We opened one of the presents for Suhaana that she got for her birthday from her Uncle Scotty. (Thanks to her illness and then mine and then Raj's last week, we haven't gotten around to opening them all yet - but I'm so looking forward to). It was a sleep and play outfit and at least one of the cutest things on the planet (ok, not as cute as the little girl, but dangerously close): a pink and grey stripe-sporting, long tailed, big round eared and little pink nosed mouse BonBon. Cute as a button and then some!
Needless to say, they look great together!
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Sunday, November 25, 2012
All's Well That Ends Well
Long weekend passed and not quite enough. This week was the best, then the worst and then back.
Suhaana had a big, big Elmo party. Lots of kids. She had a great time. She had the best time tasting Elmo cake icing!! Mommy had never given any cake to Suhaana so far. And what a dearth it had been for! She lapped up with all the photo session and her favorite aunts all giving her one bite each.
Then a couple of days later, poor baby got a stomach bug pretty bad. I was at work and freaked out when Raj called to say the nanny had called her and said Suhaana is not well. She was throwing up. When I got back from work, she'd already thrown up 3 times. By the time we saw the doctor the same afternoon she'd thrown up 10 times that day. Her doctor held us at her office to watch Suhaana, giving her 1 tsp pedialite every 5 minutes. The following day, the vomiting was gone, but hello diarrhea. :( Next 3 days, this little girl barely got up. She just slept mostly.
Meanwhile both raj and I took turns throwing up and generally feel unwell too over the weekend. But then come Sunday, and every one feels somewhat better. So much better.
All's well that ends well, right? Except that the weekend is gone!
Suhaana had a big, big Elmo party. Lots of kids. She had a great time. She had the best time tasting Elmo cake icing!! Mommy had never given any cake to Suhaana so far. And what a dearth it had been for! She lapped up with all the photo session and her favorite aunts all giving her one bite each.
Then a couple of days later, poor baby got a stomach bug pretty bad. I was at work and freaked out when Raj called to say the nanny had called her and said Suhaana is not well. She was throwing up. When I got back from work, she'd already thrown up 3 times. By the time we saw the doctor the same afternoon she'd thrown up 10 times that day. Her doctor held us at her office to watch Suhaana, giving her 1 tsp pedialite every 5 minutes. The following day, the vomiting was gone, but hello diarrhea. :( Next 3 days, this little girl barely got up. She just slept mostly.
Meanwhile both raj and I took turns throwing up and generally feel unwell too over the weekend. But then come Sunday, and every one feels somewhat better. So much better.
All's well that ends well, right? Except that the weekend is gone!
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Thick As Molasses
My cousin was over at ours' last weekend. And with her and my brother in law, came my nephew 9 year old and niece 6. Last time when my mom and my aunts (my mom's two sisters) came over from India, it took this baby girl until the next day to warm up to them. That's half a day and 1 night. Stranger anxiety is an official term. I was fearing the same this time. And this girl does takes some time to watch people around before really warming up to them.
But I was really surprised to learn that where kids are concerned no rules apply. Both my niece and nephew and this little girl were thick as molasses in no time at all! They were running around, giggling and laughing instantly. Like long lost friends or privy to a mischievous secret. Nothing is more binding as share misery or mischief!
At least this time it was the latter (mischief). Who knows in 12 years time it may be the shared misery due to parents!
But I was really surprised to learn that where kids are concerned no rules apply. Both my niece and nephew and this little girl were thick as molasses in no time at all! They were running around, giggling and laughing instantly. Like long lost friends or privy to a mischievous secret. Nothing is more binding as share misery or mischief!
At least this time it was the latter (mischief). Who knows in 12 years time it may be the shared misery due to parents!
Friday, November 16, 2012
Best birthday ever!
Last week was my birthday. Raj and I took off from work to spend some time with each other. We stepped out to get brunch while Suhaana was home, her nanny watching her.
When we got back, I got the best birthday present ever.. A little baby running towards me to give me one big sweet hug. Mummy and Suhaana spent the afternoon playing games.
Best birthday ever!
was at home
When we got back, I got the best birthday present ever.. A little baby running towards me to give me one big sweet hug. Mummy and Suhaana spent the afternoon playing games.
Best birthday ever!
was at home
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
State of the House
These days it's normal to find my lunch bag in front of the tv. Kitchen cutlery strewn on the living room floor. Kitchen rags on the sofa. My cellphone lying forgotten on the pantry floor. Suhaana's toys all over the house!
But even more favored are my house slippers. Daily, they are hunted down, talked to, aligned, gingerly worn by tiny toes and taken on a ride (although only one of them is taken) half way around the house.
But even more favored are my house slippers. Daily, they are hunted down, talked to, aligned, gingerly worn by tiny toes and taken on a ride (although only one of them is taken) half way around the house.
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Get Back On The Moving Train
Haven't written since almost a month now due to preparation for travel, then travel, then getting the reins of regular life after the travel. I've fallen off the regular blogging habit, and don't know where to pick it up again from.
There's much to report that's in the past 1 month. And also new trinkets of fun from just yesterday when I was talking on the phone with my beloved sis-in-law (cousin of Raj's) on hands-free with headphone/earphones. And just then Suhaana wanted to talk on the phone (presumably to the bear or Elmo). She took my phone, put it on her ear and starting talking (something-haven't figured out what) and moving around. Meanwhile I was running around behind her since I had the earphone chord from the phone to my ear and was actually on a call! :)
I have to report on the past - but while I'm figuring out when to do that, it's important to get back to familiar but off-late forgotten territory.
There's much to report that's in the past 1 month. And also new trinkets of fun from just yesterday when I was talking on the phone with my beloved sis-in-law (cousin of Raj's) on hands-free with headphone/earphones. And just then Suhaana wanted to talk on the phone (presumably to the bear or Elmo). She took my phone, put it on her ear and starting talking (something-haven't figured out what) and moving around. Meanwhile I was running around behind her since I had the earphone chord from the phone to my ear and was actually on a call! :)
I have to report on the past - but while I'm figuring out when to do that, it's important to get back to familiar but off-late forgotten territory.
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