Am 11 Months Old :)

I am 11 months old..Time is just flying and in no time I will be turning one..
I have now started playing "Running and Catching" with Appa..That's my favourite game now..As soon as Appa is home I ask him and nag him to play with me. Yesterday I got Shirish Mama off his breadth playing
"Running and catching " Another favourite pass time of mine is to get my hands on the lamp in the drawing room and Amma and Appa keep running to me screaming ..."NOOOOO NOOOOO NOOOO NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...!!!! "

I now have my personal likings ..yes I have my favourite song...I keep humming when I hear .."Alive Alive Alive...OOOO"

I have started relishing and tasting different kinds of food...I have tasted Naan, Dal,Pulav, Sambar Sadham, Adai, Dosa, Idly (with Rasam),Thayir Sadham..After relishing "Hot & Spicy" INDIAN curries how in the world can I eat Gerber fruits and cereals ????????But that doesn't mean that I dont eat American or western stuff I have tried my hands on Pasta,Pizza,Noodles as well..I think my favourite pass time now is "Eating"

I keep Amma on her toes..not a second can she take her eyes off me..If she does it's at her own risk!This month there were two such incidents...Amma has infact removed all table mats with immediate effect. On the other day she left some hot kutu on the table mat and was busy making rotis...within a whisker I tried to reach for it and just tapped the karandi and it went down flying offcourse with some kutu.The Carpet was a mess.Appa had to fly into action with the carpet cleaner to clean the mess.Second day Amma left some gingely oil and I again pulled the mat ,result-I had a gingely oil face painting on me..Offcourse to avoid the trouble I started crying and Amma came running and screaming at the top of her voice ..."P ...I...S...A...S...U "had a tough time cleaning me up and then cleaning the carpet mess !!! :-) I am sure you all now would agree in unison that I am a prankster!!

Amma and Appa have started preparing for my Birthday ..We plan to celebrate on 26th at Udipi Restaraunt..! Ayushomam on Jan 9th at our house. Amma is driving Appa up the wall asking him to help our out in the Party preparations.. :-)

The Invite is getting ready ..Will post it on the blog as soon as it's ready..Please accept that as our personal invitation and be there !!! Cheers !!!

Rishitha - part II

He he...A new look to Rishi...
Rishitha in a traditional attire..
I swear this is the last of it ..No more girly girly dresses for Rishi..He is going to be mad on seeing this itself!!!
This was on the penultimate day of the mottai...!!! We struggled to get Rishi on in this attire. He was so uncomfortable from the word go...He wouldn't let me put the bindi nor the kaajal...Managed to just get a small bindi on...Somehow kept cheering him on and managed to get these shots...
Thanks to Vedha Athai for the lovely Pavadai...!!

Am 10 Months Old :)

Hey All,
I am now 10 months old...Mom and Dad keep remarking that I am growing up in no time..he he !!! That's a compliment...
This month saw me celebrate my first Diwali (I wore my first Kurtha), first halloween (Jeyashree Patti bought me a nice pumpkin dress ).
I have now got a "strangerphormia". I can identify people and I am not comfortable going to anyone except Amma, Appa and offcourse my Cheenu thatha..!!! I am little hesitant to go to Jey Patti,Chitti and Mama. I hope eventually I will conquer this ..!
Amma and Appa are now worried that I will be mottai next week and I might not have enough hair on my head for my birthday..! Hmm....
Appa was scolding us the last time that me and Mom are making the blogs very lengthy. So I have decided to make it short... Enjoi my photos !!!

My little sis... Rishitha :)

Hey All of you out there...Dont be surprised /shocked or Confused... Rishitha ain't my sister...It's me ...

offcourse it's Mom's idea. (Who else can get these weird ones ??? Mom Chill ..Just joking ) There have been so many people against this idea ...Shreeya Chitti , Rohini Aunty, Shirish Mama, Dad..All of them ...were dead against the idea but Mom got her way through. All along she wanted to have a girl .. !I have heard her say a number of times (Right from when I was in her tummy) "I want a girl ..so that I can dress her up beautifully..." and since her wish wasn't granted she is working on these ideas..

Mom just has been collecting all these "pink" accessories right from the day she picked up this dress at Carters..She has been going gaga over the dress..I really gave her a tough time putting all these on and not for a single moment was I quiet ..obviously I sensed that something was weird :)Hat's off to all the little girls who must be wearing all these day in and out..

Mom plans to give this dress away to my little friend Maya (Sneha Aunty's daughter) as I hardly wore them for a few minutes..!!!
Heard Appa telling Amma - "Rishi is going to be mad at us for doing this to him". Amma is not done yet she has plans to do one more thing ...God save me !! She wants me dressed in a traditional pavadai ( Thankfully she hasn't been able to get hold of one yet..)She is hunting and making efforts , passing the word around with her friends to see if anyone would have one that fits me...( I HONESTLY HOPE SHE DOESN'T FIND ONE!! PLS HAVE UR PRAYERS FOR ME)

Mom wanted to do this "baby girl make over" this month because as you all might know that I am getting my hair tonsured at the Pitsburgh Temple in November...So all the curls will be gone ...I am relieved honestly because Amma does a pony for me atleast 15 times a day :( and unfortunately Mom is not as experienced as Jeyashree Patti who does it in no time!!! I like the pony but I have to go th' a great ordeal to get there..Can't wait to get my hair tonsured ...:)

But On the other hand I will miss my hair too...I have got too many compliments from my American uncles and aunts on my curls..Everyone exclaims "ooh...how much hair??", "A boy or a girl","Lovely Hair"...so on and so forth..So that's gona be missed ..

Have a look at the pictures taken today ...

So have you all made a decison yet who get's your vote Rishi or Rishitha ???

Cheers !!!!

Rishi Moon Walks ...

Oh my God !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG OMG OMG OMG That's how Shreeya errupted in joy when she saw Rishi walk his first few steps ...!

I can't believe that Rishi is going to be mobile soon...I know what you are all saying. Yes he is going to pull everything apart in a matter of time ...:( But there are advantages too..We dont have to carry him to the car ..We dont have to hold him when he is having his bath ..We don't have to stand behind him protecting him from his fall...These are some of the luxuries that we will enjoy.. HURRAYYYY!!!!

Few days back he started keeping few steps ..thats when my Devaki Athai was telling me " Etu Masathula Kuzhandai Etu Adi vekum" meaning when a child is 8 months old he will atleast walk 8 steps !!! He did it...He is nine months old now and he is so excited that he is walking that he keeps doing just that ....Walking..Walking and Walking................When he walks he roars ...He is so proud that he is walking ha ha ...He thinks it's a major achievement ! " Yes ! it is Rishi ...Amma and Appa are proud of you"

These small achievements count...Don't they ?

All of you reading this Give him a pat him on his back...Rishi is growing up ...

Catch a glimpse of his moonwalk ...!!! Right here ...Right now...

Am 9 Months Old :)

Hey All,
This is Rishi ..I can't beleive the month just went so fast..And I am 9 months old. So what was special this month ??? Hm... let me think ..I celebrated along with Amma and Appa My First .."Krishna Jayanthi", "Navarathiri","Ayuda Pooja". It was a very memorable experience.
I did lot of good things this month - the best thing that I think I have done over this month is ...guess what ??? "I am able to walk" some steps without support ...Appa and Amma are delighted about this. Whenever I start walking Amma starts counting ...My current record stands at 26 steps... I use my hands as my support . Amma keeps telling me it's like as if I am trying to fly or as if I am driving a scooter.. He he !!!!

Another important milestone that has happened during the month is that I have started "teething".Two have started cutting out in my bottom row. Thankfully I didn't have much issues while teething.

I have now started trying to eat different veggies (natural ones not Gerber ones ) . Am enjoying ..!I have also had a tasting session on "Vendiya Kuzhambu","Mor Kozhambu","Flavoured Yoghurt","Rasam"....I am relishing all of it. I think I have got tired of the formula and hence loving different tastes , but now I dont like to sip the coffee. I think my taste buds are developing !!

Another forgettable incident that happenned during this month was my terrible visit to the Pediatrician this month. I had a shot. It was actually not bad as I had only one shot..And I just screamed a little then I was back to my usual self.Unexpectedly Dr.Kaza wanted a blood test done and this was my first experience and would you believe it they didnt poke me to take the sample they infact inserted a needle into the vein and I went bizzare ..Poor Mom she was terrified because I was uncontrollable and I puked from the top , I was leaking at the bottom and I was just fluttering my hands and legs to break free. Pooh ...!!! She had to then clean me up ,clean herself and then calm me down and then she brought me home and gave me tylenol and I was then ok.

I also have learnt a few intersting things over this month ---a phone is supposed to be kept closer to the ear, a pillow is used to sleep on and that Dad leaves me everyday to work :( and that I miss him terribly. Thankfully Amma stays home. But Amma and Appa are contemplating to send me to Daycare as I have now become an adhesive to Amma ..he he!!!! I am always under Amma's feet ..when cooking or when she is doing her office work. he he... I even go and stand knocking the restroom door when she is inside !!! :) Poor Amma !She keeps complaining to Thatha and Patti about how a sticker I have now become!

See my pictures taken on 22nd ...Haven't I grown a bit taller and a little more Handsome ha ha ...!!! Will catch up with you all in a month ...! See ya!

Our Little Krishna...

We just celebrated Rishi's first Krishna Jayanthi...It was so much fun.

We didn't do much homework on his costume ...Actually we tried the "pacha pattu"(Green Dhothi) today only and guess what it wasn't fitting him...Ha ha ..that's why you will see our Krisha keeps revealing his diaper every now and then..

We tried everything only that day and hence we weren't absolutely perfect with it but neverthless we made an effort what say ?! We did beg & borrow some stuff but unfortunately they didn't fit him.. :(

Actually Rishi was not comfortable right from the word go..I think we really troubled him too much. I think he is too young for this. Maybe next year or when he is 2 he will be able to appreciate it and impersonate Lord Krishna. It was evident that he wasn't happy because he didn't give us his usual effervescent smile.Usually he keeps giggling in every picture ..today we took atleast fifty pictures he just managed to smile in a couple of them .

We tried to make his first janmashtami as special as possible. I had made "thatai","upu seedai","vela seedai","Appam:,"Payathanganji" ...Appa had suggested that after we make all of this we offer it to the Lord. by letting Rishi to where we have placed all the prasadams...whichever Rishi touches he said that it is beleived that is accepted by the Lord himself. So we decided to do the same and guess what he picked the thatai ...!!! ;-) I thought he would go for his favourite Butter ..he didn't ...!!!! Do check out the pics and a small glimpse of what happenned today..!

Hey ..this is Rishi ..Amma forgot to do one thing which I want to do now.."THANK YOU very much Radhu Patti, Srikanth Mama and Janani Chitti." I know Amma drove you bizzare to get me a flute and I think you went to every street and corner in Chennai to fetch me one. Thank you so very much..Eventually you got me an Indian flute (The tricolor one..) ha ha ...Appa managed to conceal it by nicely wrapping it in a golden ribbon..Doesn't it look apt now ? The flute..Thank you so much ...!!! U made my day so special ..!