...yep, Deven has started solids! But if you'd been reading the blog, you knew that already. He's had rice, bananas, and carrots so far - and according to Yogesh, is "definitely a brahmin" because he prefers sweets. Unfortunately, he's also teething...and that means ANYTHING chewable is fair game as a teething toy. Including his 'first food source'...yep, you get the picture. OUCH!
We've had a whirlwind of activity lately. We went to our first kids birthday party (where he got to sit in a big tub full o' beans...yes, lima beans...) this weekend; last weekend we ran in our first 5k with the jogging stroller - the Banana Chase Race (coming in a snail's-pace ahead of a few Bananas); we've had visits from friends Chris, Steve, Nimisha, Gurjeet, Ameya, Supreet, and Danielle; and we've hosted Noah, our share-care-partner, who will start coming over almost full-time in early October.
HELLO UNCLE HELLY! Yep, Deven finally looks like me; or at least like my side of the family. I can't pinpoint what it was, but I was looking at him about a week ago, and he looked quite a bit like my mom's oldest brother, my Uncle Helly. I laughed when I thought of it - and was quite excited! Too bad he's already outgrown the (6-month-sized) cute outfit that Uncle Helly and Aunt Carolyn sent him.
As you can see from the photos, all's well with Daadi. She and Potaa (grandson) continue to be best friends, and spend their days cooing to each other. Life's pretty good if you're a 5 1/2 month old boy in this household.
Enjoy the video from Deven's Ganapati birthday celebration:
I've got 2 more business trips coming up - and I'm not feeling very well lately (stomach issues-aargh) - so we'll see how things work out with more pumping on the road and such. Wish me luck! :)
...haven't had much time to write lately, though there's lots to say. But, Yogesh's company is powering the Transformers movie online, see here for details!
I know I'm lucky - I have a mom-in-law who gets along well with us, lives with us here, and cooks us nutritious meals...but still: Work days like today are tough. Clients who won't call back (even when they have a good reason to do so); colleagues who are too busy for important planning discussions; horrendous-awful-75-minute-in-nonstop-stop-n-go-commute-traffic-home; followed by all-too-brief time with Deven; and then him falling asleep early (good) but then waking and screaming for 30 minutes at his usual bedtime. See, we're now trying the cry-it-out method at night, and so far our hearts feel like they've been squished on the floor - it is SO painful to hear him cry. But we know he's not hurt, hungry, or in need of anything other than what he's gotten used to - constant attention, even when he's exhausted & needs to sleep. Daadi, for her part, thinks we're horribly cruel and can't understand why we're doing this; we had a good argument with her this evening about the whole thing. In the end, she respected our wishes (despite her better judgement); Deven finally went down, and has been sleeping since then. I wonder how tonight will end up.
If you didn't check out the photos yorselves, here's my favorite of my sis & Tommy: My favorite "40th Anniversary Photo" of my parents: (Given that my dad is 6' tall and my mom only 5'2", I think this is the first time the tops of their heads have been in the same general height-plane, ever!)
Hard to believe that last week marked Deven's 5-month 'anniversary.' Seems just yesterday I was waddling to the restroom in my office every 15 minutes, because I was as pregnant as a small house (without adequate plumbing!). In fact, I'm personally only 10 lbs above my pre-pregnancy weight, but things don't fit like they used to. I'm not being an angel about what I'm eating, so I'll have to get better if I want to lose those last few stubborn ones. Too bad I love ice cream. "Solids" refers to the fact that we offered Deven 1/2 tablespoon-full of mushed-rice-in-breastmilk today, and despite his funny faces, he ate it! He started out spilling about 1/2 of it on himself, and his expressions were priceless - but he kept opening his mouth for more, so I think we're onto something here. :-)
Yogesh found some old photos of himself as a boy when he went back to Delhi to pick up his mom in August - looks like the apple didn't fall far from the tree, huh?
In other news, our family photo shoot went very well when my parents & sister were here - check out the results! Note: CLICK THROUGH SOON - the photos won't be available forever on the photographer's website.
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