Naming Ceremon +Birthday Greeting--for archiving

Naming Ceremony:

We had Akshaj's naming ceremony little late as we wanted to be sure that he will be able to sit through it ...and then there was so much confusion on the appropriate day to do it ..but finally we did manage to it and it went off just fine with Akshaj sleeping all though the post ceremony party (which was on next day)

Birthday:

What to say ..still can't believe he is one ..

Hello Akki

Hello my baby,
Thanks for being there and filling our life with joy and happiness in a way only you could have done.Making our already imperfect life totally unmanageable yet so totally fun and complete.

With love,
Mama

Crossed the '1' milestone !!

Well..well ..well...keep adding one day and 365 days over and my little frail baby with all tubes over his body becomes a vibrant full of life toddler...
The first thing which I remember while writing this post is my baby's face when he was born ...at that time I thought how can such a beautiful baby be mine ...he was just perfect ...and then he was taken to ICU and I still regret why I didn't take snap of him at that time ...since after that for next 13 days I could only see him with tubes over his body ...and under bright light(put because of jaundice)...but he was there sleeping peacefully unaware of the things going around him..

And this has been how he has been thought this one year always smiling ...I cannot say he troubled me anytime ..nor he gave me any chance for to tell stories of long sleepless nights(except maybe for starting 1 month)...he has only 2 enemies --cold and lots of gas in his stomach ..but still he would keep on smiling even through his worst enemies -- cold and gasthem ...he would cry for just 5-10 minutes and then he would be himself again...I would fear will this phase be over and he would become fussy like the horror stories I have heard but no...as days passed he become more and more playful ...now he is just a personification of naughtiness ..there is not one minute he can sit still..

Working for last 4 years it was my dream to take as long a leave possible when my baby would be born...so for full 9 months(yes the positive side of him arriving early was that I didn't even waste 1 day of my leave ) ...after my delivery I was with him 24X7...and with papa at office we had a great time together ....those were the best 9 months ...then as time to join back office came there were all those worries will he be comfortable without me around ...will he cry ...but he took to my in-laws very comfortably ...so much that he has become a 'poonch' of his dadaji as I put it ..following him anywhere he goes ...he even prefers sitting in front of bathroom for 1 hour if he has gone there over anything else...

He got one step further in keeping us at ease as he goes with anybody ...he doesn't have any stranger anxiety ..he just needs 5 minutes and then he wants all the attention of the guest who have come ..it can be ever "ironwale","maid","delivery boy" ..it doesn't matter ..all are his friends

For rest of the progress I don't know if I should be happy or sad ...since whatever he does he will never do if I ask him ..and will learn nothing from me ...looks like I cannot make him do anything(if this trend continues I am sure I will have lots to worry about )....but then he has learned a few things ....though learning is not in his agenda...

most of the things he has learnt all by himself when he wanted to ...like clapping ..off course he will not clap if we ask him..but if he likes something he will clap....he can dance also by moving his bums up and down ....and can stand if put to standing position ...just sing one item number with lots of beat in it ..he has learnt to open the door and run out ..to hold anybody's clothes the moment they get dressed to go out ...he has started making sounds like gundaas ..."aey"..and he has become expect on a child's best weapon... crying which he does uncontrollably if he doesn't get anything like mama's spects ..mobiles ...cameras etc...he even cries if he doesn't get the amount of attention he wants from anybody...OMG ...there I have started cribbing about his bad habits when I thought one year post to be all goody goody ..

I can go on and on ...but all I want to say is ...

This past one year has just come and gone ...and changed our lives in profound way...it has helped us to stop and notice the small things with him...seeing how a baby evolves and sees the world around him,understands it ,with each day a new discovery and a life giving new colours and meaning to daily cacophony
And we all just love this precious gift we got !!

I year 1 day old ...first activity

Yes finally ,my boy wonder is no longer a baby ...which he never thought of himself anyway...Will update on the happening on the special day after some time..but this is the first things he did after turning mature(so to say)...

He opened a jar of pickle takes out the spoon and happily ate it ....that too from below the dining table so that nobody can find him....all this in just 4-5 min we were all away from him.What is so surprising in it he loves to make things fall ..but in this case he nicely opened the jar and was calmly licking the pickle !!

This is one photo of caught in the act (couldn't take better one as was scared of pickle stains over my chair)

khata khula ..

Finally ..Akshaj got his first teeth ...and if u look closely in the photo u will be able to see it as well..

JanaamVaar (Birthday --Hindi Calender)

We generally celebrate 2 birthdays according to our customs ..one is according to Hindu calender and another is by English calender....Akshaj's birthday according to Hindu calender was on 15th July...
It started with little pooja followed by Haldi ceremony (Haldi mixed with til) for him....then he had his bath ..after which was followed by a pooja --we have "markandeya pooja" for birthday..was was heartening to see was he sat through 1.5 pooja without unease.. here are some of the fond memories..

he was totally engrossed in pooja and was seeing it carefully...he even took active part by ringing the bell ..(he loves mandir and pooja anyway..anytime he hears ringing of bells in pooja he will go there running and takes the bell and rings it himself) he even danced on aarati...

pooja over ..time for kalava ...and the prasadam...he got banana which he loves to eat ...he did get a little greedy as he took one with about half his size :-)taking blessings of dadu...finally some rest ...after so much of work one well well deserved one ..

Bad Weekend..

This post is little delayed but still worth mentioning..
Last week was a terrible weekend for us and Akki ...
First of all we came early on Friday and seeing us he got so hyperactive ..that while sitting he started jumping and fell backward flat on the ground...
Then on Saturday while playing with his papa his face collided with papa's head and blood started to come out of his teeth(at last one is coming ) ...
And the worst was that inadvertently his hand got burned with diya...

But what was so heartening was that he just forgot about these incidents just in 1 minute after happening ..even with diya once we gave him water to play with he happily started to play with it ...and then slept off ..next day even with a boil he never cried once ...
I wish I could have some of his endurance to live through all his falls and mishaps without guilt!!