Happy 6 months!

Happy 6 months birthday, Vir! You are half way there to your big birthday! :)

This morning, Kabir greeted you with a hug and a kiss and wished you a happy birthday! :) He's a sweetheart!

He loves to play with you and with your toys, and for me these are the best moments to capture!

This month, we had a few days when all your grandparents were with us, together, so we decided to do your mundan (aka head shave). I was lucky to be able to secure a last minute, appointment with Mr. Henry at Salon Bleu.  He did a great job and you were so good yourself. Not a cry!

Here are some befores and afters! :)

Nani is now back in India and we miss her so much! She was a huge help since you were born and now it's more like being back to reality. She misses you and Kabir and asks about you both whenever I talk to her. K has been missing her too.

Right before Nani left, I was able to take some pictures of you boys with her! K had just woken up from his nap, so he was really not in the mood. ;)

Now, you have Dadu and Dadi here to play with you!

You have been spending a lot of time in the bouncer. It's safe and you get good exercise.

You've been putting anything and everything in your mouth. May be your first teeth will come out soon.

As the summer started, there were a few festivals we went too. K had a great time on the rides and in general. While you were mostly in the stroller, we did manage to take you in a train ride. Since I was riding with you, I don't have a picture. :(

You have been trying hard to push and move forward, when we lay you in your crib or on any flat surface. May be you'll crawl soon too.

You are just now starting to sit without support for a sec or two and then you tumble over.

You are doing great with food. You have now had sweet potato, squash, carrots and peas for veggies and pear and prunes for fruit. I haven't seen resistance for anything so far, which is great! :)

Sometimes, I have to tell K, how much you love your vegetables so that he eats his too!

Evenings and weekends are a fun time with Daddy!

This month was big for K too, he graduated from his preschool class! He also rode the school bus for the first time to go on a field trip. He was ecstatic!

You are both so adorable! Can't have enough of you boys!

Vir, I can't say enough good things about you. You're very sweet and very calm and composed. I love you to bits.

Happy Birthday, Sweetie and happy growing up!

Lots of love!
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