The little drama

A whimpering sound got me up and I saw thambi slowly moving about in hunger. He was still asleep. I had put him on our bed last night as he was a bit cold in his and sleeping fitfully (what the heck, I just wanted a reason to have him close ). I fed him and put him back. It was time to get up as I had to be in office early.  Having piled pillows around thambi I sneakily climbed down the bed least I wake the father or son snoring away to glory. After a quick shower, I come out quietly and thambi starts whimpering again. He has somehow felt that I was not around. The father tries to pat him to sleep, but the little one is more accustomed to the mother’s touch. So he lets out a bawl and announces to the world his preference. I was already running late. So I just go pat him, but now, he is fully awake. So I carry him out and try to pacify him. Once he is fine, I give him to the maid and move a step. The said wail is back and I hurriedly carry him again. Then, I slowly take my bag and wear my shoes and move towards the door. He is pretty excited. Now to act our piece… The maid opens the door and goes out. The little imp is excited and jumps to her. Then I go out and she carries him around a bit and quickly goes into the house before I enter the lift.  The little one searches for his mom, but since he is not able to see her, he forgets about it. He sees a toy and is fairly distracted by it. After a while, he is happy and tired and goes back to sleep peacefully.

I can crawl – Thambi

I have started crawling on all four from 30th May 2008. I did try my level best to show off this skill when I was in India, but I still had to master the art of moving my hands once I got to the kneeling position. Somehow my mind always instructed me to stand up, when I tried to move forward. It was a bit disconcerting as I had to balance by touching the ground with my hands. This made me look funny. I didn’t give up though. As a trade off, I learnt to sit and stand by myself.  To stand up, I had to climb over whoever was nearby or hold on to the chair, table… Once I even tried to stand up holding on to a strand of hair.

BTW, these are nothing when compared to the way my mom laughs when I crawl. She says I look like a small elephant (thou not in size). Its just that I’m a bit cautious. You don’t want accidents right? I amble along making sure that my right leg follows the left hand, which is then followed by the right hand and left leg. If I’m unsure, I immediately sit down. Hey, my mom is mighty proud of the fact that I try my best when I have to move forward really fast. I seldom resort to the army style tummy crawl which I used to do earlier.  I am pretty apt at it. Can move from a room to the other within seconds. As with any of my achievements, the mom has managed to record this too. Wonder when she would start editing these and passing it to the others. I hope she doesn’t wait for me to do it, you see, one cant blow one’s own trumpet!!!

Tables Turned

Pappa took a lesson on washing hands. This was a session on how to wash your hands after visiting the toilet.

As told by pappa:

You go to the toilet, pull down your pants, finish your job and pull up your pants. Then you go to the wash basin and wet your hands. Then press the soap dispenser lightly and get a blob of soap on your palms. See, you should get it in the middle of your palm. Then you rub your hands to form bubbles.  Put the fingers of your right hand together and rub it on your left palm. Then rub the back of your hand. Do the same in the opposite hand. Then intervene both the hands and rub in-between your fingers. Then clean your wrists. Now wash with water. Ensure all the soap is washed away. Then pull a tissue and wipe your hands. First the left palm and then the back of your hand followed by the right palm and the back of the hand. You shouldn’t throw the tissue as such into the bin. Roll it into a ball and then throw it into the bin.

WYSWYG

Thambi has started imitating the others around him. He tries to repeat words like  ‘thathatha..papapapa’. Yesterday he clapped his hands when we clapped. About a couple of days back, he started holding out his hands to be shaken when we said “hello”. For the past few days, he has been saying ‘bye bye’.

I can sit

Yesterday thambi sat up by himself for the first time. I had placed him on the bed to change his diaper and he pushed with his elbows and was up within mins. The funny part was his toppling over head first after he had sat for 3 secs!!!

 PS: Looks like thambi wants to reach each milestones only when Mummy is around…a pretty happy mummy at that!!!

Birthstory – Pappa (part I)

I knew I was with pappa on 12 May 2003. It was the day that we confirmed it using home pregnancy kit. We had our suspensions earlier on, but this was the day it was confirmed with proof. Initially it was only between the two of us. Then, my sis who is privy to all my secrets, asked if there was any special news…just like that on the same day that we had confirmed. I take this as our special connection . So I informed her and my mom.

A couple of days later, my co-sis R asked if there was anything special. We were living together and I think she guessed something was brewing. So, now my family and H’s family were aware of the good news. We decided to wait until we visited the doctor to inform the others.

Then, as luck would have it, my close friend D, called me on my birthday and excitedly exclaimed that she was expecting. So, now, with such a news you can’t keep quiet right? So out came the news from my side too and we were literally jumping up and down as our due dates were almost the same. A connection of sorts was formed across the globe.  Exactly two weeks later, we came to know that another friend in our group was also expecting and her due date was also around the same time.  This was fantastic. Now we formed a small group within our group – the expecting mummy’s group and regularly updated each other about each and every nuances.

This is me – PnT’s mom

Now that the kids are done with their intro, its time for me to hog the space. I’m the mommy of the two. This is going to be something for them to read when they are big. For the next few posts, it would just be updates on Pappa based on the mails I had sent my siblings about her. Posts referring to the current activities might appear from time to time.

This is me – Thambi

I’m Thambi. The kiddo in the family. I saw this world on Sept 20th and am currently in a love-hate relationship with it. My sis says I resemble her as she is the one who prayed to God and got me into this world. I secretly think I have my own face. lol. I love to smile and mostly seen with a beautiful curve on the face. I cry sometimes to just satisfy my mom. You see, the other day, she was telling my grandma that she likes to see my face twinge and lips wobble, before I put the most pathetic expression.

This is me – Pappa

Born on the last day of the year, I am the first girl baby in the household. And what an excitement it was for everyone. Some of my great aunts had told my mom that they wouldn’t even come and visit her, if it was not a girl. My paternal grandfather was so overjoyed to hear that it was a girl, that he wanted to come see me immediately. In all the joy and celebrations, there was one little soul who felt sad that it was a girl. He had wanted a boy so he could have him in his team when playing cricket. He had also had a bet with his cousins that it would be a boy. So when he found that it was a girl, he was almost in tears. This was my cousin. But now, he loves me to no ends. It is also the same person with whom I fight a lot..

Hi there!

A memory of our growing up together. For now, mummy is going to be the sole contributor. Once we grow up, we will be taking over.

– Pappa and Thambi