17 March 2013

In her cute little pig tails

It's such an irony of our lives that we do not remember much from our first couple of years which we spend with our parents when we are the most loved and cuddled. I think Riya will not remember these days either. But thank God the technology these days that we can capture moments of her childhood.and show them to her when she is older. I wish our parents could do it as well. That reminds me that our video camera is spoilt and I am having a hard time. We need to fix it soon or buy a new one.The videos I have of Riya are so close to my heart. I watch them frequently and it reminds me of the days when Riya was a tiny baby. She looks so big now. I am still amazed everyday and feel lucky that I am seeing her grow right in front of my eyes. I able to spend ample time with her if not all my time. One days she is going to be like 5 years old and I won't even know when and how she grew up so big. I really want this moment to freeze and I want to spend more time with Riya when she is this age. It is so beautiful when she learns new things and is excited about showing it to us. She loves appreciation and claps her hands happily when she thinks she has done something good. She expects us to clap and appreciate her and I never fail to do so.

It's been a miserable week with rain and it has been very cold. But Rajni and her kids visited us yesterday and Riya had a lovely time with them. She loved looking at Jai and Maya and watched them in awe at whatever they did and played with them.. It was first time until yesterday, that she skipped her afternoon nap.She very easily managed without her afternoon nap and was no trouble at all. We all walked to the park though it was very cold and the kids wanted to stay longer and play but we decided to come back early. Riya walked quite a bit in the park holding mine and Vaishakh's hand. It was fun. We met a very cute dog - Ruby and Riya was excited. She ran towards her and instantly wanted to touch the dog. She stroked Ruby on her back and touched her near her face. Ruby was very friendly too and allowed Riya and Maya to touch her. We had a nice but tiring day. Riya also had her first little accident outside the house last week. She fell in the park and a couple of drops of blood came from gums. She had hurt herself but she didn't cry a lot. She is a very strong girl. We braved the rain today as well and daddy and Riya went swimming for the second time. I missed it as I had finish off some other work at the shops. I kept thinking of Riya and missed being there badly. Apparently they had a lovely time and enjoyed. Vaishakh said Riya took some time in the beginning to settle in the water and then she had been fine. Kicking in the water and walking, running and playing.

Our little model in her swimwear ;)

We have been playing pretend cooking and eating almost whole of last week since we bought her a cooking set last weekend. To top it up Maya lent her play kitchen to Riya yesterday and now Riya is all the more excited. She has been cooking a lot since yesterday. She brings the spoon and feeds us whatever she has cooked. She is making funny sounds like 'chussss' , 'ssssshhhh' while washing and cooking food. I badly need a video camera to record these things. I don't want to miss capturing her first cooking moments and experiences :)..

9 March 2013

A woman becomes a mother not from the moment of a child's birth but from the moment she conceives her baby. She thinks and imagines things about her baby and cares for him or her right from the time when they are in her womb. She worries about every single movement and also worries when there is no movement of the baby in the womb. She knows her baby right from those days. Such is a relationship of a mother and a child. These thoughts came to my mind as tomorrow is Mother's Day and I just want to remember all the lovely moments I have spent with Riya so far. I went through some of the old photos and videos. They make me so happy and make me realise how much I have loved every moment of being a mother. It is the most beautiful feeling and the most beautiful relationship I have known. I am also happy that I share this relationship with my daughter and someday she will share this relationship with her children.. I can't imagine how some people cannot be happy with having a daughter. When Riya hugs me tight and gives me a tight kiss when I come back from work I feel blessed. I realise i have missed her so much all the time I have been at work and I know how much she has missed me too :).

Riya has just started being more and more demanding. She wants things to be her way and is starting to get angry and throw things to express her anger. She throws phones, remotes and whatever is in her hand. i have no idea where she has learnt this :). She has had another round of cold, cough and diarrhoea and she has managed well this time. Looks like she is building up her immunity. She was miserable for 2 days and then she slowly recovered.

A couple of Kannada words she has picked up are 'beda' and 'aithu' :). I try to get her to talk so many words but she is not very keen on learning to talk. She will do it when she wants to do it.

We went to ikea today to buy some things which we need for our home. When we went to the kids section there was a play area. We went there to pick up her cupboard and I took her to the play area while Vaishakh picked up other things for her room. She picked up a saucepan and a spoon from the kitchen in the play area and behaved like she was mixing something and cooking. And then she went and fed whatever she had made in her saucepan to the cuddly toys in the shop :). How clever is that for a 14 month old. She has probably learnt this cooking game in her nursery where they play cooking ands baking. Another game which she has learnt is to play in the sand at the park. She has had she share of having sand in her eyes but still she likes to play with it. We carry her bucket and spade to the park these days to playin the sand. We had a couple of sunny days last week when I and Riya spent good time at the park and she loved being there. She almost runs around everywhere in the park these days.

4 March 2013

When she slept every two hours and was awake for less time during the day I used to grow restless thinking when would I get to spend time with her but now I wish she sleeps a bit more during the day. From the moment she opens her eyes at 7 to when she goes back to bed at 8.30 her energy levels remain the same . When she could not move around when she was a baby I used to wonder when would start crawling and walking but now I wonder why can't she sit in one place for 10 seconds :).

I am very happy that I have cherished every moment with her all this time and have enjoyed every stage.

Riya is growing into one cute doll. She has now learnt to say 'Tetha tig' for 'peppa pig' and has started loving it. I am really surprised how children at such young age can connect to such cartoons. I had seen children addicted to these cartoons but could not understand how. It's just been a couple of days since she has seen it and she has already started loving it. As soon as she sees the iPad she starts making the pig sound and says 'tetha tig'. It's very tricky to keep these kids away from the gadgets and tv but it is very important so that they don't get hooked to it.

My doll is also growing into a daddy's girl :). I was expecting this to happen someday but not so soon ! Anyway there isn't much I can do about this. Girls will be daddy's girls either today or tomorrow ....