Pure peekaboo

Kripa is enjoying a game of peekaboo here. She is a big girl now.



We had a super fun evening.

Kripa's first steps!!

Yesterday we were so thrilled to see our little one take her first steps around the house using her walker push toy! We've been waiting to see this milestone and were so proud of Kripa!!
Very soon she will be running around and we'll be chasing after her! Thankful to God for her healthy growth and development!
Checkout video here

some more fall

Some more snapshots of the fading October.

Maple leaves have the same sweet smell

'bright reds' are still around

In a week's time the bright orange/yellow has turned into brown/yellow. 

 well the seasons are born to "change".

isn't it?

fall

This weekend we were blessed to enjoy the fall hues, close to home. And the reminder that winter is coming..

Fall in all its glory

Kripa enjoyed the leaves thoroughly....didn't want to get up

as someone said "it is like walking into paradise"

apple picking

Onto an Apple farm on a sunny saturday

all I can eat

Catching up with Uncle & Antie Williams

An evening with a toddler

I had a great fun evening with Kripa, a pure human joy in watching & playing with a toddler. So it was my weekend Kshift & I was a bit apprehensive due to recent tantrums & her feelings of insecurity.
After a phone chat with AntyAkka on sunday evening, we headed towards our playroom, with a stock pile of sliced apples. Initially I engaged her with toys, trying to get my chores done (charge the battery, set up barriers to electric wires etc). K would follow me to each room, engaging herself with things she can reach & touch, baby babbling to herself, munching on the apple slices that I would sneak between her fingers. She just wanted me to be close enough to feel safe. 20 or so minutes later, I said to myself "how often do I get this kinda 'quality' time".

So we sat on the floor, playing with the truck, flipping through the animals & fruits in the picture book. It is joy to see the sheer marvel in her eyes when she spots something new. I could not match her energy levels at this time of the day. I used her eagerness to reach up to things that were previously out of reach, as motivation to stand up on her feet. So with initial help to getup, holding the sides of the small table, she would flex her calves, as long as I kept something new & interesting on the table. After the apple slices were gone deep into her digestive track, I summoned for fresh-from-the-store strawberries. That kept her going. Fortunately for me, she was hungry enough to gulp her third strawberry. We practiced some new sounds, some words in picturebook and even flipped through the recent 'Time' magazine.

We took pics & watched some of the pics on the camera screen. She was extra animated today, uttering free speech (babbles) relating to things around her. We tricked her into brushing. After 8:40pm I could not stay selfish anymore, to keep her up & have all this fun. So we got the milk, dimmed the lights & kept some humming going. It was probably the first time that I was lying by her side the whole time, as she dozed off to the wonderland. Her brain is probably sifting through the important lessons of the day & transferring them to the long term memory department. I was so grateful for this time. Thank you Lord.

Pictures convey thousand words

Using all resources to flip thro

Cleaning up my teeth is so important to me !

Ready to call it a day

but wait... exercise time before winding to bed.

milestone 1.1

Kripa's latest accomplishment: getting herself up & standing (with support)

some more fun ones..

First birthday

Snapshots of Kripa's funtabulous birthday.

yes First

OhMy

Treating herself to sweety's video album

from above

Some pics from above, literally. Enjoy

a city in the valley; between Yerevan(Armenia) and T'bilisi

mountains on the border of Turkey and Georgia

entering black sea

somewhere in Iran

winding Thames, London

and neat row houses; london

sunshine meets the cloud

horizon on the clouds

note the cloud and its shadow from the sun above

finally, Mumbai high-rises; Aug 2010

TAL cleared

phew, we got the visa in-hand today. About 6 weeks with consulate, out of which 2 week approval process at DOS. Vinney & kripa should God-willing be traveling this thursday. I hear kripa has zoomed past in her verbal skills since I saw her last on Aug7.

still waiting

well, it is 4+ week and we all are waiting & praying for visa process to come through. Oh the official lawyer casually mentioned that all you can do is just wait, unless you know any senator or congressman.

Here's another group waiting for rain to stop

.Borivili National Park, Mumbai 

pear here, pear gone