Three years old

My pumpkin is three years old! She is beautiful, smart, loving and super super naughty. We love her to the core! It's hard to really write down how I feel! She drives me the craziest at times, makes me want to hold her close at other times! What can I say, she has me twirled around her fingers for sure 😊.

I hope life is good to her and we are able to keep her as happy as possible. Please God, take care of her! 

A beautiful Christmas

My daughter is 2.5 years old. She is beautiful, smart, naughty, funny! She is just what every mother would want. She is my little helper, and so good at what she does! One of her favorite activity is cleaning, and she does it so well! My husband says "I am not surprised" :). Infact she loves to do almost anything. Cars, trains, stuffed animals, fairies & ballerinas, puzzles, books, blocks, crafts, painting! You name it. 

We had a beautiful Christmas this year. And my daughter is the happiest I think. Breakfast with the princesses & Olaf, Nutcracker Ballet, Trip to Essex for a ride on a steam train, Making all types of crafts every afternoon, baking, Christmas tree and lights, carols and..presents! Lots of them. Train set, train engines, rocking chair, ballerina step stool, princess costume, Thomas book, blocks, goldilocks house, bowling set! Yeah toys for a lifetime :). 

The happiness in her face is all that I want to see! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. 

Good morning

Eight am and I am the only one awake! First time in 2.5 yrs!

Aren't we moms crazy!

What can I say except that I am a crazy mom. I spend the whole day with my daughter, listening to her non-stop chatter, answering her zillions of questions, making her favorite meals, cleaning up her toys, scolding her for being super naughty and finally tucking her in bed with a sigh of relief. And then I go back in the night to her room, risking the chance of waking her up, just to see her for few seconds :). Am I not crazy to miss her! Sigh! Moms!

Clean house, happy me

Yeah, the secret to a happy me is a clean house :). And that's what I did yesterday. Cleaned, scrubed and shone my house until it sparkled. Well almost! 

Made a seperate play area for my little one in the dining room to give her some extra space. Boxed a lot of unwanted things and organized it in the basement. Made a place to keep my stuff and my  little one's too. So now
everything has a place of its own :).  

Pretty neat job if I may say so myself :)

Road to Hana

On Day 4 we decided to take the road to Hana, the beautiful tropical forest of Hawaii. This road that runs thru the eastern coastline of Maui gave us spectacular views of the pacific ocean, lush forests, zillions of waterfalls and black sand beaches. 

The road itself is about 52 miles but has about 620 curves and 59 bridges most of which are one lane bridges. Hubby, ofcourse, decided to do the drive. 

Our first stop was at this lovely town of Paia where we had our breakfast - yummy crepes!  And carried some not so yummy lunch that we realized later :). We then stopped at the Garden of Eden. This is a beautiful botanical garden and arboretum. We saw plants and trees that I have never seen before. It wasn't really easy to push the stroller along with my little one. So we carried her around. There were beautiful views of the ocean. We stopped at Keopuka rock of the Jurassic park. This was spectacular! We then got lost a little bit :), saw a waterfall and headed back to Hana. 

Enroute we stopped at a couple of other spots all with unbelievable views of the ocean. 

Our next stop was at the black sand beach and yes the sand is really black! We were all pretty tired and decided not to go down the beach. But enjoyed unforgetful views of the beach. 

Hubby dear decided he was game for driving back home the same day. So instead of going to Hana we went back home. 

Other than Florida keys this is probably the best drive in this country!

My trip to Hawaii

My first real holiday with my little one and hubby, and this is one memory I want to cherish. 

We took a ten hour flight yesterday to Honolulu in the island of Oahu. And a 30 minute flight to our destination Maui. My little one did amazingly well in the flight. She was tired of course but held herself pretty well during the journey. This was probably her longest day so far as she had woken up at 5.45 in the morning and   went to bed at 2 am next day with little naps in between. 

Our flight landed right into a tropical storm which welcomed us with rain and wind :). We had an adventurous ride along the beautiful coast line with heavy rain and sting winds lashing at us. 

We rode thru Lahaina into the Kaanapali area. Our resort, Honua Kai, is beautiful. Our rooms are modern and new with all amenities. We have beautiful view of the mountains. Very pleased with our choice we are :). 

Was hoping my little one would sleep thru the night which she did but spent the second half of the night on top of me :). It was a lovely feeling of course having her next to me after so many months :)

This morning we decided to explore the beach first thing! It was beautiful. My little one thoroughly enjoyed herself in the sea. She was so comfortable, jumping on the waves and playing with the sand. It took a lot of convincing to get her back to the room. We lazed around the room, ate lunch and went down to the whaler's market. We did some souvenir shopping and got back to the room with some late lunch. 

Hubby dear and baby dear were pretty tired. After tucking my little one in her bed I went to Duke's to get some dinner. The place was happening of course. I walked done the boardwalk to the ocean. It was a spectacular sight with the sun having just set. A beautiful cool breeze and absolutely no humidity. Perfect weather I must say!

I came back to the room and hubby and I enjoyed our delicious food on the lanai. Hubby dear is in bed now as I finish off my memoirs for the day :). 

This is probably my favorite holiday so far!

God, protect my baby please

My heart goes out to all the parents who lost their precious little ones today in Sandy Hook.

God please take care of my little one. Please protect her the way you did me all these years.

And we can crawl now

My baby has been moving for a long time now but it has been backwards always :-). Now she is crawling forward. I hide behind the wall and say Amma kaanum. She will cry and lunge and move forward to get a glimpse of me :-). She has also been pulling herself up and can climb on me as well :-). This is such a beautiful stage. I can't wait to hear her call me Amma. :-).

My little one has an ear infection :-(. Hopefully she will get better soon. Love you precious.

That beautiful smile

I have never been so happy in my life. I feel blessed and thank God for giving me this little bundle of joy. The smile and happiness in her face, when she sees me, I will cherish all my life. Her face lights up when I enter the room :-). And a beaming smile follows it :-). I don't know how she and I will be when she grows up. But I will always remember this day, when I am her sun and moon and star. I love you my precious.

I am sorry little one.

Today was terrible. I clipped my baby's skin while cutting her nails. It bled quite a bit. My little one wasn't in too much pain. But it was probably the worst day in my life. Sorry Chinni. Please forgive me.

Am I losing it?

I don't know. Am I losing it? My only happiness is my little baby. Other than that I don't seem to have any interest. Am I alright? I am tired. I want to sleep. Sleep for a long time.

Seven months now

It's hard for me to talk about my little one to anybody. I hear many momies saying endless things about their baby. I sometime feel like sharing, but then hold back. It's just too hard. Maybe I am superstitious. I don't know.

My little one seems to be having this special bond with me these days. She does things to see if I react. It's just so amazing. She is rolling so much now. Can turn herself all over the place. She is growing up.

We are going to celebrate our first Diwali with her on Tuesday. Am all excited :-)

My baby's Lullaby

This afternoon while I was trying to make my little seven month old brat sleep I realized she still prefers her itzy bitzy lullaby. She was crying for about 20 mins and I was getting doubtful if she would sleep at all. I then hummed the song to calm her down. Within few mins she rested her head and stayed quite. I stopped humming and she lifted her head, smacked my face and cried. I sang again, she fell quite and fell fast asleep :-). I was so touched. Glad this song can calm my baby and help her sleep peacefully. God bless her for ever.

Motherhood!

Motherhood is beautiful. And I am so happy I have my little baby. It's very hard for me to tell anyone how I feel about her. She is beautiful and simply adorable. I am cherishing every minute I spend with her. I am scared to think of the day when she will leave me to start her own life. No. I don't want to think about it :-).

She has this special smile, which brightens my heart and I feel warm all over. She plays these little games with me, especially when I hold her in the Bjorne and she is ready to sleep. She will look up, wait for me to kiss her, look away. She will look up again, steal a kiss and look away. She will do it again and again.

It's heart warming to see her look at me with expectations and so trustingly. I hope I am always there for her, take the right decision and guide her to happiness.

I love you the most my little one. You make me proud :-)

Happy b'day and happy anniversary hubby :-)

This is my favorite time of the year, the labor day weekend which typically coincides with my husband's b'day and our anniversary.

The last two years we have been out traveling and visiting new places. This year we decided to take it easy coz of the new house. But we managed to have a fun weekend.

I baked a cake for hubby and gifted him brookstone's feet massager. He wasn't expecting it and was so thrilled. Also got him a mushy card :-). My hubby gifted me a lovely jewelry case. I so love it :-))).

On Saturday we went to the Bear mountain state park in New York. It was an hour away from Danbury. The drive itself wasn't too spectacular. But as we reached the mountains and drove up, the views were truly worth it.

Bear mountain is located on the Western bank of the Hudson river. Being a weekend the park was crowded. We found parking easily though and walked up to the picnic area. We sat on the banks of the scenic Hessian lake. Had a good time but then it got so hot that we came running back home.

Anniversary day was lovely too. It was my little one's maiden trip to New York city. We went by train so the trip was very peaceful. Hubby and I lunched at Mario Batali's Eately on 5th avenue. The market has some amazing food and I just managed to stop myself from shopping :-). They had an exclusive vegetarian restaurant and we had this amazing gnocchi cake and fresh mozzarella sandwich with minestrone soup. Had a lovely lovely day.

Looking forward to a lovely year ahead.

My little sis went back home

My little sis went back home yesterday. Think I had the best ever time with her in ages. I miss her already.

Sat up on her own

My little one surprised me last night by sitting up on her own. It happened first on my lap, when she held my finger and pulled herself up.

But later while she was on her rocker she just sat up for a second. Hubby and I were shocked for a second :-). I am so proud of her (as always :-))

TV giggles

Little one peeks at the TV-Seinfeld and starts giggling.

A Prayer

As I see my little one sleeping peacefully, I pray to God to give her the best of everything in life.