India trip last three weeks part 2

On 7th we went to Payalkaki's place in the evening. I played a lot there as they had some toys from when Shaurya was there. I sat out on hinchko with dada (payalkaki's dad) and ba (payalkaki's mom). I also spent a night at their place and had breakfast in the morning.

We spent most of 8th doing shopping and went to Pareshkaka's place in the evening. I haven't pointed this out before but in India I used to take bath in a dol. I played bedminton and catch catch with Darshanbhai and had fun.

On 9th we went to Rajkot via A'bad. It was a long trip but I stayed asleep in the car for most part. A'bad traffic is almost as bad as LA traffic. In Rajkot I saw mummy's masi, motaba, ane mummy's mama. I stayed at their place for the most part and had a lot of fun. I was very careful of not hurting motaba who was in the drawing room. Here is picture of me patiently waiting for my turn to get her blessings. I would stand by her bed and ask for help to go to inside room that way I wouldn't accidently hurt her. I would also point out to everyone when she moved her fingers or tried to say something. She pointed at me several times while I was playing there. I also went to feed birdies mainly kabutars with mummy's masi and went to the temple that way close by several times.

On the 12th morning we went to mummy's foi's place. We met Shardafoi and Chandufoi (both ba for me). We took lunch at their place ane mane chhe ne emni divet raakhvaani dabbi hati ne e khol banch karvaani khub maja padi :). In the evening we went to pappa's motamama's place. Their we got together with mama-mami, ba-dadaji (who came to Rajkot with me), and Navyadididi. I had lot of fun playing with Navyadidi, emene mane hichaka naakhya ane maari saathe doda dodi kari ane mane nini karavavaani try kari. We also got some studio pictures taken which pappa hasn't got around to putting up yet.

Next morning we went to pappa's masi's place. There we met Chickoomama and pappa's masi. I ate lunch with them slept through the afternoon and sat on their indoor hinchko. In the evening we went mummy's kaka's place. We met with mummy's kaki, Samirmama, Parulmasi and Akshaymasa, their daughter Shreya, and Akshaymasa's parents. We had dinner with them and I played the water tap and a ball at their place. Mummy also tied raakhi to Samirmama.

Next day we went to mummy's Rameshkaka and Dakshakakai's place. Their place had a lot of decorations in celebrations for Janmastami. I really enjoyed the kana's decoration. I also ate ganthiya and biscuits at their place. Part 3 of the India trip description will be coming soon as soon as my dad and mom can stop watching movies while I sleep and update my blog :).

Oh yeah hint hint wink wink...last time I said more life changes in USA, well you notice my long hair in the pictures, one of the changes is that, but more on it after the India trip descriptions are over :).

India trip : last three weeks

Pappa came to India on very early morning on 1st August. I had already fallen asleep when he came but when I woke up I recognized him immediately even though he had grown a beard and mustache. I even pointed out his beard :). You can see us having a blast with dad's beard in this picture.

We continued to have fun in A'bad. We went to watch a movie and while everyone watched a movie in the theater, my dad and I played outside the theater. The theater had many screens so the central area was a big carpeted area and I had a blast running around the area watching them do clean ups and watching popcorn machine :). We also went to see Haribhai's new house that is under constructions. Its in nice big colony with lot of common areas for playing. Here is our picture in front of the club house of the society.

We went to Vadodara on 5th August. We stayed with my dad's nanaji-naniji or as we call them ba-dadaji. Their house is big with fairly open layout, so I had a blast running around. We even got to sleep on the terrace as it was fairly warm during our stay. We setup gaadlaas and macchhardaani and had a blast. Usually, I would put mom and dad to sleep and then continue playing for a while before falling asleep myself.

On the evening of 5th August we went to pappa's motakaka's place. Pappa's kaki's taibat has not been very good, so we checked up on her health and Raadhishadidi tied raakhi to me. We also had some breakfast and sweets their.

6th August was rakshabandhan. Mommy first tied raakhi to dadaji and ba. Then, we went out to pappa's foi's place. Foi tied raakhi to pappa and foi's grand daughters tied raakhi to me. We all had lunch at their place and I had a blast running around and playing with every one.

Next, we went to Sanjaykaka's place. There Radhikadidi tied raakhi to me. I also played with Varunbhai or Jalabhai for a long long time on their terrace. It was soooooo much fun.

Next, we went to Pareshkaka's place. I was asleep for the most part at their house, but when I woke up Nidhididi tied raakhi to me and I had a bunch of biscuits. I also got to play with Darshanbhai.

At night we went to Pappa's mama's place. We had dinner at their place and mommmy tied raakhi to pappa's mama on ba's behalf. I was asleep when we got there, but then woke up and played with everyone. I went to pappa's mami quite a bit and that was surprise for everyone as I didn't use to go to anyone.

That night I was very tired as we had moved around quite a bit so we fell asleep quickly :). Well that's all that my dad can write for today, but fear not the rest of the trip description will come in next part(s).

There have also been some new exciting developments back in USA, but I gotta finish up the India trip before I go on to them. So, until next time see ya, chao, bye bye, ta ta, aavajo...

Months 13-14: India Trip

Hi Everyone,

I am back. I spent most of my 13th and 14th month out in India. Its been pretty fun, but its also great to be back. Me and mommy left from San Francisco airport on July 7th 2009 around 9am. Papa dropped us off at the airport. Everyone had been telling me about the trip so I kind of understood that I had to be in a plane for a llllllllooooooong time. First our flight went to John F. Kennedy airport in New York. The flight was delayed due to bad weather and it was a six and half hour flight, but I was really good, so we reached ok. We reached at about 8:45pm New York time. Then, we had to take a train to the Int'l terminal. That was kind of fun. I stayed in my stroller as mommy had to take me luggage and stroller.

Unfortunately, our flight to India had already left, so we were stranded at the airport for that night. Luckily for us, Rajumama joined us in New York and he arranged for us to get some food and go to a hotel. At the hotel I ran around a lot as I had spend all the pent up energy from sitting in the plane all day. Also, New York is 3 hours ahead of San Francisco time so that threw me off too. So, I stayed up till 5am New York time and played a lot. Next morning we woke up late and then went to the airport.

Our flight wasn't until the evening, so we ate at the airport and moved around. Finally it was 7:30pm and we got on to the llllllloooooong 15 hour flight. During this 15 hours flight, I slept for 9- 10 hours in mummy's lap and played for rest of the time. We reached at Mumbai around 10 O' clock at night. Rajumama had to go to Pune directly from Mumbai. I enjoyed his company, but from Mumbai Mumma and I were by ourselves. Our connecting flight to A'bad was at 1 O' clock in the morning. I walked around a lot at the airport and then slept in mummy's lap. I was sleeping all the time until we reach A'bad. It was hard for Mummy to handle me sleeping and to take care of luggage and to do everything. But we made it without much difficulty because people were so good around us, they helped us a lot. Flight was one hour late from Mumbai to A'bad so we reach at 3.00 am in the morning at A'bad. It was fun flying in plane first time for me.

We reached home at about 5:00 am on 10th July. Naniba ne ame surprise aapi hati etle emne khabar nahoti ke ame aaviye chhe. Etle ame emni paase jai ne ubha rahya to to temane maanya ma j na aavyu ke hu ne mummy tya pahochi gaya chhe.

Pachhi chhe ne ame tya Haribhai ne pan malya. Amne banne ne bhega ramvani khhhhhhhhub maja padi. Hu emna toys thi ramyo ne e maara toys thi ramya ane khub jalsa karya. Ane thodhu thodu emne pan mane toy ni jem ramadyo :). He has given me a nickname. It's 'Puchukadu'. He also used to sing a song for me. 'Anshil Banshil swimming in the water, swimming in the water, swimming in the water'. I enjoyed a lot with Jayumama and Jigishamami as well. Hun temana scooter ma baba pharawa jato.
Ba mane roj varta kaheta ane books vanchawata. Mane bahu ja maja aawati hati ba sathe.

Mane sharuaat ma jetlag khub hato etle hu ne mummy divas suta ane raate jaagta. E mummy ne thodu hard padatu, pan dhire dhire badhu ok thatu gayu. I and mummy go for a walk in the early morning around 6 o'clock. I love to listen to birdies chirping. I also like to see peacock, cow, doggy, cat, monkey and kids playing cricket in the playground.

I seat in Rickshaw, scooter and car in India. Daddy is going to write about the part after he came to India in a separate post, so that we can at least get the pictures and videos of the trip out. So, stay tuned for more on India trip and life back in USA.

Pictures and videos from the India trip are up and ready to watch.

Me and mommy in A'bad (first three weeks of the trip)
Next three weeks of the trip (A'bad, Vadodara, and Rajkot)
Videos from the trip are on my youtube channel

More on me being year old

Hello everyone,

I am back. As promised I am going to tell you all about the new things I can do. But, before we get started, me and mommy are in India. We are having a lot of fun. I had some fever for last few days but I am better now and I am enjoying my time with Haribhai, Nanima, mama, and mami. My dad would like to add that he misses me and mom a llllllllllllllllllloooooooooottttt.

So in last month I have learned a few things. First I can now walk on my own or holding on to someone's fingers. Walking is soooooo much fun. I can go from one place to another very quickly. Once I got a little practice it wasn't hard. When I learn something I keep practicing it over and over and over. So, first I just started to practice standing up. Once I had that down I started taking one or two steps. I kept practicing that for a while and then we went to Stutididi's house a few weeks ago, I took 8-10 steps. Then on I just kept taking small steps all day every day until I had it perfected. Along the way I have learned that falling on diaper covered parts is not bad at all, but anywhere else is no fun. Fortunately, I only fell a few times on uncovered parts but cried a little some times.

Apart from that I am eating pretty much everything. I like to eat lunch and dinner with everyone at the table. I sit in my highchair and by the time I get back from India even Anay will be joining me.

I am also pointing at a lot of things now including birds, airplanes, cars, plants, khiskolis. I also get to ride on my dad's bicycle every day once in the morning and once in the evening. I like that a lot. I even have some pictures where I am wearing his helmet :). Look out daddy I will be taking over the bicycle sooooon.

Oh well my dad is missing me tooooo much to write much more, but he did add more pictures. These are from his and ba's cell phones. Have fun watching them..

Pictures from ba and pappa's cell phone.

I am a year old!!!!

Yoo hoo.... I am a one year old who can walk around the house on his own and run around!! I am so bbbbbbbiiiiiiiiiiigggg. I say aa aa aa and point out everything. I look at birds, planes, trees, khiskolis, balloons everything and I point them all out.

My first year birthday
My one year birthday was a grand party. I was dressed in my fancy suit and looked dashing. I got a lot of gifts and had a ton of fun. There were a lot of kids around and I enjoyed playing with all of them. The kids did lot of bubbles and I enjoyed running among the bubbles. We ate a big cake, lot of pizza, and some indian sizzlers. It was sooooo much fun. There were sooo many people in house, but I didn't feel like I was crowded. I ran around in my white suit with red shirt under that.

I also got a lot of gifts. I played with the balloons from birthday for several weeks. In addition I got the lighting mcqueen car, couple of cool bibs that help me stay dry when I eat :), books, and several other toys. Kaka-kaki brought me a shape sorter type of toy that also has abacus type of balls on a tube that I can move around (that's the best description my dad can come up with so you will just have to see the toy in pictures). My mama-mami sent me a tricycle that I will be opening when I come back from India. Ba-dada got me a lot of summer cloths that I have already started wearing.

Trip to Chukee Cheese with family
Couple days after my birthday we went to Chuckee Cheese. It was soooooo much fun. Me and Anay set in bunch of rides and got a lot of pictures taken. I sat with chuckee, teletubbies, and bunch of other characters that I don't know yet. I also got my pictures taken and played a kid version of fooseball with mommy and daddy. Make sure to take a look at pictures from the trip below.

I am going to spend most of my 13th and 14th month in India. Mommy and I are already in India and pappa will be joining us soon. Pappa is missing me too much to write more now, but rest assured you will hear about the my India trip and things that I do in detail when he posts again..

Pictures from my birthday.
Pictures from Chukee Cheese.
Pictures from Ba's cell phone.

11 months old and growing...

Hi Everyone,

I am 11 months old now. I have ton to report, so let me get started without further wait. Oh before I begin, an advertisement for my youtube channel where you can see plenty of my videos (As of last count I believe we got to over 65 videos). Here is my youtube channel.

Trips and other events

Katha and havan at our new home:
We had Gayatri havan and Satyanarayan Katha at our new home. It was lot of fun. I dressed up as Lord Krishna. I did all vidhi with my parents. Everyone was surprised that I was seating quietly and participating in all puja with my parents. We had many family friends at home during puja. You can watch the pictures to see all the guests.

Trip to Hanumaan Temple and Buddha temple with my mummy,daddy, Tithi, Rushika, Kalpanmama and Vaibhavimami:
I had been to Hanumaan temple and Buddha temple. It was pretty nice experience as Tithi and Rushika are little elder than my age. So, I had fun with them. Temples were pretty with meditation center and Yoga center. We spent whole day together. In the evening we went to a park near their home.

Trip to Yosemite with Jigneshmasa and Nidhimasi
This month was full of tours and events. So, I was pretty busy. I had a blast when Nidhimasi and Jigneshmasa came to see us from Minisota. I has so much fun with them. I, Mummy, Pappa, Nidhimasi and Jigneshmasa had been to Yosemite National park. This was my first long trip after I got over 7 months. But I had fun in the car with everyone. Yosemite national park is an amazing place to go. There were 10 - 15 big water falls in the park. Trees were so big that in one tree trunk 10 people can easily stand on one side and trees were really tall. I enjoyed splashing with daddy in one Yosemite river. Natural view was also amazing as mountains covered with snow, valley, water falls everything was together. We stayed there for 2 days.

Nidhimasi gave me bath and also made cheerios bracelet for me. I ate all cheerios from my bracelet :). Jigneshmasa gave me strawberries and played a lot with me. I miss them now as they went back to Minnesota.


Things I do


I do lot of new stuff. I was speaking mamama, papapa, dadada, bababa, tatata. But, now I can also speak cutcutcut, light, aap. Now, I understand everything. When mummy ask me to show Jeje wala, I point my finger to God's picture. When somebody asks me to give them somethinng, I can do that. When I heard bird voice or Plane voice, I show mummy that voice is coming from here. I love to water plants with my mummy. I walk with my walker and Jeep everywhere. Now I have preference with books. Whatever I want to read I give it to mummy. These days I spend most of my time with mummy. So, whenever mummy is around I would like to go to her.

My 6th teeth finally came out. I had fever for few days because of that, but now I am alright. So, now I have 3 teeth on upper side and 3 on lower side. I love to brush my teeth. I have my own brush. When Pappa is brushing his teeth. I would love to help him out with brushing. When I am feeling etching in my mouth because of teeth, I would like to bite something.

I like to play with musical and interactive toys much. I would also love to spend time in the backyard with my mommy. I also like to watch Anay play. I often play with him or pat him gently.

Eating habits

I am eating everything just like a big boy. I would like to eat subway, pizza just like adults. I love strawberries, blue berries, cherries, banana, mango. So, all fruits. I also eat angel hair pasta. I love to eat toast with milk. Rice crisp cereal with milk. I also like bread, roti, khichadi, daal, bhat, all vegetables, yogurt and what not. I eat by my self. I can also convey the message whatever I want to pass on. If I want to eat strawberries, I would show it to mummy from my fruits and vegetables book and I convey that I want to eat strawberries.

Bath

Now, bath time. Splashy splashy is my favorite time. When I am in the bath tub, I do splashy splashy a lot. I also took bubbles bath, but I didn't like it much.

As I understand and recognize things, I afraid of few toys which have vibrate motion. I go slowly to new people.

And very important thing - I am turning 12 months - 1 year old on next 25th, So I am throwing my B'day party. Its on 20th June, 2009. Its in the Serra Park, Sunnyvale. You all are invited. We will have tons of fun. Cake, games and what not...... so see you there. I gtg to prepare for the party

Pictures:
Ansh 11th month general pictures
Pictures from Masa Masi's trip part 1
Pictures from Masa Masi's trip part 2

Pictures from Ba Dada's anniversary

Pictures from my 11 month B'day party

The joys of standing up

Hello everyone,

Its been a long wait for this post. I have been wanting to post this forever!! I have done so many things in the last month. I am going to have to divide this up in sections to make sure that I don't miss anything.

Friends and Family
I have had a lot of visitors in last month. Stutididi visited me during this month with Diptiauntie and Hemantuncle. We had a blast as you will see in the pictures for this month. We played a lot at home. Stutitdidi had to divide up her time between me and Anay, so we both decided to be awake one person at a time :). We also went to the Tech museum in San Jose. We also went to the Great Mall with her, but I don't remember much of that because it was kind of late at night and I was asleep.

Last week eight of us went to the Shoreline park. It is so beautiful out there. Very peaceful and the ducks walking around, people going into the lake with their little rented sailboats. It was nice!! But, don't take my word for it also take a look at pictures. We saw a mommy and daddy duck take their four ducklings around, it was great.

I have also gone out to eat at several Indian restaurants and Sweet Tomatoes. I like eating everywhere!! Especially the sweet stuff, but more on food in the food section.

What am I doing this month

I am crawling at super speed. No one in the house can keep up with me. I make my mommy, ba, daddy everyone run behind me. Crawling is so much fun, I can quickly go from one room to another and just find new things to do.

I do a few different things standing up. I can hold onto any furniture in the house to stand up. Then I pick up some toy with one hand while holding on the furniture with the other hand. I drop the toy bend over and pick it up again while I am still standing. I keep doing this all the time now. I also cruise a lot with support of the furniture. Sometime I even let go the furniture or barely hold it for a few seconds. My mommy and ba even managed to get a video of me standing without any support while I was taking a bath.

Guess what else I am doing? I am talking. I can say "mamamamam", which my dad interprets as me wanting food and my mommy interprets at "ma ma ma". I think I do little bit of both. I can also say ba, I sometimes say mommy mommy or daddy daddy. I also say pa pa pa pa. Boy talking is so much fun. Although I still yell a lot, I like talking. When I am done eating I often say "all done".

Finally my favorite family time is dancing time. I pretty much like any music, but let's see, so far we have danced to whatever plays on B4UMusic, going on a bear hunt and bean bag dance from the cd that ba has for me, and bunch of other songs including ymca, macarena, chicken dance, and my latest favorite the space jam movie songs. By the way for any of you wondering what these songs are, I refer you to my favorite site YouTube.

New toys for me this month
Stutididi brought me and Anay two toys. A 'shape sorter' and a 'in place baseball hitting' toy. I love them both. I take shapes out of the the shape sorter and put them back in. Admittedly taking them out is lot more fun. I practiced the baseball hitting with my daddy and mommy. Sometimes even when I am strolling through the sunroom I grab the baseball bat :).

Food
Aha last but not least we are onto my favorite topic, food. I love all types of food (and some items that are not food :)), but we have discovered that eating shredded carrots is probably not a good idea since I don't yet chew them very well. I have been eating everything from my dad's plate, but my favorite part is eating toast with either soup or milk in the morning with my dad. Often I just sit in his lap instead of my high chair. I also like to eat bread for my breakfast.

In the afternoon mommy or ba feed me some veggies or fruit. I like banana, but I am kind of tired of carrots and beans. I can not have the veggies and fruits just boiled, they don't have to mush them in a mixer. I like roti a lot too. I can eat it all alone.

At night I eat dinner with everyone. My new favorite dinner food is pauha and tomato mix that mommy makes for me. That stuff is so yum yum that I just go through ton of it. After dinner I drink water with the proper glass that my parents drink from.

Finally here are two sets of pictures from this month. Part 1, Part 2.