Reflections 2007

As every new year dawns, we tend to reflect on the year gone by. The year 2007 was filled with both happy moments to share and lonely/stressful times too. This year started with lots of anticipation and excitement of becoming a new parent. We waited day after day for the arrival of our little bundle of joy and she made her grand appearance on a snowy,windy day in the first week of February. The early days after her birth being particularly troublesome, the constant debates on bottle-feeding before 6 months, the sleepless nights seemed for ever. But things changed for the better after 3 months and the little princess slept blissfully through the night. Fast forward 32x to now and we have a hyperactive kid learning to explore the world around her, surprising us by a new activity each day.
As she approaches her first birthday, I cannot but wonder how days flew by and she grew up so fast. Her favorite game is to play rolling the ball. Well ,she does not know to roll the ball ,but can throw it towards me and I have to roll it back to her. Sometimes papa joins us and we play on and on until she's has had enough.
When we are busy with other jobs, she keeps herself occupied by pushing the dining chairs from one end to the other. At first, it is trying to get under the dining table to displace the chair from its position. then she carefully stands up holding on to the chair for support and walks by pushing the chair to the other end of the room. She then crawls back to bring the other chair.
We keep certain bedrooms closed in order to prevent her little hands from getting onto something that's not baby safe. But Aditi is so determined to get into that room. She pushes the door and gets into the room, while the door shuts behind her. After looking around in the room for a little while, she calls out for help to open the door and walks out of the room with pride. During these happy and proud moments for her, she claps vigorously to let us know of a job well done. Clapping usually happens when shes very happy - after a meal or when papa returns home, for he can give her undivided attention.
She tends to put her head to one side and smile at us when shes been naughty. Especially when she pulls the blinds or does something that she knows she should not be doing, she pulls her head to one side and gives a naughty smile.

She can now reach and press the buttons on the washing machine, try to turn the knob on the oven and tries to play with the buttons on the CD player.Its been a wonderful journey the past 10 odd months with her and wish that the new year brings many more joyous moments for her and us. I am excited about our trip to India in the first week of January to celebrate Aditi's first birthday and hence this blog may remain inactive for 6 weeks until we return.

Wishing you all a happy and funfilled New Year 2008.