Father's Day Celebration

Up until now I never did anything special on Father's day. However, since this year was special for us (R turned 3 and we got our little bundle of joy N) I thought it would be fun to do something and maybe even start a tradition. I ended up buying a hallmark voice recordable card after watching their TV commercial. I then spent a good 30 minutes trying to get R to say something nice. It was a fun-filled 30 minutes as he kept saying silly things to hear his own voice. I wanted to get him to simply say "I love you daddy". We ended up recording "I love you daddy, Good job Mommy ". For some reason he couldn't stop saying "Good job, Mommy". I thought it would be funny for daddy to hear that as well. I even managed to get R to write "Daddy" and sign his name on the insides of the card. In addition to the card I got a personalized frame saying 'You are the best Dad" with R and N's names embossed on it. On Father's day I made R give the gift bag to daddy and say
"Happy Father's Day !".

This year was also additionally special for me as my dad was spending time with us. We ended up spending the day in Napa valley where both the dad's did some wine tasting. All-in-all it was a memorable day and marked a good start to a tradition.

N gets angry !

For the past couple of days we noticed our baby N (who is almost 3 months now) getting angry ! Today in the morning grandma was putting him to sleep on her lap and she happened to sneeze. N was caught by surprise and he started crying loudly. I took him and managed to get him to stop crying. He, however, seemed to be pretty mad with her. He would start crying the moment he would see her. It was so funny to see his expressions change on seeing her. It took him a nap to forget what had happened. I guess we are going to see more such incidents in the coming days.

R gets potty trained !

I thought I would never get to say this ! Up until last week we did not really try very much with R. We decided to not even try until N turns 2 months. Last week we kept him at home and did pretty much a bootcamp with him. The first 3 days it looked like it would take us months to get him anywhere :). The fourth day however things changed completely and by the end of the week he was done with his diapers. It almost seems too good to be true !

Truth be said I had been looking forward to this milestone. I was hoping we wouldn't be in a phase where we would have to change the diapers of 2 kids :). Anyways, all said and done, R did a great job and I have never been so proud of him.

R Bloopers : Episode 2

Standup Comedian

The other day R and I were reading One fish two fish red fish blue fish by dr. seuss. After reading a few pages we came across Old fish and New fish. R immediately said "Old Fish - Grandpa, New fish - Baby N". After saying that he started rolling with laughter and I couldn't help but simply join-in the madness. When he finally stopped laughing he said "I am funny, Mommy" :) !

Food Choices

Since I am at home now I have been trying new things for R. He has mostly been receptive about the different food choices. However, the other day we gave him some green lentils with tomatoes. He looked at it and said "Mommy, this looks terrible". For a minute I didn't realize what happened or rather didn't want to acknowledge that he said that :). So I asked him what happened and he repeated "Mommy, this looks terrible." I was really amused and just tried to control my laughter.

R Bloopers : Episode 1

Are you happy, Mommy ?

Today I had a very interesting conversation with R. We have been potty training R this week. I had been tired because of our numerous bathroom trips. R sensed something was wrong and during one of our trips asked me: "Are you happy, Mommy ?". I was a little surprised at the question and just responded "No, I am not happy". I figured he was just saying one of the phrases that he picked up at the daycare. However, he immediately said "Please don't be sad, Mommy. Please don't be sad, Mommy. I will do my poo-poo and pee-pee on the potty, Mommy. Please be happy, Mommy". My heart melted and I just gave him a hug. He cheered up immediately and declared "Mommy is happy !". The conversation was enough to take me through the rest of the day :). It is truely amazing at how kids sense and pick up these things.

The First Smile

Last week was a special week for me. Our little baby N started smiling. He has been smiling randomly since the first couple of weeks. However, since last week he started smiling when I would come near him and talk to him. He also smiles when I whistle and of course when his favorite grandma takes him and chats with him. Things have suddenly become fun - we now look forward to N staying awake and playing with him. We are now looking forward to his other milestones !