Hello Guddipoka,
You are almost a little over 13 and a half months now ... and this post is long due as i planned it for your birthday ... November 7th ... Yeah your age can now be said using the word "year" ... that's in some ways the most important milestone in one's life. The best part is ... you are so nonchalant about it.
I made something for your 1st year ... you may have seen the actual thing a few times by now already, but here's the video I shared with people to let them know you have now turned one.
The year of many firsts - Her first year in the world - in snapshots! - YouTube
What's different now that you are a year old? Let's see:
You can now drink cow's milk ... you don't like it much ... definitely not in a bottle ... maybe with chapatis soaked in it. You are quite a tough customer about drinking milk ... you just have it from your mom ... and nothing else.
We dont need to sterilize your utensils anymore ... you are more immune and less fragile ... and this exposure to lack of sterilization (or more germs, however you wish to look at it) is an attempt to increase your natural immunity. So we expect you to fall sick a little more often now ... but you are doing okay so far. Just some cough and cold ... and that's pretty much it.
You can stand on your own, but for some reason (I think it is because you have your mother's genes ;)) you are extremely cautious and as soon as we make you stand on your own, you just sit down and don't risk walking. Some might say you should walk by now ... but your mom and I are in no hurry for any of the milestones ... we believe everyone does it in their own time.
Here's a cute video of you standing ...
You crawl very fast and we find it pretty difficult to keep you from vandalizing the kitchen. Yeah! you do that a lot. Here's proof:
And you still dont have teeth ... following your mom's footsteps ... she got her first tooth when she was 15 months old ... beat that!!!
The most amazing thing is ... you have started kissing :) You kissed me first on a day when we went out shopping ... then you kissed me a few more times before you kissed your mom ... I was so happy about this :) and was making your mom jealous. But then one fine day you started to find "not kissing me" funny ... and you now only kiss your mom. :(
Now that you know what you are like around your first birthday ... let's see how your first birthday went.
To be honest we kept it pretty personal (as I like birthdays to be) ... you had Bordidi (My grand-mom and your Thammu's mom) visiting us ... her being 85 years old and having her birthday on the 10th of November, just 3 days away from yours, made her automatically the most important invitee for your birthday :)
We put up some balloons and streamers around the house ... it looked pretty colorful ... and you looked around in amazement ... got a little startled at the sound of bursting balloons but didn't cry .... overall you were more confused than amused with all of this to start with.
When we took you for your 6 month ceremony (to introduce you to regular food - namely "Rice") you hated the crowd and you still dont like a lot of strangers around you ... you have quite a drama routine when you see strangers ... includes profuse crying, and complete refusal to go to them, even when we say its okay ... quite embarrassing for us sometimes (in a nice way) .... but more than anything it is amusing. Every child has a phase of social anxiety ... yours is now ... so its all good :) So anyways ... we didn't invite anyone from outside the family. Who were here for your birthday? Bordidi, Chandradidi, Dangormama, Rezamama (came very late), Buamama (a surprise visit), Manisha Kaki, Vihaan and of course the four of us.
Your cake was my favorite flavor - Tiramisu, with a bumble bee on top ... that is because you love the song "I'm bringing home a baby bumble bee ... ".
And you loved your first taste of cake ....
You are almost a little over 13 and a half months now ... and this post is long due as i planned it for your birthday ... November 7th ... Yeah your age can now be said using the word "year" ... that's in some ways the most important milestone in one's life. The best part is ... you are so nonchalant about it.
I made something for your 1st year ... you may have seen the actual thing a few times by now already, but here's the video I shared with people to let them know you have now turned one.
The year of many firsts - Her first year in the world - in snapshots! - YouTube
What's different now that you are a year old? Let's see:
You can now drink cow's milk ... you don't like it much ... definitely not in a bottle ... maybe with chapatis soaked in it. You are quite a tough customer about drinking milk ... you just have it from your mom ... and nothing else.
We dont need to sterilize your utensils anymore ... you are more immune and less fragile ... and this exposure to lack of sterilization (or more germs, however you wish to look at it) is an attempt to increase your natural immunity. So we expect you to fall sick a little more often now ... but you are doing okay so far. Just some cough and cold ... and that's pretty much it.
You can stand on your own, but for some reason (I think it is because you have your mother's genes ;)) you are extremely cautious and as soon as we make you stand on your own, you just sit down and don't risk walking. Some might say you should walk by now ... but your mom and I are in no hurry for any of the milestones ... we believe everyone does it in their own time.
Here's a cute video of you standing ...
You crawl very fast and we find it pretty difficult to keep you from vandalizing the kitchen. Yeah! you do that a lot. Here's proof:
And you still dont have teeth ... following your mom's footsteps ... she got her first tooth when she was 15 months old ... beat that!!!
The most amazing thing is ... you have started kissing :) You kissed me first on a day when we went out shopping ... then you kissed me a few more times before you kissed your mom ... I was so happy about this :) and was making your mom jealous. But then one fine day you started to find "not kissing me" funny ... and you now only kiss your mom. :(
Now that you know what you are like around your first birthday ... let's see how your first birthday went.
To be honest we kept it pretty personal (as I like birthdays to be) ... you had Bordidi (My grand-mom and your Thammu's mom) visiting us ... her being 85 years old and having her birthday on the 10th of November, just 3 days away from yours, made her automatically the most important invitee for your birthday :)
We put up some balloons and streamers around the house ... it looked pretty colorful ... and you looked around in amazement ... got a little startled at the sound of bursting balloons but didn't cry .... overall you were more confused than amused with all of this to start with.
When we took you for your 6 month ceremony (to introduce you to regular food - namely "Rice") you hated the crowd and you still dont like a lot of strangers around you ... you have quite a drama routine when you see strangers ... includes profuse crying, and complete refusal to go to them, even when we say its okay ... quite embarrassing for us sometimes (in a nice way) .... but more than anything it is amusing. Every child has a phase of social anxiety ... yours is now ... so its all good :) So anyways ... we didn't invite anyone from outside the family. Who were here for your birthday? Bordidi, Chandradidi, Dangormama, Rezamama (came very late), Buamama (a surprise visit), Manisha Kaki, Vihaan and of course the four of us.
Your cake was my favorite flavor - Tiramisu, with a bumble bee on top ... that is because you love the song "I'm bringing home a baby bumble bee ... ".
And you loved your first taste of cake ....
I want all your birthdays to be special ... but in a way slightly different from what everyone else does on their birthdays. But we'll talk about it some other time.
Love you
Baba
