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!

11 months old

Ananya is 11 months old and we can't believe that in a few weeks, she'll be a full year! Her personality has really emerged: she's very mischievous! She crawls all over the place, pulls herself up on all kinds of furniture, and loves chewing on things that she's not allowed to chew on (namely, iPhones and shoes). She is babbling constantly, says "oooooooh" when she sees something cool, and makes a lot of really funny faces. Pooneet taught her a bunch of neat new tricks, too. She can now give kisses, howl like a wolf, give high-fives, stick her tongue out, clap her hands, dance to music, and smack her lips.

Haircut

Ananya's hair was getting a little out of control, so we went to a super-cute place called "Just Kids" in Los Altos to get her first haircut (I was too scared to do it myself!). Ananya got to sit in a mini-car, had plenty of toys to play with, cried a bit, but in the end came out with a much neater head of hair. Now she looks a little boyish, but I prefer to think of her haircut as modern city cool :)

Spring in SF

Springtime in San Francisco has been so much fun for Ananya! She has met several new friends (Avidhan, Asha, and Sarina), visited a farmer's market and the rainforest inside the Academy of Sciences, and loves playing in her playpen.

Funny face & kisses

Ananya shows off a new facial expression almost every day! Here is a picture of her current favorite, along with her new trick (thanks to Papa!) of giving kisses.