Happy 8 months!!

K, it's been 8 months today! This was such a fun month, lots of exciting milestones and firsts!

You are in your first winter and you're handling it very well so far!

You started saying your first words!! Your first word was "Ba" and you've also said "Ka"and a few others! You'll soon be talking! How exciting! :)

You continue to push upwards and have been rolling a lot. You crawl backwards, it's cute!

You are now everywhere! You can  travel a room from one corner to the other by rolling and backwards crawling and can even go under the crib, changing table and have been found playing in your closet!

 When you get tired, you just put your head down wherever you are! Look at you, resting on the lamb's foot! So cute! :)

You have also been pushing to stand!

You are now much better at standing.

On top of that, you took your first few steps!!! I was so excited! :)

Earlier this month, you visited Allentown to meet the Anand family and met Supriya Massi for the first time! You cracked everyone up with your constant head shift; wanting to see everything by moving your head around really fast.

 You were so happy to see everyone and they showered you with love!

Playing with Ammi was so much fun!

You even modeled for Ammi in your Indian attire!

You make friends everywhere you go...restaurants, stores, beer tasting! Yes, we took you beer tasting,  you were so quiet there (like you usually are), that some people asked us if we gave you beer! I thought that was funny! :)

Flora was the first one to get some K-love!! Since then Ammi, Dad and I have received it too.

It was your first Thanksgiving this month. We celebrated with friends.

You recently also attended Seher's 1st birthday party! There's the two of you playing!

We got you your own chair to help you learn to sit straight.

I sometimes make you sit in the chair to feed you. Talking about feeding...that's such a struggle, you are not an easy eater.

You didn't seem to like anything till you recently tried Sweet Potato and Pear! I am glad to have found something to your liking!

Sometimes you have fun while eating too! :)

Poret's been helping me take care of you during the day. Initially, you took time to adjust to her but now you two are friends!

I love how you stretch your arms and want me to hold you, when I come to you after finishing work.You do the same when Dad comes back from work. We both love it! :)

You recently helped Dad put finishing touches to his first cooking attempt!

You now have a new friend, Mr. Cuddles, the puppy. You love to eat it's ear!

You spend time playing independently; doing all sorts of things.

You spend time with books.

 You're quite a reader already! ;)

You love to play with your pacifier string. We don't give you the pacifier, but you love the string!

You love playing peek-a-boo. You and I play it all the time! :)

Sweetie, all in all you are simply AWESOME and so cute!! We love you a whole lot!

Happy Birthday!

Mama

Happy 7 months!

Kabir, you are 7 months old today! It seems like you were born just yesterday. Time's flying!

 You spent most of this month in India having a good time with family and friends.

 

You reached there when you were less than 5 months and came back just a few days short of 7 months but the time in India passed in a blink of an eye.

This month you lost all your hair!

Yes, you got a head shave (mundan)! It is usually done by a barber at home with a shaving knife but we took you to a salon and had it done with a shaver. I didn't want to take the risk of you getting hurt and I was hoping you won't cry if it was done with the shaver but you did cried some . Mostly you were okay.

With grandparents at home, afterwards.

 Sameer our very good friend who is also a good photographer was visiting from Ahmedabad for Diwali. He came to visit us and took some pictures of you! Something I always wanted. :)

You also attended a puja which Dadaji had for you at his house.

 Nani Ma bought you a Dhoti Kurta to wear that day. You looked so cute! :)

A lot of family and friends visited.

 

Aman Mami was there too!

You celebrated your first diwali in India too. We celebrated both at our home and at Dadaji's house!

Before leaving from India, you celebrated Nani Ma's 60th birthday with her!

As a gift you gave her a poem.

She was all smiles and enjoyed reading it over and over again!

 We also received pictures from Sumit Mamu's wedding out of which the shots that I cherish the most are the ones of you with your great grandparents and Sumit Mamu!

 You can now sit without support

 and stand with support!!!

We continued story time. You received a great set of books from the Garg family! Here's me reading to you "The Giving Tree".

You had a nice last day in India being with grandparents. Kanti didi was there too!

Now we are back home in VA and it feels really lonely here after being with family for good two months.

It's already quite cold here, so yesterday we took you out for some winter shopping and got you some warm clothes.

 I also took you for your 6 month check-up which was running a bit behind because of being in India. Your pediatrician was pleased with your progress. Getting shots wasn't fun but you were okay soon after. You are a brave boy!

Your food is also expanding now. Apart from milk, you have now been drinking boiled lentil water and have started on solids. The first thing you ate was pureed peas!

Happy growing up Sweety! Wish you cozy winters. Stay warm!

Happy Birthday! We love you a lot!!

 Mama