Vaccinations- II

Today Vivek went to the doctor for his four month appointment and to get his second set of shots. One oral and three injections. Vivek did well. He cried a little bit but not too much. I was really impressed. Our boy is growing up. Vivek weighs 14 pounds and 5.4 oz.and 24 1/2 inches long. He is in the 50th percentile on weight and height and in the 75th percentile for his head. Such a big boy!
Doctor said he looks good and will be ready for solids when he is 6 months. Wow.
Vivek was himself most of the day but did get a little fussy in the evening. I just spend the day with Vivek carrying him all the time. My poor muchkin.
His next well baby checkup is in December.

Chicago Day 1

We got up by about 6:3o am. Yes... even on a holiday. Thanks to Vivek. Did I mention that he is a early riser. He wakes up between 6- 6:30 am everyday!!! We did try to sleep in but no such luck. We got dressed and headed down to the restaurant for breakfast. Had an eggcellent breakfast and set out to explore downtown Chicago. It was a glorious day. Temp were 20 degrees above normal for this part of the year. Which was great because we could get out.
We walked thru Madison Ave toward Michigan Ave. On the way we stopped at St Peter's Cathedral - a Catholic church. A very modernistic and beautiful church. We spent a few moments there, also got to talk to the priest there. At Michigan Ave we went to the Lego store. Yes... I know Vivek is too young for Legos but not his parents!!! We had a blast there and we did pick up some thing for Vivek which he will get to open when he is 2 yrs old!!! Here is a picture at the store.



Vivek did fabulous all thru our walk. He slept most of the time. We grabbed some lunch. Great choices in big cities for vegetarians. Ha.. glad we didnot have to survive on subway sandwiches. On our way back we met our friend Ashwin... he works at the Sears towers which was about 5 blocks from our hotel. We had coffee in a swanky Italian coffee shop. Vivek got to meet Ashwin. in is an old friend. I know him from my college days. We did German together. And he also lived in Toronto while we were there. Now of course he and his family are in Chicago. We will get to see them soon. After coffee we headed back to the hotel and rested for an hour since we had to go to a friends place for dinner.


We had to be ready by 6pm since our host was coming by to pick us up. We were up and ready much before. Did I mention that we were in Chicago because Raghu had a conference? And the conference begins tomorrow... Friday.The hotel we are staying in also happens to be the conference hotel because of the proximity to the De Paul Centre where conference is being held. While we were getting ready we got a call from a dear friend Josh- another mathematician. He arrived for the conference and was staying at the same hotel!!! So Raghu and Vivek headed down to the lobby to meet him. Josh got to see Vivek for the first time. Josh has a son who is about 8 month. The second gen mathematicians!!!
We spent a few minutes chatting with Josh and then left for dinner. We had a great dinner. Authentic South Indian food. Yum!!!! I miss home!!!!
We got back to the hotel pretty late by about 11 pm. Raghu needs his sleep as he has to be at the conference centre by 7 am. I am glad I don't have to be up so early!!! Well right now I am sleepy. More tomorrow.

Chicago here we come

The Raghurams headed for Chicago on Wednesday. First family vacation and Vivek's first plane ride. A lot of firsts. Excitement galore.

Our flight was out of Tulsa Airport at 5 pm. We left Stillwater at 2pm. It is a 90 min ride to the airport. We made it well in time tothe airport. Raghu got home after teaching and then we loaded the car and off we were. Vivek did really well in the car. He slept thru the ride. What a sweetheart!!!

Here is a picture of us at the Tulsa airport.

The flight to Chicago was not full so the air hostess let us sit with the car seat ... we had three seats. We reached Chicago O Hare close to 7 pm. Vivek was amazing all thru the flight. He slept!!! We took an Airport Shuttle to our Hotel downtown. We are staying at The Crowne Plaza located in Greektown. By the time we got to the hotel we were dead tired. We washed up and headed down to Greektown for dinner. We grabbed a couple of rolls and some Greek salad. Too tired to eat out in a restaurant. The rooms were comfortable and we decided to chill in front of the TV. Also a 24 hr grocery store - Dominicks was close by, we went there and picked up some fruits... just to eat healthy:)

The conference starts only on Friday so Raghu had a free day with family before work takes over. Oh Yeah... we are in Chicago because Raghu has a two day conference. Math of course.

Well sleep time... more tomorrow.