Four Months Old!

Vivek is four months old today! We just cannot believe it. Life has been one exciting ride even since Vivek made his debut.

He is very interactive now. He loves to sit up with help and look around. His world has gotten a whole lot exciting. He grabs at things and loves to stick them into his mouth. He loves to "talk" to us and we have a lot of pleasant conversations:) aah goooo... krriiii.... eehhh..

He sleeps well most of the nights, usually waking up once at least for a feed. Overall he is a happy child.

The weekend was a busy one. We spend most of it cleaning house and yard work. I made some briyani. It was absolutely lip smacking. I will post the recipe soon.

Sunday - Funday.

Raghu left this morning to Michigan. He is back on Tuesday. He left at 8 am. And about 11 am a friend dropped by to spend the day with me and Vivek. It was so good to see L. She had visited us in the hospital the day after Vivek was born and had not seen him after that. We had a good visit. It is always a pleasure to see good friends.
I made some Indian sweet( kesari baath) and had some Indian snacks to keep us fortified.
After L left Vivek and I had a nap. Then it was bath time for Vivek. He loves having a bath. He is so relaxed and peaceful while having the bath. Once you get him out of the tub he starts to cry. He just doesn't like for his bath time to end. Giving Vivek a bath is Dad's job. It is father and son bonding time. Since dad is away mum had to step in. It was fun to play with Vivek in the water. I am looking forward to swimming already.

Blues Friday

It has been a very busy Friday for us. Normally it is not this way at all. We met a friend for coffee. Spent an hr catching up with her. She is so busy this semester with her teaching and related activities that it has been so difficult to get together. We came home after coffee. Vivek took a nap and then we headed to Purnima's house for Haldi kumkum. Today happens to be Gowri puja so a few ladies here had Haldi kumkum at their place. I decided to go and pay a visit along with Vivek since dad was still at work and had a busy day. Vivek did well for the most part but then got a little cranky since all this socialising was eating into his nap time. We had to cut our visit short and head back home. After a nice nap and dinner we decided to check out the Stillwater Blues festival. It is an annual festival and this is the 10th year. We were unable to attend the festival last year. We spent more than hour at the outdoor festival listening to some good music. Vivek was so good. The loud music didnot seem to bother him. I think he is going to be a rock star!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was a cold nite so we had to bundle up our little bundle of joy. Oh it is fall.
We headed home by 9pm late by standards! Yes, standards change once you have a baby:)Once we got home Vivek had no trouble sleeping. Such a sweet boy. All of us were exhausted.

Oh Yeah, I made some fabulous besan ladoo on the eve of Ganesh Chathurthi. Unfortunately I didnot take a picture