July Updates

July has been a fun, birthday party-filled month for us! We spent July 4th in Colorado Springs and then celebrated Ananya's birthday each of the following weekends at Ananya's grandparents' houses. Ananya can now say four words: Thatha, bow wow (for any animal she sees, including flies!), Papa (which results in a big goofy grin on Pooneet's face each time he hears it), and eye. Yes, she has learned that she - along with everyone else - has an eye. So if you see her and she pokes you in the eyeball, it's only because she's so excited to let you know that you, too, have an eye!

Ananya took her first few steps at her Dadu and Dadi's house, right after the party ended!

She continues to love all things that start with "b": ball, book, button, balloon, boat...it's amazing how many wonderful things start with that letter! Ananya has picked a convenient "ba" to say when she's referring to any and all of these things. Makes for fun times, trying to decipher what exactly she's referring to!

Here's a picture of her in her new swimsuit:

ATH party

Ananya's Dadu and Dadi threw an amazing birthday party for Ananya this past weekend. For entertainment, Ananya's cousins, Shivum and Aneesh, performed (for the first time ever!) a Bollywood dance. Ananya loved eating her birthday cake and playing with all of her little cousins.











Here is an album with some more photos from the day:

CPT fiesta

Ananya's Thatha and Avva hosted a birthday celebration for their favorite 1 year old. The theme was "Mexican fiesta", and there were homemade soft tacos, quesadillas, and a tres leches cake, which Ananya loved. Ananya had a fun time playing with her little cousins, showing off her standing skills, and parading around in multiple dresses!








Here is an album with a few more pictures:

Family Reunion

We celebrated July 4th this year in Colorado Springs with Ananya's Avva's side of the family - the first family reunion/vacation this group has ever taken together! Ananya had lots of fun being in a big house with her uncles, aunty, thathas, and avvas! She saw the Red Rocks, went in a train up Pike's Peak and saw snow, had fun climbing up and down the stairs...and of course, ate yummy food, got lots of attention, and even said her first word!

So she's been babbling for awhile now - her first intelligible babble being "avvavavava". But on this Colorado trip, she figured out how to say "Thatha" while pointing to her Thatha! So much for all the "mama" brainwashing I've been doing :)