Happy Christmas! 1-2, 5-6, 9-10

We will open most of our gifts when Naani and Naana arrive and we have a full day together on Saturday 12/27. It's been a nice lazy day here today - the rain finally stopped and we went to a tiny park nearby, Juri Commons, with the boys. Interesting history for the park - it used to be part of the San Francisco - San Jose train path before western train magnates created the Southern Pacific Railroad.

Deven's vocabulary has exploded lately - in part due to his age, his sweet new nanny who talks and sings to him constantly, and even gave him the cute guitar in the photos (his favorite song lately is Twinkle Twinkle Little Star), and I think, even his baby brother. His word for "milk" is "meuut" - and he has been very sweet with baby - noting that "baby meuut" comes from "mommy's bsts" (the breast pump is a source of endless fascination for him).

Deven is learning his numbers, and instead of saying 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10; he consistently skips a few figures and consistently says "1 - 2, 5 - 6, 9 - 10" - pretty cute.

He's also become a hugger, and a blower of kisses when he says goodbye - something we all appreciate and hope never changes.

To update my I FORGOT post - I also forgot:



- How fast newborns' fingernails grow! He's scratched me a few times, despite me having trimmed his nails 5 times already in his short 19-day lifespan!

- How fast newborns grow, in general - Rohan was just shy of 9 lbs at his 2-week Midwife checkup on Monday (this is very good for him - and for me, as I have quite a few pounds left to shed to get back down to my 'fighting weight' - and at ~ 500 calories / day, breastfeeding is one of the cheapest & easiest weight loss regimes out there!


- How much babies like (need?) to be moved to sleep and stop fussing sometimes. Deven and now his baby brother were/are partial to being bounced on the green exercise ball - this is sometimes the only thing that will calm them down. Thank goodness we have it - though as you can see, sometimes it can be hazardous to Daddy if he tries to lean back too far!

To update my ADMINISTRIVIA post - I went back to the Social Security office with all the paperwork I was told I needed; to have them say it would take over a month to get the social security number/card. Why so long (when Deven's took literally 6 days)? Because they
- have to verify the validity of the birth certificate (whaa? I didn't even HAVE ONE when I got the social security card for Deven...so you mean a hospital is more trustworthy than the City of San Francisco Vital Records' embossed/stamped birth certificate?
- have them question why I didn't give them originals of Rohan's pediatrician records (Whaa? They didn't say that! And like having the original doctor's chicken-scratch and no cover letter is ANY better than the copies that are clearly from Dr. Schwanke's office?)
- I finally had to do what I loathe doing: I had to raise my voice and accuse them of giving me false information the last time I was there, and via online/web information. That seemed to work, and while it won't speed the process, at least i shouldn't have to go back there again...I hope...

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!