Deven's words, and expanding family

When Yogesh left 12 days ago, Deven was saying 1 thing for "Cat" - but now already has a new set of words. The ones I can remember offhand include:

Cat = "Tats" or "Baaao"
Daddy = "DaDa"
Mommy = "DaDa" (still) - or incessant whining.
Daadi = "Daadi" (said perfectly)
Whining = "MaMa"
Oops = "Uh-oh"
Toothbrush = "Bish"
Bye = "Bi"

Daddy's coming back today! Ye! He caught an earlier flight and, despite the in-flight annoyances he's mentioned to me on email, he should be home in about 2 hours. Cool. Trying to keep Deven up for that, though that may be a very bad idea. :-)

Assuming all goes well, this should be Yogesh's last Father's Day as the father of one. Yep, you heard it right: Deven will become a cousin in November, and a big brother to this little Cupcake sometime in December (click on each photo if you want to see a larger view):

- Back View


- Upside down


- Top of head & hand


- Face & body

To preempt some questions:
- I'm feeling great. My goal this pregnancy is to NOT gain the 60 lbs I gained with Deven. So far, I'm up 9 lbs and doing fine.
- No, we don't know the sex yet. Yes, we do plan to find out.
- Yes, we do have a boy and a girl name (likely) chosen already; but we reserve the right to change our minds; so no, we're not tellin' yet. It's hard with bi-cultural families - we do want something that "works" in both Hindi and English. And yes, Mom, I was hurt when you said you didn't like one of the choices I floated by you - you may have a grandchild named that, regardless of your opinion.
- Yes, we want the little one to come this year, for the tax writeoff. :)
- Yes, I've told my office already. Everyone so far has accepted the news with graciousness.
- More on our birth location choice in a future post.