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?
Thursday, February 18, 2016
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!
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Its all in the book...
I love celebrations & surprises! As a matter of fact, who doesn't?
After a lot of brainstorming, we decided that The Disney World, Florida is the place we ought to be while our marriage turns 4! The choice of place seemed nothing but appropriate because the time has come where Aravind & I finally started believing that age is just an irrelevant number!
If ever I had any second thoughts about it, well, I woudn't be writing this post had the thoughts stayed!
What did I like about the place?
For one, there we were, waiting outside a theater for an animation show that was scheduled to start in 12 minutes. A lady walks up to us and tells us, "Mickey is inside the room to your left. Go meet him before the show begins!" That's right, he was a celebrity there and so were a million of your favorite childhood cartoons!
One moment, you would see birds sing and the next moment you would fly around a city just like Peter Pan. You could shop at zonkos, buy a broomstick and even gulp "Butterbeer" all for real! I felt nothing less than Alice in Wonderland be it at Magic Kingdom, Hollywood Studios or even at the infamous Universal!
We hired a cab on our way back to the resort from Universal and the cabbie was a retired ex-entreprenuer and an ex-New Yorker who was uber excited about driving his fellow New Yorkers (Or may be I thought he was!) that he gifted us Florida's telephone directory but not before quoting "A gift from one New Yorker to another!"
He took us through a crisp and sweet little tour of the city and this was how the conversation went on:
"Did you take her to Disney downtown?"
Me: "No, We did not go there yet".
"Take her. She would love the place" (He waited until Aravind reponded in affirmative)
"Women like Circus. You should take her there."
Me: "Err...Is there a Circus here?"
"Take her there. The numbers are in the book that I gave you. She will like it"
Aravind (Finally succumbing): "Sure. Thanks for the advice"
"Did you go to Magic Kingdom. Did you show her the Castle?" (I did not bother responding)
"Take her there. All the numbers are in the book that I gave you."
Aravind: "Defenitely, Can't imagine how I would have managed without the book you gave me!!"
The old man did not quite understand the sarcasm but he was affable, sweet and kinda what we would call "Old School".
He was the most intresting thing I had come across in Disney! Yes, and the rest was truly magical!
Ironical that the man who built an empire out of a mere animation died before his dream of conceiving the World's most lovable theme park was realized!
After a lot of brainstorming, we decided that The Disney World, Florida is the place we ought to be while our marriage turns 4! The choice of place seemed nothing but appropriate because the time has come where Aravind & I finally started believing that age is just an irrelevant number!
If ever I had any second thoughts about it, well, I woudn't be writing this post had the thoughts stayed!
What did I like about the place?
For one, there we were, waiting outside a theater for an animation show that was scheduled to start in 12 minutes. A lady walks up to us and tells us, "Mickey is inside the room to your left. Go meet him before the show begins!" That's right, he was a celebrity there and so were a million of your favorite childhood cartoons!
One moment, you would see birds sing and the next moment you would fly around a city just like Peter Pan. You could shop at zonkos, buy a broomstick and even gulp "Butterbeer" all for real! I felt nothing less than Alice in Wonderland be it at Magic Kingdom, Hollywood Studios or even at the infamous Universal!
We hired a cab on our way back to the resort from Universal and the cabbie was a retired ex-entreprenuer and an ex-New Yorker who was uber excited about driving his fellow New Yorkers (Or may be I thought he was!) that he gifted us Florida's telephone directory but not before quoting "A gift from one New Yorker to another!"
He took us through a crisp and sweet little tour of the city and this was how the conversation went on:
"Did you take her to Disney downtown?"
Me: "No, We did not go there yet".
"Take her. She would love the place" (He waited until Aravind reponded in affirmative)
"Women like Circus. You should take her there."
Me: "Err...Is there a Circus here?"
"Take her there. The numbers are in the book that I gave you. She will like it"
Aravind (Finally succumbing): "Sure. Thanks for the advice"
"Did you go to Magic Kingdom. Did you show her the Castle?" (I did not bother responding)
"Take her there. All the numbers are in the book that I gave you."
Aravind: "Defenitely, Can't imagine how I would have managed without the book you gave me!!"
The old man did not quite understand the sarcasm but he was affable, sweet and kinda what we would call "Old School".
He was the most intresting thing I had come across in Disney! Yes, and the rest was truly magical!
Ironical that the man who built an empire out of a mere animation died before his dream of conceiving the World's most lovable theme park was realized!
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