First Steps !!

17th January, 2009:- After tireless sessions of walking practice holding Daddy's hand in the near by garden, Gurudwara, temple and where not, I finally discovered the pleasure walking on my own.

My first steps brought tears to Daddy and Mamma's eyes. Daddy says it was a feeling as special as when he first held me in his arms and hugged me. Here's a short video of my walking adventure with Mamma cheering me on!!



The first few steps are all that a kid needs to take on his own. Rest is taken care of by the almighty! Thank you God for everything !!

Meeting Jiya !

15th January, 2009:- This is a post pending from October 2008. Due to Daddy's laziness, it never made out of the Drafts in year 2008. I'm glad it's out here finally !!



A few days after my first birthday celebration, I had a chance to meet Jiya again on her birthday party. Her parents decided to celebrate it with a traditional dinner cum Puja at 'Khole Ke Hanuman Ji', a very popular temple in Jaipur.



It was a traditional 'Daal-Baati-Churma' dinner which was simply yummy !! While Jiya's daddy ensured that Daddy & Mamma had their stomachs filled beyond their normal capacities, I & Jiya had a great time playing together.





It was a sweet co-incidence as well that we both were dressed in gorgeous pink dresses. Daddy says that we both looked very cute in pink and it was almost impossible for everybody not to turn their attention to us. It was one of those days where I just wanted to carry on playing and not return home (signs of next few years perhaps :P). Anyway, it was good fun and I was so tired that I dozed off in the car (as usual) before we reached back home.

Thank you Jiya for a wonderful evening!!

Happy New Year 2009 !!

6th January, 2009:- The roller coaster ride of 2008 is over and we've stepped into 2009. Daddy doesn't like going out on New Year's eve and this year was no different so we celebrated at home. I slept at the usual time of 11:30 PM in year 2008 and woke up at the usual time of 7:30 AM on the first morning of 2009 :P

The New Year brings with it lots of celebrations, a couple of holidays :) and a bunch of resolutions. Daddy usually doesn't believe in resolutions for himself but he surely does like enforcing some resolutions on others. So, here are my resolutions (Read Daddy's Resolutions for me) for 2009 in chronological order of Daddy's expectation & time of fulfillment:-

1) Start Walking - Though I stand on my own and I walk with support, I've not yet started walking on my own. Daddy isn't exactly worried about it but he's just too anxious to see me run around in the garden with other kids.

2) No More Idiot Box For Me - During the last three months, the music fan in me has taken over Daddy's television. There are no more cricket matches or news broadcasts on the TV as long as I'm awake. It has to be some funky dance numbers whether it's 8 AM in the morning or 10 PM in the night :P Daddy is very concerned that it will have a bad effect on my eyes.

3) Let's Talk - Although I'm able to communicate anything & everything in my limited vocabulary, Daddy is very keen to hear complete words from me. I guess he's had enough of my abbreviations:-

* Pa for Papa
* Ma for Mamma
* Boo for Dog
* Any other word is pretty much impossible to decode

He has a few other resolutions up his sleeve like admitting me to a play school before I turn two, taking me for a morning walk to the park every morning at 6:30 AM and blah blah !! Since his list is never ending, so we'll leave it there.

Wising a happy & joyful 2009 to everybody who reads this blog (and to those who don't :)). May God bless everyone!