Birdie Birdie

If I were asked to guess what Anushki would grow up to be - I would guess ornithologist (yes I googled it). She absolutely loves birds. When she sees a bird her hands go up in the air, doing the birdie sign going "uh uh uh" telling us that there is a birdie nearby. Thats a change I have noticed, before she would enjoy it herself, now she calls our attention and wants to share the excitement. A trip to the nearbly lake is usually a real treat for her, she sees birdies and ducks which I think are her next favourite thing.

We went to a zoo last weekend and she had great fun watching all the animals. Her reaction in the bear's cave was hillarious. A huge grizzly bear lie quietly in its den and right infront was a small pond with fish and some ducks. We could see this through a big glass window. When we entered the place, Anushka totally ignored the bear (she did not realize there was a bear) but was captivated by fish and the ducks. After a while, the grizzly bear woke up from its slumber to check out the audience and when it did, Anushka's eyes opened up wide and she went "O".

My darling has started crawling everywhere now, on her tummy, commando-style. I think its time to make a trip to the store to child-proof the place. Next up - I'll post a video of her crawling, stay tuned...

Daddyasal

That means "longs for Daddy". These days Anushki just wants to be with me and I am loving it. It is just a phase I guess, I don't get to see her 3 days of the week because of long working hours, so when I am home I think she wants to be with me.

Yesterday I had two accomplishments. I recognized that she wanted to go potty, and later on I put her to sleep, which has almost never happened before. She always wants her Mom when she is sleepy. She looks really cute on her little potty, she even grabs on to something when she is trying hard, my baby is so focussed :-)

Oxford of the East

The city of Pune was called the "Oxford of the East" by the late Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, due to its popularity with students from all over the world. Why am I talking about Pune ? Because we will be moving there soon. I have decided to accept a job offer from a US based company that has an office in Pune.

I am very excited to move to Pune, we will be close to Mumbai and to Singapore as well. But this is Anushka's blog, so I am going to write about what her thoughts might be on the subject. I wonder if Anushka will feel the difference, I'm sure she will think that we are on another trip and that soon she will be back in her own home, her play area in the loft, the bathtub, the backyard.. wonder if she will miss it ? She will see so many new faces, grand parents, great grand parents, uncles, aunts, cousins, oh she is going to get a lot of attention in the first few months. I wonder if she will be overwhelmed by all the activity around her and how much time will it take for her to get accustomed to it. Will she miss the big, bright and colorful aisles of the grocery stores here and wonder why vegetables are being delivered at the door now ?

My first entry

Green Lake

She is always very excited when we get her car seat out because she knows we are going out for a ride, but most of the times its the routine trip to the grocery store. But I think today even she knew that this was going to be much more fun, the sun was out, Mom was wearing a cool outfit, Papa was getting his camera bag ready, oh this was going to be a fun little outing.

We met Helena (Leena) at Green Lake park today. Anushka and Leena started checking each other out the minute they settled down. After a while they were tugging on each other's caps and sweaters. It feels great to see Anushka's progress, a few weeks ago she would be nervous and even start to cry if another baby got very close to her and started to touch her. Now she is not afraid to get close to them , touch and even pull things out of their hands.