Doodling: Trying out her new aqua doodle. We both had fun.
Thursday, January 2, 2014
Monday, October 7, 2013
We are learning many new words!
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Malooty's vocabulary is increasing and she is trying to learn every word that we speak to her. New words learnt:
- Car
- Owl
- Cow
- Hat
- Officil ( 'in office'. If I ask her 'Where is Achan' in malayalam, she now says officil)
- Kool (School)
- Ouch
- Yeah
- Bag
- Prisha (improved from Prish to Prisha, her friend's name)
- Puppy
- Thatha (Parrot)
- Achacha (Paternal grandfather)
- Pooppa (Appooppa means maternal grandfather)
- Chitta (Aunty)
- Ball
- Mine
- Key
- Come
- Hone (Phone)
- Moon
- Book
- Ah done (All done - when we finish reading a book, she says 'book all done')
- Paala (Milk)
- Potti (Broke)
- Poocha (Cat)
- Oh Oh
- Maya (Her chitta's name)
- Cuppy (Cup)
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Vocabulary update
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Our little girl's vocabulary is building up day by day. She tries to repeat every word that we tell her. She can convey most of her needs with words now. Its really sweet to hear her say each word. Her vocabulary as of now:
- Acha
- Amma/ ammee / mummy
- Choo(shoe)
- Hi
- Bye
- Baby
- Chee(cheese)
- Wate(water)
- Pooooyi(Poyi means gone, with both hands turned out)
- Paatta(Pattu means song)
- Aanna(Aana means elephant )
- Tszoo(Slide in park. I used to make tszoo sound while coming down the slide with her. Now she points to the park and makes that sound)
- No (complete with action, shaking the index finder)
- Ta ta
- Thanthu(Thank you)
- Peesh(please)
- Poo (Poovu means flower)
- Mana (Mala means chain)
- Amm (for food)
- What (want)
- Prish(her friend ‘Prisha’)
- Up
- Down
- Cuckoo(cooker)
- Rathu (Ritu her name)
- Two
- Thee (three)
- Aappo (apple)
- Vannu (Vannu means ‘came’)
- Manu (her ammavan’s name)
- Moommo (Ammoomma means grandma)
- Kakka (Kakka means Crow, but for her any bird is kakka)
- Pish (Fish)
- Car
- Opa (Open)
- Plane
- Koko (Rooster for the sound it makes)
- Bow Bow (Dog again for the sound)
- Oh no (She says this at appropriate situations, she told 'oh no' few days back when she saw her friend falling down from the bike at day care)
Sunday, July 14, 2013
1 year!
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You can walk very well and also run these days. You do not
want us to hold your hands while we are walking. Shopping with you is very
difficult these days as you want to push the cart, pull things from the aisle, and
explore more aisles and so on. You are not scared to be alone these days. And hiding from your
sight to make sure you stay with us is not at all working out. You love saying
“ta ta” and some form of a “hi”. You wave very well. You try to climb to every possible
place, but need help for getting down. You have climbed onto boxes, TV stand
and couch in the past one month. When you want to get down you shout for us. :D
Your "onnam pirannal" was on June 26th. We made a grant sadya and had few of our friends over for lunch.
You are ONE and quoting your achan, you are becoming cuter day by day. :)
After you climb up on a box or your car, you wave your hand
in a miss universe style and say “ta ta”.
You love music and dancing. As soon as you hear a song, you
start dancing and look at us making sure we are too. You are a very happy
child. You love our evening walks. As soon as we come down to the ground floor
from our apartment and set you down, you start laughing out loud.
You can hold a spoon well and feed others now. Whenever we
feed you something, you feed us back. You tickle me by kissing my tummy and you
love it when I laugh.
Now once you are awake from sleep, you kiss us and the very
next moment you want to get down from bed and get going. And the next thing you
would do if we don’t get up from bed is to come back, hold our hands and pulls
us. That is a new thing that you started doing this month. You hold our hands
and pull us to places you want to go. You also bring our shoes, hand it
over to us and say “ta ta”.
Your "onnam pirannal" was on June 26th. We made a grant sadya and had few of our friends over for lunch.
You loved all the attention and company you got during the
long weekend of your birthday. We had friends from LA and SFO over at our home.
You have grown quiet close to Anoop maman. We had a cake smash on July 5th.
We also had a really nice birthday party on July 6th.
We also had a really nice birthday party on July 6th.
Sunday, June 9, 2013
11 th month
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We went to SFO to see off your achamma. She was really sad and I am sure you are going to miss her a lot.
One week before achamma left, we sent you to day care with her. Since achamma was around, you had a blast that week. You enjoyed playing with other kids and when we came to pick you at noon, you were so excited and started blabbering pointing to the toys and kids there. There is a kid named Cameroon who is of the same age as you. You both love playing with each other. It is a home day care and you love the lady who is taking care of you. We also tried sending you alone for another two days while achamma was here. You were exited those days as well. When we came for visits during our lunch break you even waved to us as we left. I was so relieved as I was totally worried about leaving you at a day care. I got so happy knowing that you are enjoying your time there. But then the next week all the other kids stopped coming to the day care as they shifted house to a distant place. Now you are alone there and you are getting bored. You cry when we leave you there but then you care taker says you get calm very soon and starts playing. Its been just one week and I hope you will get better as days pass by. Also you might like when we start you at Goddard School in July as there will be other kids around.
You have started walking a lot. You almost never crawls these days. You walk pretty well, except that when you are excited you try to run and then fall down. But since it is on carpet you never get hurt and you repeat the same again. These days it is difficult to take you to super markets. You always want to walk. But since those are hard floors, we are scared to let you go. Then you go and pick stuffs from the aisles. You smile at others who watch you and when they return the smile or try to talk to you, you turn around and reach out to us.
A new tooth has popped at the upper side this month.
One week before achamma left, we sent you to day care with her. Since achamma was around, you had a blast that week. You enjoyed playing with other kids and when we came to pick you at noon, you were so excited and started blabbering pointing to the toys and kids there. There is a kid named Cameroon who is of the same age as you. You both love playing with each other. It is a home day care and you love the lady who is taking care of you. We also tried sending you alone for another two days while achamma was here. You were exited those days as well. When we came for visits during our lunch break you even waved to us as we left. I was so relieved as I was totally worried about leaving you at a day care. I got so happy knowing that you are enjoying your time there. But then the next week all the other kids stopped coming to the day care as they shifted house to a distant place. Now you are alone there and you are getting bored. You cry when we leave you there but then you care taker says you get calm very soon and starts playing. Its been just one week and I hope you will get better as days pass by. Also you might like when we start you at Goddard School in July as there will be other kids around.
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| All set for the first day in school |
You have started walking a lot. You almost never crawls these days. You walk pretty well, except that when you are excited you try to run and then fall down. But since it is on carpet you never get hurt and you repeat the same again. These days it is difficult to take you to super markets. You always want to walk. But since those are hard floors, we are scared to let you go. Then you go and pick stuffs from the aisles. You smile at others who watch you and when they return the smile or try to talk to you, you turn around and reach out to us.
A new tooth has popped at the upper side this month.
Sunday, May 12, 2013
10th month
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You fell sick for a whole of 3 weeks with diarrhea, fever and body rash. We all felt very bad for you. You celebrated your first vishu. We had a grant vishu kani and sadya. You received your first vishu kaineetam from achamma.
Your fever got better when your achan came back home on the day of vishu after his business trip.
You can stand up without holding onto any support. You have started to pick things and eat. You love the veggie puffs. Now you insist mostly on having food yourself. Your two teeth are visible when you smile.
These days you pick your board books, come to us and then sit in our laps all by yourself, so that we can read to you.
You took your first independent steps on May 1st. When we came home for lunch brake, you were standing holding onto your achan and then walked those first steps toward me. :)
It is really fun to watch you walking. You loose balance and sit down after a few steps , but it is really cute to see.
Your fever got better when your achan came back home on the day of vishu after his business trip.
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| Holding on tight - glad that your achan is back from his trip |
You can stand up without holding onto any support. You have started to pick things and eat. You love the veggie puffs. Now you insist mostly on having food yourself. Your two teeth are visible when you smile.
These days you pick your board books, come to us and then sit in our laps all by yourself, so that we can read to you.
You took your first independent steps on May 1st. When we came home for lunch brake, you were standing holding onto your achan and then walked those first steps toward me. :)
It is really fun to watch you walking. You loose balance and sit down after a few steps , but it is really cute to see.
Sunday, April 14, 2013
9 months
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On Shivarathri when we went to temple. You folded your hands when an elderly person there told namaste to you with folded hands.
You are very cheerful and happy again after that short span when you were irritable. We feel it had something to do with teething. You are socializing well. Though you don't go to anyone's lap that easily, you do talk and play with everyone. Your smile is infectious.
You can now sign chewing and show us that you are hungry. Last day you managed to put a small piece of chappathi to your mouth and started eating. You know very well to push any food that comes out of your mouth back using your hands.
Achan has taught you to get out of the bed safely. So now you turn side wise or push yourself back and then get down. You have learnt to play peek-a-boo by pulling a blanket up to your face by yourself. You love it when any of us try chasing you on all fours. You take breaks in your crawling and look at us. When we start crawling towards you, you laugh out loud and speeds up.
You are a naughty girl. Last day I saw you trying to shake the floor lamp holding onto its stem. when it did not budge(because your father has secured it under the bed frame) you held onto the bed and tried pulling harder. You now climb onto fire place on your own. You also kind of say umma while giving kisses. You have also started telling Chitta consistently. Your chitta gets all excited whenever she hears you telling chitta.
On Shivarathri when we went to temple. You folded your hands when an elderly person there told namaste to you with folded hands.
You are very cheerful and happy again after that short span when you were irritable. We feel it had something to do with teething. You are socializing well. Though you don't go to anyone's lap that easily, you do talk and play with everyone. Your smile is infectious.
You can now sign chewing and show us that you are hungry. Last day you managed to put a small piece of chappathi to your mouth and started eating. You know very well to push any food that comes out of your mouth back using your hands.
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| Now that your hair is long, we try different hair styles! |
Achan has taught you to get out of the bed safely. So now you turn side wise or push yourself back and then get down. You have learnt to play peek-a-boo by pulling a blanket up to your face by yourself. You love it when any of us try chasing you on all fours. You take breaks in your crawling and look at us. When we start crawling towards you, you laugh out loud and speeds up.
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| Our Shuppu with the center partitioning |
You are a naughty girl. Last day I saw you trying to shake the floor lamp holding onto its stem. when it did not budge(because your father has secured it under the bed frame) you held onto the bed and tried pulling harder. You now climb onto fire place on your own. You also kind of say umma while giving kisses. You have also started telling Chitta consistently. Your chitta gets all excited whenever she hears you telling chitta.
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