As you can see by the Lilypie ticker on the right, my little angel turned 20 months old today. Strange feeling calling it 'old' when they are still such new 'young' little bundles of joy. I have yet to see soooo many of her firsts in life and yet there are sooooo many firsts that she has learnt to master already. Can't stop marvelling at how quickly time has flown by...when it just seems like yesterday when we drove our little precious home from the hospital in Fremont. I remember my hubby's words to me on that short drive home - "its just the two of us now (he meant - to take care of little N)". And I remember it drizzling lightly and me fussing over how the car seat should cover her completely eslt what if she has a little water on her!!!???? :-) And look at her now - completely a water baby! Loves it like crazy. Swims with me not just in the baby pool but the adult 5 ft. deep one as well. Shrieks in delight as soon as I leave her floating in the pool with just her arm bands on for support.
She sure has come a long way. From not being able to talk at all for almost 14 months to having a huge vocabulary all of a sudden and having this great ability to comprehend not one, not two but three languages already! Konkani, Hindi and English! She has gotten into the habit of forming sentences now - which ofcourse consist of just 2 words but atleast she has understood the power of being able to get her message across by combining 2 words. The most important ones being - "Mamma chocolate" :-) Others in her vocabulary are "Mamma come" or "Papa come" or "Aabu come"etc. - you get the idea.
She has also done quite well in her potty training so far and our latest struggle is trying to brush her teeth. Her allowing us the privilige to brush her teeth entirely depends on how good we are at convincing her with stories about bugs or ants in her teeth on a given day. She sure has a strong will - when she does not want something she will make sure she has her way. That part is definitely from her dad's genes, I'm sure :-) Also the need to hold my hair when she's sleepy or hungry or just plain playful. Ugh - that one I am determined to bring to an end soon. From her mom's genes, she has inherited the love for water and the need to have mommy around her all the time. My own mom tells me how I would cling to her all day and howl when she even just stepped away to use the restroom! Man - how did our parents handle us? And not just one but two little mosnters? Gosh!
That reminds me - do any of you who've had babies around mid 2007 plan to have a second one soon? (Or already have a second one enroute). If so, please please share it here...I am quite curious as to what the thinking is about the ideal age gap between siblings.
In the meantime, here's to my little N who is still the only baby of the house - both on mommy and daddy's side of the family. Hope blogger.com is still around when she grows up and reads these letters from mamma with love.
12 comments:
wow! little N is 20 months!! Fremont..ok..how were desi movies at naaz and shopping at Safeway close by and grabbing a sandwich at subways?
OMG! are you planning a second one!
Very Happy 20th month my little one.
ok. thats good.
Thanks Preeti. So are you back from the US or still there? And yeah I do miss having Naaz and the entire Fremont hub nearby. We used to just walk or bike there to run errands! Oh and Lake Elizabeth and the parks are what I miss the most :( Are you from there? Is that where you moved back from too?
Thanks Coupons (though I suspect that's not your real name).
Congrats guys.... every month is a new milestone reached!
Thanks for your comments on my blog. You Lil N looks so cute with those long pigtails. Happy 20 months to her!
i was there long time ago, i lived there for a few months and then we came back for good.
Preeti - Ah I see. Well, I not only miss the shopping but all the nature around me. It used to be so easy to hop on the cycle and bike around Fremont in the evening...or take your kid walking to the nearby Lake Elizabeth. I miss open spaces like that here in India. Don't you?
Priyanka - thanks for the compliments on N. I love coming to your blog and reading about Aashna so no need to thank me for doing that :-) Happy First Birthday to her!
Nice blog u have; I hopped onto the 20th week post on ur other blog first and for a moment thought ur second one is on the way :P Lovely post that was. Hugs to ur angel :)
Thanks Swaram. Gosh no - I am in no way even near the planning stage of a second one ;) I visited your recipes blog and quite liked it as well. Am actually inspired to try a few recipes from there soon :-)
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