lil baby countdown has started

Mommy and daddy went to hospital at abt 9pm on march 3rd 2010. Drs checked mommy at abt 9:45pm and she was 8cm dilated. Way to go mommy and lil baby. Mommy and daddy told me that I get my baby bro/sis soon.

As of 12:45 the baby is still giving farewell to mommy's tummy. Mommy is asleep with epidural. She is still bit uncomfortable and nauseated, but all is well so far.

Daddy is too excited to sleep, so he is typing away. Stay tuned for updates.

4:20am, still waiting. The bag of water was broken at 3:20 in hopes of getting baby out quicker. Contractions are getting closer. Mommy still getting good sleep. Daddy caught abt hr of sleep as well.

Khushi thakkar arrived at 6:09am on march 4th. She weighs 8 lb 1.3 oz and is 20 inches long. Both mom and baby are doing great.

Ansh 20th month

Hi everyone,

Here is another episode in Ansh's life. I have big big big big news!! I can't wait. And the new is....drum roll... I am going to be a big brother pretty much any day now :). We don't know if I am getting little sister or little brother, but I am ok with either. Due date for new baby is March 12th, but the doctor's say he/she should come any day.

I am taking good care of my mommy. I give her prenatals everyday. I bring them from the cupboard, give her the medicine in her mouth, give her water, then go put the prenatals bottle back in the cupboard. I am also giving je je to my baby brother/sister everday too.

In terms of my life, things haven't changed much. Mommy has been in bed rest for past month or so. I get up between 7:45-8:15 and eat my breakfast. I eat some combination of milk, cereal, raisin bread, maggie, and cookies for breakfast. Then, I take shower. I love taking shower by myself, when I am done I tell pappa to put the shower back in its holder. Then, I get ready and pappa and I leave in the car. I wave mommy good bye. Pappa drops me off at the day care. I carry my lunch box into the day care. I cry a bit when pappa goes, but I am ok after couple minutes.

I do lot of fun stuff at day care, including playing outside in the play yard, doing art, cricle time where we do music and stories, and eat on the table with all my friends. I also take my afternoon nap at the day care. I fall asleep lot more easily there on most days. After I wake up I do my afternoon art and snack. Around 3:30 grandpa comes to pick me up. Some times mommy comes with him too. I go to the car and eat more food usually some crackers or my leftover lunch.

Once I come home I go in the backyard and play. I like to kick the ball and do the lassarpatti. Its lot of fun. In the evening I have fun in the house with everyone. Usually we play lot of our music and me and Anay do some art or toy play. Some time our dads play cricket in the house. We like to play with them. I throw the ball and some times even bat with them. Anay bats with them too.

At night I ask mommy to feed me milk before I go to sleep. I like my mommy or daddy talking to me or rubbing my back as I fall asleep.

My 20th Month pictures include me wearing my dad's tshirt and bunch of pictures from toy stores and kid rides.

Lot of new videos are also in my channel. If you haven't checked out already, check out my 18-24 months playlist of videos. Most of the new videos are from my music class where we all go and have fun.

Watch out for the next announcement...more than likely announcing me being older brother...

I am 19 months old - Part 2

Hello everyone,.
I am back with new story. Are you ready to read?... Let's start. Now I am a big boy. I do lot of things by myself.
Food:
I can eat food with fork and spoon by myself. I drink juice, water, milk by myself with sippy cup. Once I am done eating, I saw with my both hands that I am done. I clean up my plate. I like to wash and dry my hands by myself. I love all vegetables and fruits a lot. I also like yogurt with salt and jiru. I also like rasin bread, cookies and sweets. I also like papad.
Play:
I love to scribble with sketch pens on a paper. Once I come home from school, first thing I do is.. I take my table, sketch pens, paper and start scribbling. I also like to play with bat and ball. I love to kick the ball. I also like to play in ball pit with balls. I also like to make tower with blocks. I like to make jungle with animals and trees. I also play with Zoo toy, jeep and car.
My hobbies:
Art work:
You can't believe but I am very good at art work. I like to do painting with water colors, sketch pens. I also use brush and different things like cucumber, brocolli etc for my painting. I also like sticker time.
Music:
I am a big fan of music. Once you start music, I start enjoying it and I dance with songs. Some are my favourite cds. My music class cd, Kids rhyms cd, and its a final count down song, 12 days of christmas, lakadi ki kathi, chicken dance and many more.

Now, I like to dress and undress by myself. Mumma, helps a little but, I try to do it by my own. I take shower by my self. I love to take shower. When I get up in the morning, first thing I want to do is to take shower by myself.
Words I speak:
I can speak mumma, papa, ba, dada, NO, Ya, O O, ta ta. Sometimes I also speak Mummy, Pi Pi, Pai, Po, Aam, Aaw. I am trying to speak more and more words.

I am comfortable at school as well. I play with my teachers and friends, I do music and art time, I also take lunch and nap there.
These days my stranger anxiety is reduced a lot. I give hi-fi to everyone. I also blow kissies and do Je-Je, give hug to my teacher and friends before coming home from school.
I am a happy baby. I have 15 teeth in my mouth.
I am very emotional baby too. When I see, somebody speically mummy is not feeling well. I seat beside her. I hug her, kiss her and stay with her until she feels better.
I also go to my music class every Saturday. I love to read books too. Now, I can read books by myself. I like to dance on twinkle twinkle, Etsy-bitsy spider, Wheels on the bus go round and round, Antar Mantar Jantar, Snap that monkey, 5 little babies sleeping on the bed.. roll over, 5 little monkies jumpiing on the bed, Jiraf ni to dok lambi......

I like to put vessels in dishwasher. I can climb on sofa. I can climb down from bed.

Lot more to write,... but time to go to play... Will catch you soon...

Ansh 19th month

Hello Everybody so glad to see you,
Hello everybody we are so glad to seeeeeeee you...

My 19th month has been full of events. I have started to enjoy my day care center. I get up around 8am, take a shower, eat my breakfast, and then reach the day care center at about 9:30. I don't like being dropped off, but I forget about that in a few minutes and start having fun.

First half hour is typically music or play dough time. I like that a lot. Then, all the kids eat breakfast. As I have already had my breakfast at home, I keep playing. Then, my favorite part of the day as we go out to play in the sand. There are several play structures and I play on them with other kids. Sometimes we just play with a ball. I like kicking the ball its pretty fun. Once we come back, we do another circle time where the teacher goes through a story on the black board. I already know actions for several stories/poems so I do them with the teacher. I like Twinkle Twinkle little star and itcy wincy spider songs.

Then, we sit on our dining table and eat lunch that we bring from home. So far I am not eating all that well, but I plan to improve on that soon. After lunch its nap time. Sleeping is a mixed bag for me. For couple days I was sleeping well, but couple days I couldn't sleep. Mommy comes and picks me up between 3-3:30pm.

I am also getting more independent and I play by myself a lot more. Nano Anay, kaka, and kaki badha atyaare india ma chhe and I miss them. Foi-Fua were with us for a while and I enjoyed their company. I played ball with both of them, read books, and did song and dance.

I am also starting to speak little more now. I have learned to say ya and na and no. I also say really cute ma..ma..ma and pa.pa.pa. I also got my first haircut at barbershop. It was not a fun experience, but I do admit I like my shorter hair. I look dashing in the military cut. I am building lot more structures as well. At school and at home I am doing lot more artwork. Once of these days my dad will scan some of my masterpieces and put them up online.

I am also eating more fruits. I like pears, strawberries, and grapes. I also like eating walnuts. I am also doing bunch of other stuff, but pappa is going to leave upto mommy to type up some of them.

My dad managed to upload 19th month pictures. The videos will be updated on my youtube channel soon.

Ansh 18th month

My 18th month has been pretty fun. We made a trip to the The Jungle Island in San Jose. It was pretty fun. I played in their ball pit and with the wooden blocks. I think once I am like 3 yrs old I would have more fun there.

I am also doing ton of stuff at home. I have a Megablocks set now that I play a lot with and I can build lot of structures with it. Pappa hasn't gotten around to putting up videos of the block structures, but he will soon do that. Also, I now have animal and vegetable toys that I play with, I have a lot of fun finding them and arranging them.

I am also having a ton of fun in my music class. I am learning lot of stuff and I like to dance to the songs at home too. I love ram sam, hot dog, and old king cole songs. I also like softer tunes like apples and cherries and can you do it.

We also put up christmas trees and lights early since Anay and kaki are heading to India. We got our christmas gifts early too. Check them out in the photos links. My dad also managed to organize my videos into playlists. So far he has put up 7 playlists you can see them on my youtube channel.

On a not so fun note so far, I started going to My Dream Academy day care center. My first week has been pretty rough. I keep crying and looking at the door to see if my mom or dad have come to pick me up. On the bright side I love playing in the outdoor section and I am liking some of the toys there. Friday was so far the best day for me and I managed to play there and read a book. The weather has been cold and rainy so I might be stuck in the room instead of playing out, but at least I have a few teachers and friends to play with. My family can also watch me online on the daycare's webcam. I will be back with more pictures, videos, and notes soon.

Pictures from my 18th month, trip to the Jungle Island, and early Christmas gifts.

More pictures

Dada and Ba from Ohio (Pappa's mama-mami) visited us from October 10-October 20th. They came to play with Anay and me. We had a blast with them. We went to several places, including put-put golf, visit to Google, Gilroy Gardens, and San Francisco Fisherman;s wharf. At put-put golf they had Halloween decorations and I had a blast looking the giant cat and all the spider web. As Google while a group of adults played pool, me and Anay had a blast in the ball pit. Gilroy Gardens had ton of rides for my age and they had waterfalls, flowers, and soft music. In San Francisco we show the airshow with fighter planes doing some cool stunts. Pictures from their visit that we took in our camera are here. Pictures from Dada's camera are on his facebook page.

For mummy's b'day we also made a trip around San Jose. We visited Children's discovery museum. That was a lot of fun. First I got to sit on a fire truck. I sat in the driver's sit and moved around the steering wheel. I didn't want to come out of the truck. Then, I got to sit in old school style cart that used to deliver mails in US a few years ago. Then, we went to bubbles section. That was so much fun. I made bubbles in big puddle of soapy water. Saw the soapy water curtain, made bubble sandwitch, and got little wet and soapy. It was a soapy fun time :). Next, we went to the the pin wall where we could push pins from both side of the walls to make impression of our hands and legs. We also saw some gears and made a doll and clock move using the gears that was fun. Then went to speed breaker like apparatus where we walked on a slope and the slope changed based on our weight. I had a blast there.

Then, we went to the second floor of the museum. I did a lot of fun stuff there. I played with rice dough and made different shapes. Walked on a giant snake like creature and did puzzles using big blocks. I had a blast running around in the infant room where I saw some birds and turtle toys as well. Then, I went to this room with little marry-go-round horses. Their shadows played cool tricks on the walls. Then, we went to a 'restaurant' where they had toy food items. I played with pizza, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, and bunch of apples. Then we went to the Halloween performance. Different kids had dressed up in Halloween costumes and danced to a song. I had so much fun.

The last fun part at CDM was the water play area. I put balls in water streams and they jumped out of pipes or stayed up at top of a water fountain. It was ton of fun. My dad can't describe that stuff too well, so you will have to see pictures to figure those things out. After all that fun, I fell asleep right in the high chair as we were eating in the cafe.

In the evening we went to the Heritage Rose Garden in San Jose. There were a lot of roses of all sort of colors. We got a lot of pictures there. It is also very close to San Jose Airport, so I had lot of fun seeing all airplanes coming to land at the airport.

Herer are Pictures from the CDM and Rose Garden trips.

Lot more pictures

Hi Everyone,

My dad finally got around to posting more pictures. Let's start with mummy b'day 2009. We celebrated it with carrot cake and you can see me getting some cake. There is more pictures from her bday, but they are on different camera and my dad is too lazy for now :(.

Next, are pictures from my showing at Navratri and trip to kids castle. Kids castle is like Chuckee Cheese, but they also have indianized pizza, so it works out pretty well for everyone. We have been there couple times now and I really like the rides there. I also like crawling into the tubes that they have there.

There are also more pictures of me from couple days after my haircut and from my 14th month bday celebration. I would have to say I look much better with my old or new hair compared to back then. As you can see in the early pictures now I do some pretty cool artwork. Also, my hair are growing at rapid rate and I am back to looking handsome in the later pictures.

There are also pictures from my music class. I like the music class so much and the last class when we all dressed up was awesome. I was dressed up as squirrel man and that was pretty cool. We had couple pumpkins, a spongebob, a prisoner, a dragon, an alligator, and a snow white. We even sang some halloween songs. My dad will get around to posting the videos from the class on my youtube channel soon.

Well nap time for me, see you again soon..