Thursday, November 6, 2014

Doux 16!!

4:48 PM

I am running very late in posting the Birthday blogs but I guess better late than never.

I would like to begin with introducing our Birthday girl Sai who  has quite a steady head on that teenage shoulder. She is one mature,responsible and caring kid. Apart from being the gorgeous that she is,her writing skills are amazing and I really enjoy reading her assignments. When you meet her you just know what a great job her mum and dad have done raising her and making her the person that she is today. On her 16th I just want to wish her all the luck and love in life. We all love you sooo much baby!! Happy Birthday :)

It was soo much fun working around this theme and to top it all was this gorgeous cake which was a total show stopper. 
We all woke up a little late that day to get our sleep as we had dozed off pretty late the previous night. Once we were up it wasn't much work apart from just the final touches, arrangements and getting ourselves ready. So here are the the pictures from our Sweet 16's birthday. 

                                                   Be warned about the many many photos!!!











The number 16 came out to be the best and was worth all the time and patience. The gorgeous birthday girl, all glam.




Mahi all dressed and happy!! She was too excited to see the little girls around 













These picture were taken the previous night as nivi di was to leave for India on the same day as the party. We missed her big time but so glad that we could get these pics in the hustle bustle of that day. Who can tell though :)








The men all suited up and standing tall and handsome. 



Off goes the birthday girl. 







After the cake cutting and the photo session we left the girls alone with the food and music and God! these girls had a BLAST!! well I can tell from the few slime peeps that I took.




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Sunday, November 2, 2014

12 Months Old!

6:25 PM


Hey Mahi,
Twelve months old you are my sweet baby. Where on Earth did the time go!! You are growing in a supersonic speed and I am just so glad for the zillion photos that I have clicked of you in this one year. I already miss the tiny little you and keep watching them.
You are such a friendly kid and I am so proud of how your personality is evolving.You behave in a very good manner when I set up play dates for you. Though you don't know the concept of sharing you still get your toys and give it to your friends and are so generous with your hugs and kisses. You have a lot of compassion girl and I can say that because you try to pacify if you see your friends cry. Be the same my sweet potato. There is nothing more valuable than a heart full of love.

Lots of Love,
Mommy


Eating:- You have your likes and dislikes and you make it clear by nodding your head for NO or just simply opening your mouth for the ones that you love. On a daily bases you love your rice and lentil mixed with spinach carrots beans and sweet potato. You gobble it in no time but you hate sweet stuff. Custard,puddings etc are a big NO. You are eating four big meals and a fruit snack in the whole day.We have introduced you to Nuts,honey,wheat and cows milk.

Sleeping:- You are heavy now and still want to be rocked to sleep. Mommy's elbows hurt sooo much :( but I guess I still love doing it and love it when you put your head down on my shoulder.
  You have transitioned yourself from 3 down to 2 naps per day . One around 11.30 to 1pm and the second one from 4pm to 6pm. You sleep around 11pm and that is not just right. We are still working on it and hope to succeed one day.



Personality:-  Baby girl so far you have the best lill personality. You are so chill and go with the flow. I hear from so many people how good you are and ALWAYS happy!! Your smile brightens the room and brings a smile on so many faces. You are just too funny and make silly faces to crack me up. Once you see me laugh to the silly you, you just keep repeating it and look at me to see if its still silly funny enough.



STATS:-
Height:78cms
Weight:8.6kg
Clothes: 12-18months
Shoe Size:3
Teeth:0



MILESTONES

1,You are pointing at things with your pointer finger. When I take you to the park you would just keep pointing all around
2. You take the basic commands " Come to mama" :Give it to mama".
3. You get my mobile phone and call out " PAPA". You know its him on this phone.
4. You give nice high fives.
5.  You would always show when you pick something and before I could run to see its in your mouth.
6. You are saying a lot of words: "PAPA" is your fave and you  looks for dad as soon as  you wake up. The other words are Maaama, tata, nana (  grandpa is thrilled to hear that), awa( thats for her aunt shubha)
7. You spend hours putting all the stuff out of your toy box and then putting them all in, again.
8. Feeds your medicine and other solid stuff yourself.
9 Sway side to side when asked for dancy dancy and bang your head like a rockstar on music and when called "Gundamma" ( your nick name name by aunt neelima),
10, You hit your head with both hands when asked for where is head, point to the clock when asked for it, clap your hands and blows kisses.
11. You are in love with the story book your bujji di  got for you from Paris. Its a touch and feel book therefore she would keep flipping pages to feel different elements.


LIKES

1, You love your Bumbo chair and sit in it comfortably to have food and watch TV.
2.  You are so fond of music and dance to the beats.
3. You are the happiest at the sight of dad.  You get soo excited and start jumping or crawl as fast as you could towards him and sit near his feet until he picks you up. The best is you would sit outside the toilet to wait for him and keep screaming papa from outside.
4. You love playing/ interacting with other kids and love new toys.
5.Simply love it outdoors.
6.Bath time and play in the park or playzone in the mall.

DISLIKES

1. Nappy change is very challenging because as soon as your nappy is off you make the big escape.
2. You don't like the idea of stopping you from eating something and simply hate it when mama tries to see whats in your mouth.
3. You love your bath time and don't like when mom pulls you out.
4. You don't like to leave the play zone when we take you to the mall for some playtime.



THINGS I WANT TO REMEMBER

1. The first thing you do as soon as you wake up is call out for "PAPA" . Its so adorable to watch because your eyes are not even fully open and you are still trying to balance yourself on your knees sitting right up. You would go on and on and on until you get your cuddles from dadda.

2. You sometimes grab my face with both hands and pull it near you and blow air on my cheeks. I am sure you are trying to kiss me then.

3. You call out for me " MAMAAA" in the cutest shrill voice ever when its been a long enough and you havn't seen me.

4. You give hugs to your friends and are soo warm.

5. You love all the attention you get from the older kids in the park and get super excited and scream in excitement,smiling away to glory.

6, You look so peaceful and beautiful while you sleep I can really go on watching you.


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Sunday, October 26, 2014

Here starts the party!!

5:25 AM
Its been a while we are back in Sydney and finally got my hands on writing this blog. Being a mum to a Toddler isn't that easy as it looks. But that's a story for some other times

 About our two week trip to Brisbane, we had an amazing time with the family like always and have so much to pen down its not funny. It was even more special this time with Neelima di (Kalyan's sister) visiting us from India.

Brisbane was too exciting with two major milestone birthday parties. Mahi's "BIG ONE" and Sai's (our gorgeous niece)"Sweet 16". Both were so different and calling out for a lot of thought. Sai (Sweet 16) was on a school trip to Paris and was coming back on the day of her birthday therefore,we decided to create a mini "PARIS" as her party theme so that she misses it a little less. For the tiny tott I had to do a " Garden fairy" theme which has been my fave from a long time now. We had been preparing for the last three months though but it was time to put it all together.

So as soon as we landed Brisbane a few days prior to the D day we got to work. It took us good three days to put up all the decorations and that time was full of laughter, arguments (mostly me & Kalyan) and absolute craziness. 


It was after three years that we had Kalyan and all his sisters together so we had to get some photos and yes these kids were hard to manage to get a decent click. 


Getting there!! 


and CLICK!!



Before we knew it was the day our niece was coming back from Paris and we were so excited as she had no clue what her party theme was. 
We all got ready at 2 am to receive her and so did little mahi. We took Mahi along and tried to let her sleep as much, but I guess she could sense the excitement and got into the mood all fresh and active. 



All of us!! 




Thats's my baby at 3am.


Waiting eagerly for her big sis :)


No seriously!! where are you my hand hurts holding this thing now.



Yippeee!! here she come :)




With a few tears shed and lots of smiles we took her home. When we reached we blindfolded for her to open her eyes to a mini Paris and she went  "OMG" "OMG"...................Her reaction was priceless and  we were happy about all efforts put to good use.


We wanted to just stay up and chat endlessly but we had to get our beauty sleep for the next BIG day!!
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Friday, October 3, 2014

1st Birthday wishes from mum

7:42 AM
Dear Mahi,

Watching you sleep right next to me takes me back to the day we got you home. A whole year passed by in literally a blink of  an eye and as I sit down to relive this past year I guarantee a few tears to shed. Before you came into our life I had no idea of how much love I carried in my heart. You have been such a blessing and now I cannot even think of a life without you in it.
I clearly remember that night when I found out I was pregnant. I started with a shout out to dad followed by a gush of soo many emotions at the same time. Though you are a very well planned baby but I guess I was hoping to have more days to go through the maternity books before you come to live in the luxury resort for nine months, but you gave me no time and that made mommy a little nervous. I woke up to a different morning and started watching my steps from that day on.
My pregnancy, now that I think of it was pretty crazy with the worst afternoon and evening sickness,but the timings adjusted well to my working hours so all good. Going in for our first ultra sound I was both excited and nervous just hoping that everything is ok and you were healthy. You checked out perfect and we found that we would be adding a beautiful little girl to our family.

We had left all the shopping and your baby corner setting to the time when all the four grandparents arrive and it was a good thing to do because they had soo much fun doing all that for you. Then came the morning of 5thoct and my water broke at 8am.We headed to the hospital and were sent  back saying that I need to still wait. Finally at 9 Pm I was hospitalized and next day at 3.45pm I held you in my arms. Welcoming you into our family was the best day of my life.

You have brought so much joy in our lives. Since day one you have been so calm and easy going. You are the happiest little girl I have ever met. Your smile and hugs brighten my day. Watching you grow and achieve each milestone have been soo much fun. I have loved to see your personality come to life and enjoy every little new thing that you do to amuse me. You have a contagious smile and you are spreading it  lavishly.

I am beyond thankful to be your mommy and can't thank God enough for blessing us with all the joy in the form of you.
Happy 1st Birthday my sweet lill girl

Lots of love,
Mommy & Daddy 
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