Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Friday, July 23, 2010
My 18-month Moods
July 24, 2010
It's been a really interesting month! I started off July with loads of hair and then suddenly one day, when I thought I was having so much fun with amma/appa, some dude tried to shave my head. I cried soo much and begged amma/appa to just take me home, and when the dude finished, I cried in relief "DONE". I recall being confused when I saw myself in the mirror later that day - "yengai?" (where is [my hair]?).
Combined with this was a move to Chennai - now I hang with my grandpa/grandma all the time. They are so often, and I get my way most of the time. Amma started travelling for work - traumatic for me, I miss cuddling with her at nights. I wait eagerly for amma/appa to return on Thursday & Friday and I cling to them all weekend. They take me "tata" [outside] in the "caaa" [car], give me lots of fun "mummum" [food], meet other "paappaa" [kids]. When I go out, I get to see "moomoo" [cow], "maaee" [=meow=cat], "sssss" [bus], and "aaaatum" [auto]. I have also learned many manners - I say "ssss" [please] when I want something, and loads of "thunkoo" [thank you]. It's harder for me to say sorry, so I just say it in sign language.
All in all, good life. I am now looking forward to my hair growing back!
"baaa baaa" [byebye]
Vedu
It's been a really interesting month! I started off July with loads of hair and then suddenly one day, when I thought I was having so much fun with amma/appa, some dude tried to shave my head. I cried soo much and begged amma/appa to just take me home, and when the dude finished, I cried in relief "DONE". I recall being confused when I saw myself in the mirror later that day - "yengai?" (where is [my hair]?).
Combined with this was a move to Chennai - now I hang with my grandpa/grandma all the time. They are so often, and I get my way most of the time. Amma started travelling for work - traumatic for me, I miss cuddling with her at nights. I wait eagerly for amma/appa to return on Thursday & Friday and I cling to them all weekend. They take me "tata" [outside] in the "caaa" [car], give me lots of fun "mummum" [food], meet other "paappaa" [kids]. When I go out, I get to see "moomoo" [cow], "maaee" [=meow=cat], "sssss" [bus], and "aaaatum" [auto]. I have also learned many manners - I say "ssss" [please] when I want something, and loads of "thunkoo" [thank you]. It's harder for me to say sorry, so I just say it in sign language.
All in all, good life. I am now looking forward to my hair growing back!
"baaa baaa" [byebye]
Vedu
Saturday, May 29, 2010
My "Desi" Moods
I am a li'l desi boy!
My middle name is b-r-a-t now!
It's very very sunny & hot
I do miss Ann Arbor... and being a family with amma & appa... and Jessie
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Standing Tall
Finally! Vedant is standing tall - by himself. What an evolution...from lying on his back to
flipping over onto his stomach to
sitting up to crawling to
"knee-walking" to
standing / walking with help to
independently standing by himself.
sitting up to crawling to
"knee-walking" to
standing / walking with help to
independently standing by himself.
We hold our breaths and wait... for when he will start walking, then running, soon.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
The Big O-N-E
Vedant turned one on January 2, 2010. What a year it's been - so painfully slow in many ways, yet breathtakingly fast! Many milestones have been reached, many more to go. And he has developed quite the personality ;-)
Here's a recap of our most fun memories of the last year:
(10) Cuddling in appa's sweatshirt to keep warm during the first winter
(9) Squinting in bright sunlight... even when he was a few weeks old!
(8) Giggling when amma walks away and turns suddenly to look at Vedant, like peek-a-boo
(7) Changing a poopy diaper in the temple bathroom with one parent holding Vedant in mid-air because there was no diaper changing station
(6) Sporting the "zoolander" look
(5) Dressing him in appa's banian (vest) when our bags didn't arrive in India
(4) Bribing with cheerios to eat up his lunch / dinner
(3) Threatening his Lakshmi patti (maternal grandmother) with deep-throated grunts like a "rowdy" so she gives him what she wants
(2) Turning around to get our approval after climbing the stairs, and making sure we were taking photos!
(1) Actively kicking his legs and hands - at the bare ceiling (we never understood what he saw!) and in the park when watching the leaves rustling in the wind
And our most dreaded moments (thank god they are far fewer):
(1) Being hospitalized a week after Vedant was born for an E.coli infection and seeing him strapped by tubes and wires in a newborn hospital bed
(2) Feeding him every 2 hours every day for the first month (which meant we never slept more than 2 hours at a stretch!)
(3) His first fall from a couch about 18 inches high in the lounge at Waldorf Hilton in London (and then we dropped him many many times after)
(4) Misdiagnosing chicken pox for nasty mosquito bites in Bangalore the week before his first birthday
It has been a fabulous year watching Vedant grow - from being dependent on everyone for everything to crawling everywhere independently, with abounding curiosity, throwing adorable tantrums, reserving most exclusive smile for Daddy, outsmarting amma & appa during meals (and only eating what he feels like!), enjoying all cuisines off our plates, charming with a grin, fascinated by rustling leaves, excited by water, patiently letting amma & appa sleep in on weekends, enthralled by toys and books (Cookie Jar, Octopus, Dr Squeak, Brown Bear, Wheels on the bus), hugging a (cylindrical) pillow to bed.
We look forward to many more memories.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Milestone Mania
October 2009
October 3 - My Daddy turned 32! That was his milestone... mine was eating cake for the first time!
October 15 -My first tooth broke through my gums. I can now eat real food!
October 20 - My first Fall - enjoying the beautiful colored leaves outside our home.
October 31 - Happy Halloween! I was a rooster and loved trick or treating in the neighborhood. I even collected candy in my own bag - amma says I can eat the candy when I become a big boy!
It was an eventful month where I hit so many milestones!
October 3 - My Daddy turned 32! That was his milestone... mine was eating cake for the first time!
October 15 -My first tooth broke through my gums. I can now eat real food!
October 17 - Happy Deepavali! I celebrated my first "festival of lights". And because my amma & appa messed with my nap that day, I ga
ve them hell by pooping in my Indian kurta-pajama at the temple - they performed a delicate maneuver with one parent holding me and one changing my diaper in mid-air!
ve them hell by pooping in my Indian kurta-pajama at the temple - they performed a delicate maneuver with one parent holding me and one changing my diaper in mid-air!
October 20 - My first Fall - enjoying the beautiful colored leaves outside our home.
October 23 - I can move! I am crawling every where and I can find so much more dirt on the floor than amma ever can.
October 31 - Happy Halloween! I was a rooster and loved trick or treating in the neighborhood. I even collected candy in my own bag - amma says I can eat the candy when I become a big boy!
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