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28.9.12

Happy Tourism day !!

Did you know that since 1980, 27th September has been celebrated as World Tourism Day ? Well I didn't till my friend Neelmani from Wandering shoes mentioned it on FB and I googled to dig a little more into the facts... So wishing you all a very happy Tourism Day... and with those of you who are stuck at home like me and are making travel plans for the forth coming holidays.... I would like to share some photographs of our first travelling venture with Pradyot ...

when Pradyot was 4 months old, Nishi got invited to attend a meeting at University of Utah. Unwilling to stay by myself with our little boy, we piled along.... and I am so glad that we did. for the campus of University of Utah is breathtakingly gorgeous and with the Utah weather particularly kind on us, we had the first wonderful vacation as a family of three..

In all, we stayed in SLC for 4 days. we put up in the university guest house for the first three and a half days. there, while Nishi was busy with the academic chores, Pradyot and I followed almost the same routine each day. A early leisurely breakfast in the dining place overlooking the Salt Lake city valley... followed by a morning stroll along the Fort Douglas Blvd, before the fresh air soothed Pradyot to his morning nap... then a light lunch... and some more strolling and mother-son-mirror-photo-sessions... while we waited for Nishi to join us for our evening stroll and a snacky dinner.

On our last day in the city, half way through the day, we moved from the campus to Hyatt Place in Downtown Salt Lake City. Ours was a nice cozy hotel room with a view of the snow capped Wasatch mountains.

it was there that daddy and son finally got to catch up with some vacation time before mamma roped them both in for some window shopping at the Gateway Mall.

The mall was within walking distance from our hotel and since it was my first big outing in a long time, that afternoon, i spent an obscene amount of time wandering about the streets.... trying out previously unexplored cuisines and window shopping in all the exquisite stores that i hadn't been to before...

also for keepsake, the basketball fan in Nishi insisted that we take pictures of us with the Utah Jazz as the backdrop :)

and it should obviously be noted here that that afternoon i was able to wander at my heart's content for our baby boy decided that he needed a long nap and let his mamma and bappa be.....

So ThanK YoU baby boy for being such a darling all along.... and making our first vacation together so lovely, enjoyable and special !!

7.8.12

Our first Camping party...

the other Saturday when we got invited to Madison/Pittsburgh S.E KOA campground to celebrate Archana's birthday... we were a little hesitant wheather to say yes or no... rains were predicted and we weren't sure if it would be a good idea to drag Pradyot out into swampy grounds on such a day... but i have never camped in all my life and was really curious about the whole thing... so we finally decided to go..... and i am so glad that we went.... we really had a good time there...

Archana with little Lenna..

even though Pradyot had skipped his afternoon nap that day ... enthused by the whole setup he was all happy and cheery. he made new friends, engaged with the elders in little peek-a-boo games... and even finished his dinner without much fuss. I think Little Lenna had a lot to do with P's cheerfulness. she kept planting little kisses on our baby and even offered him some potato chips which made our boy very happy...

Nishi and I also made a lot of new friends and were glad that we had not gone with our initial instincts..

There was a lot of food, chess and chatting ....

and a whole lot of amazing people around which made the evening so pleasant... inspite of all the heat and humidity...

in all it was a fun evening which finally wrapped up with hula hooping by a pretty lady (who was camping on the adjacent grounds with her family) and a much awaited shower which prompted us to pack up quickly and drive home before it was too late...

KOA camping grounds, Pittsburgh, 7/15/2012

29.3.12

spring so far....

spring made a fleeting visit last week before winter decided to take charge of the weather-affairs again...

so two little collages and 2 photographs are all that we managed to preserve of this spring so far....

dear spring, we hope to see more of you in the weeks ahead... please come back soon .
yours admiringly....t

8.3.12

Ferberizing

for the third night in a row.... mommy has had to wake up in one hour intervals (read literally stayed awake) so that baby could sleep. the little dude doesn't mind sleeping in mommy's lap... but nothing less will do.

so today i searched online for sleep training guidelines... and it appears that Ferberizing is the way to go... so cry it out dude.... and while mommy learns to hold herself back ... you'll learn to drift to la... la... land....

update (3.10.2012): it probably would have worked if i kept at it a little longer... but could not let baby cry it out alone... so i am back to being the cuddly mommy again....

6.3.12

baby & us

hi !! how have you been ? the three of us..... baby, nishi and i have been really busy... nishi had deadlines to meet... i have had baby to cuddle and take care of ... and baby had been busy practising and perfecting the art of rolling over and eating his toes :) Pradyot has also begun to enjoy the rhythm of a handful of nursery rhymes that i keep singing to him... so the past week was filled with a lot of sing-song baby-mommy time ..... and lot of giggly baby-daddy ticklefests :)

and here are some of the more endearing moments from the past week......