My first day out in a zoo....:)

I am very excited about my first day out in a zoo. We went to Aligarh zoo 2 days back. My parents thought I love my animal book so much, so I will enjoy watching them live. This time again I tricked them;) I love animals but don't like to see them inside cages where they are barely visible. It does not make a pretty sight.

I first saw a chimpanzee,  it was making gestures, I liked it. Thereafter I saw defers, snakes, turtles, various types of birds and then Emus. That's it after that I did not want to see any more animals. I knew my parents will include that in my bed time stories to scare me ;) after that I went berserk , started running around, giving them hard time to control me. For the first time I showed them that I can bite when not happy, but I am very careful. I don't bite very hard, just my little trick to get my way. In any case, it was a fun day. I enjoyed my day out.
Yesterday, my mom took me to Garia hat for the first time. I had a auto ride and then we walked through the crowded lanes. I had no ideas why so many things were hanging. I wanted to pull them all, but my mom said I should not take things that does not belong to me! Whatever that means but I wanted to go to each shop and eat all the bananas. We could not get taxi back home and auto line was long, so my mom lifted me and walked home. I enjoyed the ride. So went my weekend. Tomorrow will again be another day at school....

I am approaching terrible two - watch out :)

Again sorry folks, delayed a bit in writing. You see now that I am going to school, I am keeping myself as well as my parents and everyone else very busy. I have picked up quite a lot of vocabulary these days and can immitate people very well. Now I am a drama queen and I understand  many things that my parents actually have no idea about. When needed I run into this crying feat and roll over on the floor. My  parents give in most of the time. But I guess they are also catching up with my cleverness. Some of the internet guides are suggesting to ignore a crying baby and they are doing just that. I hate it .... My mum seems to be much stricter than dad, so I generally dont throw any anger tantrums when I am alone with her.

I can now easily speak 70-80 words and I am trying to speak sentences so that people understand me well. Now I learnt to say NO very loudly. Anything I dont like I say NO. Today I used it when my mum asked in the park if I wanted to go home. And to  that I said a big NO... I enjoy this phase of my life, when I am heard and understood.

I can run now very fast, I like to play, swing, dance, jump listen to music etc. My favorite pass time is to throw things around. Although I am going to school for the past one and half months, I still  like to hang around at home. In my home, no one says anything but at school, I get disciplined. As a result I eat my dabba and everything else packed for me. But at home, I generally throw a lot of tantrums. I love marie biscuits and muri. I can survive on both the items indefinitely.. I will post some pictures soon. Thanks for reading my blog.

My First day at School-day care!!

Aplologies for not being able to post often - sorry my mum does not have blogspot access at work and I dont let her do anything when she is home ;). Now that you got the real reason why I am not blogging often, here is a piece I wanted to share with you. I have finally graduated from being a stay-at-home baby to a day care baby!! I have got admission to a nice school called Dolna that has a day care facility as well. They take care of babies really well, but are very particular about a number of things and that could be really taxing on my parents. They needed dozens of clothes always stocked, ironed and food to be packed in a certain type of box and to give a certain number of boxes of food. Anyways, since I am not doing any of that, I dont have to bother much about it.

Now comes the fun part. I went to school yeasterday for the first time. My mum and dad were really worried about me. They would worry that I will cry and will not stay, but none of that happened yesterday. I had good time. Ate about 50% of my food and dirtied about 10 pieces of clothes (not my headache though). However, today I was asleep when I was taken to school and cried a lot...

I will post more in coming days....

My head tonsure ceremony

We are not very traditional people, but the custom says that we have to tonsure head when the baby turns one. I am already 13 months, so my parents decided to tonsure my head. My mom bought a hair cutter from the USA because my dad was afraid that I may get injured. So at home, they managed to tonsure my head. Actually I still have few millimeter hair. Which according to my mom is OK. Since the root of the hair is always going to buried inside the skin the exposed part can be cut out. The hair growth is actually not dependent on how clean shaven one is. So, going by that they did the job. I went to visit my fathers family deity. I saw many kittens doggies and I loved it. I did not cry at all during my  trip to village. I survived plain 4 hours with biscuit and milk..

Yesterday I did something for fun that left my  mom speechless. My mom does yoga in the morning and she tries to teach me. I pretend as though I did not understand anything but actually I do. Yesterday she said "Ada lets do headstand". Generally we do that in the study on a blanket but she was doing yoga in the bed room because it was cold. Then I stormed out of the room, which was unusual. I generally stay there and do a headstand with her help. But to her surprise I went to the study picked up the blanket we use for headstand and gave it to her. That left her speechless. She really thinks I am a smart baby, which I think I am... 

I am growing up...

It has been long since any posts are there on my site. My mom has been busy these days with papers, lab work and all other miscellaneous stuff :) Meanwhile I have grown into a toddler, already turned one in November 2013. Just on my first birthday I could walk more than I crawl. I am in a very happy space. I do now understand a lot :) No kidding. I understand few words such as monkey, crow, pigeon, dog, macaw etc. My mom got me some books from her last USA trip - actually it is Dewal aunty who bought the nicest books I have, so thanks a lot aunty. I love the hello kitty book. On my first birthday Chitti aunty has given 2 dresses that I wore, so thanks for that Chitti aunt as well. My moms students got me animal books, dresses and some toys that I can see from pictures and recognize.
I have several soft toys now, a macaw (moms students), a dog named bingo (Deeya di), a turtle (Biomed Central), a yellow soft toy (Lisu nani), a panda (from BGI), beautiful teddy (chiki bhai). I love playing with them. I also know their names...

My favorite time pass now is to run around the rooms. I sleep much less than I did earlier - much to the frustration of Anusuya aunty. I sometimes get up in the night because of several reasons but my mom and dad dont understand what I want. They try few things starting from food till I have to cry aloud. Then I calm down. I am sure I will grow out of it.

My parents arranged two more parties -  one at my dad's ancestral place and one at my mom's house. I received many gifts but my mom chose not to bring them. Remember my parents are trying to have a minimalist approach to life. They hope I will understand that some day. Now actually I dont care much about toys. I just like to hang around my mom and dad and do some blabbering that no one but I understand. Here are few videos from my last several months progress.

I am growing bigger

I am growing bigger and bigger :) Now I can crawl to the nightmare of my parents!! I just go wherever I feel like and pull anything I see on my way. For me everything is a new object and as a little baby I am just curious that my parents and Anusuya Aunty does not understand. Sometimes I fake crying so attract attention, but let me tell you adults are not as smart as they should. They always fall prey to my trap and come running, while I just wanted to bully them ;)
Last sunday I stood on my own for a second or so without any support. I am now confident that I can start running very soon. Once I do that, just imagine ;) One of my favorite games now is to tear the news papers into very small fragments and taste them. I've not had a chance of tasting a shoe yet (my parents are hiding them constantly :( ) But very soon, I will find them anyway.
Just the other day I was pulling the dining table chair and  it fell right on me and my head was inside the  gap of the backrest. Luckily I was not injured, but it will happen soon. Now I am pulling all the drawers opening them and exploring. I also examine the contents and push the draw. Till now my fingers have not been trapped in  the junction, but who knows...
Hey wanted to tell you all that this sunday we have invited people over to our house for lunch to get me introduced so that everyone in the building knows me. Here is a look at my card.

What do you think of it ;) Anyway this is all from me for now, I will update more later...

Today is a very memorable day!!!

Today I will blog instead of Ada (oh jeez whom I am kidding, I think you know who was writing on behalf of Ada :) . Today is a very important day for us because she is now official - yes Ada is officially our daughter. Indian system can be too complicated especially when you are not willing to pay bribe. So, we were not even too certain that the court will give a verdict without we paying anything to anyone. But finally we are so relieved that it happened...

Ever since Ada came home, some 4 months back, everyday has been so full of fun. Before she came to our lives, we were not too sure about how to accommodate her, since we both are workaholic. Now that she is home, we are not too sure how to accommodate ourselves without her. The table has completely been turned upside down and all our perceptions, fear, skepticism is converted into confidence. We cant be more sure than this - that we always wanted to have her in our lives!!

Watching you grow from a small 3 months old baby to a cute 7 month old has been incredible. Everyday something new happens with her - now she has learnt how to move her hand, respond to zumba and most importantly how she feels so secure when her papa holds her or when she look at me when she is hungry - are something that I cant describe. It feels like we are growing all over again with her. Now when we are feeding her, she will look at me demanding a story and I will make up some story. It feels great to be in-charge, and to be responsible. I come home in time, I plan my work so that I can wrap up by 6 PM. Pramod also makes sure he spends quality time with her. We behave more maturely because of her, we are now more responsible, more trust worthy, more hard working and more gentler. 

Ada - we love you soo... much sweet heart!!!!!!