of outsourcing first hand. I, for one, was quite amazed at the availability of dedicated professionals willing to take care of end-to-end solutions, such as decorations, event management etc. All that we had to do was to choose the theme that we wanted and tell them the date......Voila! Taken care of. All that we needed to do was show up on the said date, all dressed up and all and everything was arranged and in-place. How very convinient!
changing times. We are all the more time starved than the previous generation and if we have an opportunity to pay our way out of stress, we usually do so, without the guilt. And one has to agree that no matter how much effort one puts, it may probably never matchup to the professional results which an agency is willing to give you, for a consideration. All said and done, at the end of the day, it was a very happy evening and a memorable one too. And that is all that matters.
The countdown has officially begun. Although we have been anticipating the day eagerly, the 'official start' happened yesterday, when we paid a token advance to book a banquet hall. Little Shahana is on the threshold of entering into her second year.....And just about ready to have her first real birthday.
Wow, time does fly. The memory of my little baby, being handed over in a pink and red bundle, by the nurse, is still fresh in my mind. She was so small and frail. Over the last year, we have seen her grow and evolve from a tiny little infant to a cute & mischeivious baby. No matter what she does around the house, one smile and all is forgiven! Other than marvelling at our little darling and here feats, it has also been a moment of truth for us as parents. Parenting, truly is tough. Especially so on the mother. At times it becomes physically stressful. Kudos to Anshu for sailing through it all with elan.
So now we look forward to the celebrations (ofcourse, pictures to follow) and take a moment to thank the almighty to grant us the privilege of being parents of such an lovely angel.
It seems like yesterday when Anshu and I were eagerly counting the days leading to the big event when we will be blessed with our very own bundle of joy.
Little Shahana came into our lives and weaved her magic. And suddenly she is now 10+ months old , looking forward to have her very first birthday! Man...that was fast! When she was born, she was such a quiet little baby who has transformed into a little lovable devil. There is nothing, that I can think of, in the house, that has not been a victim of her raging curiosity. One of the recent casualties was our Television Stand. We never knew that the decorative wood panel was detachable, until our darling Mishti yanked it right off :-).
Her latest milestone is that she tries really hard to stand and walk all by herself. And she does manage to stand for about 10-15 seconds, before plonking herself down.
The other little thing is that she was visited by the tooth fairy! Her two little lower teeth show when she flashes her 10000 watt smile. It only adds to her already high mischeif quotient!
It certainly gets more and more exciting being a parent – a feeling which both Anshu and I are enjoying to the fullest (although we do have our 'driven up a wall' moments sometimes...but what the heck?).
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Offlate there has been a little dry spell in our little girl's blog. That;s purely because, as she grows, she keeps us completely engrossed in taking care of her needs that we don't have any time left for anything else! Well, almost. Now that Mishti tries to engage a conversation in her own style of melodious gibberish baby talk, it becomes more and more enticing to play with her.And this girl indeed is picking up things past. At only 6 1/2 months old, she has become extremely mobile. She tries her best to crawl but looks like she will skip this stage and straightaway leapfrog into standing and walking, because that is what we find her trying to do most of the time. Yesterday, she had a nasty fall, while trying to stand. But then that's all part of growing up :). There are a ton of recent pics, so I will sift through the pile and upload the good ones soon. For now, have fun watching this little magazine cover sample (click to enlarge), which I tried to create for Mishti, using one of here recent pictures.
22-March was the first holi in our little Mishti's life and we are all pretty excited about it. But we were not too keen on using too much color due to fears of allergies. Instead we decided to go for a nice outing.....a road trip with the baby (another first for Mishti).
And here's another one where she is in an all playful mood during the return leg of the road trip.
I have received some feedback from a lot of my friends, that why is Mama (Anshu) always behind the scene..
Now that my darling baby is back from Palwal, to her home sweet home, my evenings have completely changed. Now I indulge myself in a lot of happy-nappy moments.... ANd for some reason my angel thinks that pee-pee and papa have some very close connection! And she always makes that connection by ensuring the pee-pee on papa!
Here are some more glimpses of my little angel. Will soon upload all of them on Picasa and post the link right here. Till then Enjoy these!
Now Shahana is close to 4 months old and looks like she is going to be one mischievous baby!! Here are some latest pictures.
Meditate.....and thus, we attain nirvana.
