Star Swimmer

Ananya earned a red ribbon in swimming a few weeks ago! This means that she can swim by herself for 6 feet, put her head under water and hold her breath, and paddle with her arms and kick with her legs. We're so proud!

10 months old!

Time is flying by! Somehow, my little baby Amishoooo is already 10 months old! How did that happen so quickly? I totally believe that this is the best age - everything she does is so cute! She's super curious, incredibly strong, loves to kick and make noise, talks a LOT, looks at me and says "Mama" (yay!), rolls around everywhere (and by everywhere, I mean under couches, under her crib, rolling from the family room into the kitchen), is obsessed with gadgets (remote controls, iPhones, computers) and will scream if you take it away from her, loves Ananya's toys the most, wakes up talking to herself in the mornings (so cute!), enjoys eating solid food, and finally finally finally completely sleeps through the night. Life is good at 10 months old :)

Tricks: she can do nose-to-nose touches (teeky teeky), clap, hug dolls/toys, kick, wave, sit, and say Mama and some version of Dada

Food: she loves anything that we are eating and she's over the whole "baby food puree" world. She really loves butternut squash, any type of casserole, rice, dal, pasta, fruit, and she's pretty adventurous about trying new things.

Here are the many faces of our little Amishooo:

Dadu's birthday

January is a very special month for us, since we get to celebrate New Years, Dadu/Dadi's anniversary, and Dadu's birthday...so this January has been action packed for us!

We celebrated Dadu's birthday by taking lots of family photos, opening presents, having a yummy dinner, and, of course, a scrumptious strawberry cake which the birthday boy loved! Ananya really got into the spirit of things by putting all the candles on the cake, setting out the birthday plates and napkins (which I didn't even realize we still had), and insisting that everyone eat a piece of cake (so that she, too, could get in on the cake eating). Happy birthday, Dadu!

Dadi & Dadu's Anniversary!

Usually, Dadi and Dadu travel to India in December/January, but this year, they stayed here to celebrate Amisha's first holiday season and we have had so much fun with them! We rarely get to celebrate special occasions like their anniversary or Dadu's birthday together, but this year we were able to - a great start to 2012!

We celebrated their wedding anniversary (37 years!!) at home - Ananya and I baked a carrot cake with cream cheese frosting (yum!) and we sang "Happy Anniversary to you"...mind you, Ananya was convinced that somehow, this celebration was really for her - so she was front and center for the songs and she ate the first piece of cake! Congratulations, Dadi and Dadu!

Family Christmas

We are so blessed to be living so close to our parents, grandmas, cousins - Ananya & Amisha are so lucky to grow up amongst all of their grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. And with Amisha's first Christmas, we wanted to spend time with our family! So we had everyone over for dinner, a wonderful family reunion - Ananya and Amisha loved playing with all of their cousins, and Pooneet & I had a great time catching up with our parents, cousins, and grandmas! Hopefully this is the start of a Christmas family tradition :)



Ananya & Amisha's cousins


Pooneet's side of the family


Aditi's side of the family


4 generations


Best grandmas in the world!


Here's a slideshow of pictures from our celebrations:

Christmas Morning

The Christmas celebrations continued with a super fun filled Christmas morning! Dadi and Dadu came over bright and early to help celebrate this fun day!

Ananya and Amisha wore matching "I love Santa" shirts, and we sang holiday songs and opened lots of great gifts! It was Amisha's first Christmas so we wanted to make sure we went all out - and her grandparents totally spoiled her with beautiful gold bangles, which she loved to wear. After we opened gifts, we ate lunch and relaxed for a bit...before having all our family over for a fantastic Christmas dinner!

Christmas Eve

Ananya and Amisha had an over-the-top Christmas this year! They saw Santa, co-hosted and attended numerous holiday parties, and got to spend so much fun time with friends and family...and of course, opening tons and tons of presents!

We celebrated Christmas Eve with Ammama, Avva, and Thatha - they came over and we sang holiday songs and opened some gifts, including a boombox for Ananya and a gold necklace for Amisha from Ammama!