your dad, standing next to me holding my hand kept muttering “you are doing great” while I vaguely remember telling the nurse “I am exhausted” after a couple of hard pushes and the nurse brushing it off with one “Already?? Women here work hard sometimes 2-3 hours and you are at 5 minutes. Pull yourself!” And then, while the doctor was still scrambling to put on her coat, “pop!” you were out, just like that! Lucky the nurse was able to get her giant hand underneath your little pink head. The room was in shock and the doctor joked about awarding me with a “Record push time” trophy!
It was the first time nurse brought you to me to try nursing; you latched on effortlessly like a pro on the very first go and nursed by the book! All the breastfeeding troubles of other new moms varying from a bad latch to tongue tie to thrust to blocked ducts, you shielded them all for me!
Rolling over, sleeping on your tummy, sitting unsupported, gnawing on just about anything to many more, reaching a milestone was nothing but a matter of fact to you but it was a whole lot of celebration each time for us.
As much as your dad and I love to watch you grow, there is this inexplicable pang of longing in our hearts as we realize you would never be as small you are today, ever again!
I know there will be more blissful days, much more difficult days but nothing can come in my way of enjoying this everlasting chapter called “motherhood”. Touchwood!
Saturday, October 15, 2011
A dinner that's cherished
I was reading 'A thousand splendid suns' and was so immersed in it that it took me few moments before I realized that Britney Spears had been tirelessly humming 'Oops, I did it again..' for me to answer the call.
I had guessed enough that he probably wanted to come down and meet me and the thought of it had excited me so much but failed to understand the sudden urge. I got ready under 15 minutes as I had told him and there was his call again, as he had promised.
"Ready?", he asked.
"Yes."
"Terrific. Now walk down the street, take an auto and get down at so-and-so place"
"What?? Is this a joke?"
"No it's not. Trust me and you won't be disappointed", and 'Klichkk' goes the call.
More than excitement for the surprise or shock I was about receive, the fact that my guess-work hadn't worked with him and that he wasn't here when I was most expecting him, had irked me more. Puzzled yet, I did as he instructed, walked almost a kilometer before I could get an auto muttering curses sometimes under my breath and sometimes out loud. To my relief, I finally found one auto and was able to reach the place he had asked me to.
And here again, the call. "Are you there?"
"Yes."
He had begun saying "Now, you.." when I abruptly cut it and screamed,
"Please, no more treasure hunts. I walked more than I could have imagined for a damn auto and now I am sweating like a pig and look even more worse than I was when you first called me today."
He smiled and said, "If you are done venting out your frustration, then just turn around."
I turned around only to see him leaning against his car right behind the auto I had taken. I was little surprised, I must admit, but I wasn't amused and went almost running towards him and asked, "If you are here already, why hadn't you come and picked me up yourself??"
"Well, that was actually what I had planned for. But I suddenly had this urge to see this I-am-not-amused look on your face and how much you wished for to see me today and cursed me for not living up to it."
I wasn't all convinced but I had smiled the moment he added, "I did not plan a surprise today but I am glad that it still worked. And hey, I had been following you right from the moment you stepped out of your place."
"Get in. We are going to a place."
He took me to a splendid restaurant that day, "Our Place". He had booked a candle light dinner table on the moonlit terrace for us and just then it struck me what he was trying to do and why of all days, TODAY.
"Listen, I appreciate it but you don't have to do all this", I said recollecting all that small and big things he had been doing for me for as long as an year just to make me feel better and normal and loved for I had been in my all-time-low life that time.
He smiled and replied, "This has nothing to do with anything. All I wanted is to be with you today and spend some good time. You always dreamed about a candle-light dinner. Din't you? So here it is now and you better enjoy it."
I did enjoy the dinner, the place, the food and most importantly, time with HIM, and it was probably the best till date.
On the way back, I asked him, "Of all, TODAY, isn't meant for U & I to be together."
The day was the 14th of February, 2008 and we were what people called 'The best friends'.
He understood it but just said, "Chuck it. I don't care if each one of us aren't that special someone in other's life. I just wanted to tell you that we are still very special to each other now and remain so hereafter, PERIOD."
"Hmm. That holds true only until you find a girl for this passenger seat I occupied now.", words escaped even before I realized what I was saying and 'sscrrreeeeeech' stopped the car.
He looked at me and I knew he was hurt but he shrugged it off and quickly, smiled.
I smiled back too and said, "OK. I don't know why I said that. Forget it and thank you so much for the time today. I loved it."
"Mmm..I loved it more than you can understand.", he had said before he left.
PS: Back in Hyderabad, Our Place was our only choice when we wanted to celebrate an occasion, how trivial it might be. Aww...Look at me for I din't spare endorsing at the end! :)
For no reason, my face was lit up looking at the caller's name. It was HIM.
"Hey, wazzup?", I greeted.
"Mmmm, lets see. Where are you and what are you up to?"
"Where else? At my place resting on the couch and reading a book."
"OK. I know girls can never say yes to this but I will still try; Can you be ready in 15 minutes?"
"Err..I will try if you want me to but WHY?"
"Great. Your 15 minutes had already begun and you don't want to waste your precious time asking stupid questions, do you?"
"Fine. What after 15 minutes?"
"Wait for my call. Bye", and he disconnected the call.
I had guessed enough that he probably wanted to come down and meet me and the thought of it had excited me so much but failed to understand the sudden urge. I got ready under 15 minutes as I had told him and there was his call again, as he had promised.
"Ready?", he asked.
"Yes."
"Terrific. Now walk down the street, take an auto and get down at so-and-so place"
"What?? Is this a joke?"
"No it's not. Trust me and you won't be disappointed", and 'Klichkk' goes the call.
More than excitement for the surprise or shock I was about receive, the fact that my guess-work hadn't worked with him and that he wasn't here when I was most expecting him, had irked me more. Puzzled yet, I did as he instructed, walked almost a kilometer before I could get an auto muttering curses sometimes under my breath and sometimes out loud. To my relief, I finally found one auto and was able to reach the place he had asked me to.
And here again, the call. "Are you there?"
"Yes."
He had begun saying "Now, you.." when I abruptly cut it and screamed,
"Please, no more treasure hunts. I walked more than I could have imagined for a damn auto and now I am sweating like a pig and look even more worse than I was when you first called me today."
He smiled and said, "If you are done venting out your frustration, then just turn around."
I turned around only to see him leaning against his car right behind the auto I had taken. I was little surprised, I must admit, but I wasn't amused and went almost running towards him and asked, "If you are here already, why hadn't you come and picked me up yourself??"
"Well, that was actually what I had planned for. But I suddenly had this urge to see this I-am-not-amused look on your face and how much you wished for to see me today and cursed me for not living up to it."
I wasn't all convinced but I had smiled the moment he added, "I did not plan a surprise today but I am glad that it still worked. And hey, I had been following you right from the moment you stepped out of your place."
"Get in. We are going to a place."
He took me to a splendid restaurant that day, "Our Place". He had booked a candle light dinner table on the moonlit terrace for us and just then it struck me what he was trying to do and why of all days, TODAY.
"Listen, I appreciate it but you don't have to do all this", I said recollecting all that small and big things he had been doing for me for as long as an year just to make me feel better and normal and loved for I had been in my all-time-low life that time.
He smiled and replied, "This has nothing to do with anything. All I wanted is to be with you today and spend some good time. You always dreamed about a candle-light dinner. Din't you? So here it is now and you better enjoy it."
I did enjoy the dinner, the place, the food and most importantly, time with HIM, and it was probably the best till date.
On the way back, I asked him, "Of all, TODAY, isn't meant for U & I to be together."
The day was the 14th of February, 2008 and we were what people called 'The best friends'.
He understood it but just said, "Chuck it. I don't care if each one of us aren't that special someone in other's life. I just wanted to tell you that we are still very special to each other now and remain so hereafter, PERIOD."
"Hmm. That holds true only until you find a girl for this passenger seat I occupied now.", words escaped even before I realized what I was saying and 'sscrrreeeeeech' stopped the car.
He looked at me and I knew he was hurt but he shrugged it off and quickly, smiled.
I smiled back too and said, "OK. I don't know why I said that. Forget it and thank you so much for the time today. I loved it."
"Mmm..I loved it more than you can understand.", he had said before he left.
***
Present: Its an altogether different story that we eventually fell in love with each other after this had happened and got married the same year in October against all odds. HE was, is and remains the love of my life and I cherish that evening's dinner for it had changed both of our lives for good.
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