Shaurya is now 8 months old. Old enough to be talked about here in a separate blog about his everyday activities. He started standing up with support and also walks a little. But when in his new walker he not only walks but runs with a speed you cannot imagine. This has made all of us to be on our toes all the time. Because of this new found accessibility to things, anything left behind on the table or on the couch is a potential threat that it will go straight to his mouth. Floor needs to be sparkling clean. Kitchen is the part of the house that he absolutely loves. There is a lot of plastic bags and a lot of containers to eat and to experiment with. And of course there is Dustbin which is full of invaluable treasures for him. Our jobs as his parents is to keep him away from all such lovely things that he is in love with (paper, plastic, mobiles, books etc.)
The adventure is on every minute and every minute he gets to learn new things. This quest of his motivates him to do daredevil stunts and as a result you can find him banging himself mostly on the floor or on the table glass. The frequesncy has increased a lot these days when he tries to move from one support to another only to find that it was not stong enough to hold him and then wham!! - down on the floor. There is no place in the house left which he cannot go to (not event the bathrooms). Only hope is that his mom and dad and dada and dadi have not left loophole anywhere. He started crawling some days back and now he is a master of the act. He gains great speeds while doing so understanding every physics that goes in - every angle and velocity, balancing everything very well.
OK. Times up for me but there are so many other things unsaid here. Will find more time to append this list of Shaurya's adventures. For now good bye...
Monday, January 3, 2011
Merry Christmas
As happened on 25th Dec 2010
Shaurya celebrated his first Christmas on 25th Dec 2010. Manasi had got some decoration for the Christmas tree. She had also got a plant which was not a Christmas tree but quite close. We decorated it with some items. Shaurya was dressed in all red with a Reindeer cap. Next was time for photo session and we took pictures. We cut the cake and went out of home to see some celebrations. We wanted to show him a Santa. Malls are a great place to checkout the decorations and themes of any festival. So we decided to go to one such mall. Unfortunately we were a bit late and events were almost towards the closure. We couldn't find a Santa. But there were decorations to be appreciated as they were nicely done. Anyway, next was time for dinner and we ate out. It was nice time spent with all the family members.
Shaurya celebrated his first Christmas on 25th Dec 2010. Manasi had got some decoration for the Christmas tree. She had also got a plant which was not a Christmas tree but quite close. We decorated it with some items. Shaurya was dressed in all red with a Reindeer cap. Next was time for photo session and we took pictures. We cut the cake and went out of home to see some celebrations. We wanted to show him a Santa. Malls are a great place to checkout the decorations and themes of any festival. So we decided to go to one such mall. Unfortunately we were a bit late and events were almost towards the closure. We couldn't find a Santa. But there were decorations to be appreciated as they were nicely done. Anyway, next was time for dinner and we ate out. It was nice time spent with all the family members.
It's my 1st X'Mas
I said, "IT'S MY FIRST X'MAS"
Merry X'MasHappy New Year 2011
Wish You a very Happy New Year 2011. With the end of 2010, a year ended and a decade too. Shaurya also completed his 8 months. This was Shaurya's first New Year celebration. We celebrated as usual with Dadji and Dadiji and Bui by cutting cake. Don't knwo what to write ahead. Usual cliches won't work for Shaurya. Everything is new for him. He learns everyday. Everyday is so much more for him in every sense. We wait for year to end so that new year can bring something different to our lives. Not the case with Shaurya. For him every day is new with new adventures and learnings. He will turn an year old in 2011. He will start walking and running in 2011. He will start talking in 2011. He will get his first set of teeth. There are so many things that he will experience in next 365 days. All the best.
Trip to Shirdi and Nasik...Finally...
As it happened on 28th Dec 2010
After a long wait we finally managed to go to Shirdi. This was pending since a long time. Mom wanted to go for a long time it was just not happening. I remember the last time we tried to go and had to return half way due to very heavy traffic. This time it was good. Although, Sandy was not there as it should have been (entire family together), but still i feel its ok. We will go once again when he comes back. This time it was Shaurya, myself, Manasi, Shaurya's Dadaji, Dadiji, Shaurya's Bui (intentional) and my nanaji (NC Doherey) and naniji by some old relation but which is today a close one.
This was Shaurya's first big trip outside home and outside Mumbai. Till now he had travelled only as far as Khar which happens to be his Naniji's place. But Shirdi was a 5 hour journey. I was little apprehensive about it initially, specially regarding his feeding and comfort in the cab for such a long time. But it turned out good. He slept for most of the journey as we had started at night (2:15AM).
We reached Shirdi at around 7:30 in the morning and spent some time relaxing before getting into the long queues to see our worshipped Sai. We entered the temple at around 9:30AM and were done by 11:15AM. So it was relatively quicker. Queue was relatively smaller but still standing for almost 2 hours was not easy. Here as well Shaurya was conveniently sleeping. There was noise all around. There were hundreds of people all around chatting and chanting which didn't seem to affect Shaurya.
There was one more thing that happened. When we entered the temple I took Shaurya from Manasi as we repeatedly do to relax ourselves from time to time. It would have been only a few minutes when a thought crossed my mind that I should carry Shaurya thoughout the queue. Another simultaneous thought was that if I could do so, Sai would not let any harm come to him throughout his life. I decided to do it as if entering into an unspoken covanent with Sai. Another thought going on was that its going to be difficult specially when I didn't know how long the queue was and when I had been awake througout the previous night, sitting at one place. So I started and eventually could carry him all through. He was also peacefully sleeping on my shoulder thoughout. I felt good that I could do it. No matter if it was just my own thought, at the end I know there was nothing to lose. And if by any chance Sai had any involvement then I feel good that I could do it for Shaurya.
Shirdi trip ended by 1:30 PM when we checked out of the lodge and started on our way back. But we had another thing on the Agenda and that was Shaurya's mundan. For that we had to go to Panchvati, Nasik which is en route from Shirdi to Mumbai. After lunch we travelled another 2 hours to reach Panchvati and it was already evening by then. As it is winter season, day was already old and was about to die down into dusk. Next big task was to find out a priest for the rituals and a barber to shave Shaurya's head. By the time all this was arranged, the sun was already setting. We didn't know how Shaurya was going to react to this act of interference into his personal property. Half the crowd was in for that he would cry while some like me and Manasi knew that he would take it as another adventure. To some extent both the groups were right. He started off excitedly and just kept on looking at the barber but soon got bored of it and wanted to do something better. As his head was only half done Manasi had to keep him steady at one place which he obviously didn't like and so he started doing what he knows gets things done - crying. Finally the competence of barber and Manasi's patience paid off and we had new bald Shaurya in front of us. We quickly completed rest of the rituals and started back for Mumbai.
A good trip came to an end. All of us were tired to the core except Shaurya :) This was Shaurya's first trip outside Mumbai. First big outing. It was good.
After a long wait we finally managed to go to Shirdi. This was pending since a long time. Mom wanted to go for a long time it was just not happening. I remember the last time we tried to go and had to return half way due to very heavy traffic. This time it was good. Although, Sandy was not there as it should have been (entire family together), but still i feel its ok. We will go once again when he comes back. This time it was Shaurya, myself, Manasi, Shaurya's Dadaji, Dadiji, Shaurya's Bui (intentional) and my nanaji (NC Doherey) and naniji by some old relation but which is today a close one.
This was Shaurya's first big trip outside home and outside Mumbai. Till now he had travelled only as far as Khar which happens to be his Naniji's place. But Shirdi was a 5 hour journey. I was little apprehensive about it initially, specially regarding his feeding and comfort in the cab for such a long time. But it turned out good. He slept for most of the journey as we had started at night (2:15AM).
We reached Shirdi at around 7:30 in the morning and spent some time relaxing before getting into the long queues to see our worshipped Sai. We entered the temple at around 9:30AM and were done by 11:15AM. So it was relatively quicker. Queue was relatively smaller but still standing for almost 2 hours was not easy. Here as well Shaurya was conveniently sleeping. There was noise all around. There were hundreds of people all around chatting and chanting which didn't seem to affect Shaurya.
There was one more thing that happened. When we entered the temple I took Shaurya from Manasi as we repeatedly do to relax ourselves from time to time. It would have been only a few minutes when a thought crossed my mind that I should carry Shaurya thoughout the queue. Another simultaneous thought was that if I could do so, Sai would not let any harm come to him throughout his life. I decided to do it as if entering into an unspoken covanent with Sai. Another thought going on was that its going to be difficult specially when I didn't know how long the queue was and when I had been awake througout the previous night, sitting at one place. So I started and eventually could carry him all through. He was also peacefully sleeping on my shoulder thoughout. I felt good that I could do it. No matter if it was just my own thought, at the end I know there was nothing to lose. And if by any chance Sai had any involvement then I feel good that I could do it for Shaurya.
Shirdi trip ended by 1:30 PM when we checked out of the lodge and started on our way back. But we had another thing on the Agenda and that was Shaurya's mundan. For that we had to go to Panchvati, Nasik which is en route from Shirdi to Mumbai. After lunch we travelled another 2 hours to reach Panchvati and it was already evening by then. As it is winter season, day was already old and was about to die down into dusk. Next big task was to find out a priest for the rituals and a barber to shave Shaurya's head. By the time all this was arranged, the sun was already setting. We didn't know how Shaurya was going to react to this act of interference into his personal property. Half the crowd was in for that he would cry while some like me and Manasi knew that he would take it as another adventure. To some extent both the groups were right. He started off excitedly and just kept on looking at the barber but soon got bored of it and wanted to do something better. As his head was only half done Manasi had to keep him steady at one place which he obviously didn't like and so he started doing what he knows gets things done - crying. Finally the competence of barber and Manasi's patience paid off and we had new bald Shaurya in front of us. We quickly completed rest of the rituals and started back for Mumbai.
A good trip came to an end. All of us were tired to the core except Shaurya :) This was Shaurya's first trip outside Mumbai. First big outing. It was good.
Before
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The surprised look
After
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