How the Munchkin’s Mom got her groove back…

Today, it is exactly a year since we moved to this country . A helluva lot has changed since then. Last year the girl who came here was an angry wife,an exhausted first time Mom and a frustrated woman. She considered the move here completely wrong for her in the lifestyle it would force [...]

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Hallelujah!

We are officially done with teething here. The Munchkin has sprouted his last pearly white at 17 months. The sole remaining reason for getting up at night for the baby is gone. Now for some sweet uninterrupted sleep. …aaah!

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Celebrations- twice over

Go here for a belated but hilarious account of how we spent Ganesh Chaturthi.
Here’s the Munchkin in full traditional garb:-

I couldn’t peel my eyes off my son as I thought he looked extremely handsome and edible at the same time. “Mera beta“, I thought, chest puffed up and all.
In the same week, we got another [...]

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The year gone by..

So it was my birthday the day before and I turned 27 years old. Hey, shouldn’t I be turning 26, I wondered? That’s because my 26th year zoomed by so fast that I didn’t have the time to even comprehend that I had turned a year older. The past year has probably been the most [...]

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Another birthday and the making of a new Calvin

My life has been super busy the past 10 days or so. May started with a bang with the Husband’s birthday celebrations. He turned 29, and is at the  “base of the hill” as he refers to it.We had planned to have a barbecue party but unfortunately for us , the latest weather report predicted [...]

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A party to remember..

The Munchkin’s birth day dawned bright and sunny-  just like him
We held a birthday party for him in the evening. The day before, we decorated the house with balloons and streamers.The Munchkin doubled the time it took us for this by running away with all the streamers till we were so frustrated we [...]

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Happy First Birthday Munchkin!!

My dearest darling son,
A very happy first birthday to you!  As I write this today, my mind can’t help but wander to  the same day last year when you entered our lives and forever changed the way I feel and look at the world. I look at how you have grown from a tiny little [...]

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Almost there

Lots of thinga have been happening in the World of Munchkin these past few weeks.
To begin with, he turned 11 months old young. I baked a cake for him with icing and all.

The colorful squiggles you see on them are the artistically challenged Munchkins Dad’s attempts at decoration. I felt a twinge of sadness too [...]

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Hear ye,hear all..

..My son is walking!!!
Little Munchkin started walking all by himself on 22nd Feb 2009. He also turned exactly 10 moths old yesterday. Major milestone!
We had some friends over who also have a son who is just one month older to the Munchkin. Co-incidently the Munchkin shares his real name with him too! The other kid [...]

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Stand tall, my son, stand tall!

The Munchkin stood on his two little feet today .All by himself!
I am so damn happy! This is my wee little baby on a major milestone and I am disgustingly teary eyed and ridiculously proud.
Now on, with every step he takes he will become more of his own person and less and less of my [...]

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