Ananya's birthday pictures

Here are some pictures from Ananya's birthday weekend. On Friday (her actual birthday), we celebrated at home and then drove to Pooneet's parents' house, where we celebrated with family. Ananya's Dadu had blown up a ton of pink and white balloons, which Ananya loved playing with! After singing "Happy Birthday To You", Ananya got to taste her first cake - a delicious cheesecake topped with blueberries and rasberries. Our funny Ananya was quick to stuff almost ALL of the berries into her mouth in rapid-speed, but never actually ate any part of the cake itself. We're very proud - so health conscious at such a young age!

The next day, we had a small party at a nearby park so that Ananya could celebrate with her closest friends. She had lots of fun, sampled cake yet again (and this time tasted the cake and cried afterwards!), and even selected her future career! We borrowed this idea from Connor's birthday where the baby is presented with a few items that represent potential careers, and whichever the baby chooses "means" that is the career path on which he/she is headed. Ananya had many fun options, and had a tough time deciding between the calculator (accountant) and gavel (lawyer). She picked the calculator, but didn't seem convinced of her decision, so she then picked up the dollar bill (business/finance). So while we're still not sure what her future career will be, we do know that she had a fun birthday celebration and loved seeing her family and friends!

No fun being sicky

As our luck would have it, we had to cancel our Hawaii plans. Ananya and I both got sick and we were both running pretty high fevers. So poor Pooneet had to cancel our vacation plans and take care of wife and daughter. He's done an amazing job - all on his own - and slowly but surely, we're on the mend. My parents came to rescue Pooneet yesterday and we're SO relieved that they're staying with us and taking care of all of us this entire weekend. Pooneet deserves a big award for taking such good care of both of us! And to my parents, thank you thank you thank you for coming to our rescue :)

1 Year Old!!

This month, Ananya learned to dance to music, walk with a walker, stand, do peekaboo (when you say "peekaboo" she puts her hands on her face!), babble constantly, and rip off her bib when she's eating food (fun laundry times). She's obsessed with Cheerios, is super ticklish, and continues to love the outdoors. She loves to eat, especially anything that you're eating, and she always says "mmmm" when she's eating something yummy! She is incredibly active, loves playing with balls, and enjoys turning pages of any book.

Pooneet, Ananya, and I are heading to Hawaii this week to celebrate her birthday and to treat ourselves to some long-overdue R&R :)

Ananya's Birthday Weekend

Here are a few pictures from the thousands we took over this past weekend for Ananya's 1st birthday. I'll upload an album soon, but in the meantime, enjoy!

Ananya Turns 1

It's Ananya's 1st birthday today!

"Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday, dear Ananya
Happy birthday to you!"

We've been singing this song all morning long, and though Ananya has been clapping along to the song, I don't think she has any clue that it's her special day! Pooneet and I feel like we should be the ones celebrating that we survived and conquered this first year of parenthood :)

Now our baby is officially a toddler, and I can only imagine the crazy adventures that this year will bring!

Walking (kinda)

Ananya is learning to walk, with the help of her fun walker toy!

Dancing Queen

Ananya has discovered how to dance!

First Idli

Last weekend, Ananya's Avva made a yummy idli lunch for us and made some baby idlis for Ananya to enjoy. We've now figured out that unless we give Ananya something to eat while we're eating, we never get to eat a meal together!