How low can you go?

As low as the crib can go! Yes, Rian's crib is now lowered to the lowest setting. It had 4 adjustments, and now we are at the lowest. I had to bend all the way to put this little fella in, and I still dropped him the last 1 inch :D

Rian's first haircut

Date: Saturday, Sept 26, 09
Place: Little Scissors, Fremont, CA

Last look at Rian's curls:



Curls being chopped off while Rian is asleep:



Last few hair length being reduced:



Happy Happy Joy Joy on seeing the "doll":



Proof:



Closeup:

One of our fav C&H

God, I wish Rian can read C&H when he grows up. This is one of our fav!

So many firsts

Today was an amazing day for Rian. There are so many firsts, it
deserves a post!

- Rian napped only 30 mins today afternoon instead of the usual 2-3 hrs and still didn't want to sleep till 9:30pm.
- Rian had fun in the Valley Fair mall play area with other kids and he pushes away other kids, even big kids ;-)
- Rian got his first pair of real shoes, a pair of Pumas, lightweight and Velcro for ease of use. Mom, Dad, Granny maha pleased with it.
- Rian had farmers chicken salad sandwich with sourdough for lunch :-)
- Rian ate his first doughnut and it happened to be Mom and Dad's fav Krispy Kreme.
- Rian can find the balloons and black sheep in his books!
- Rian wore his Halloween costume and totally loved it. He didn't want to get out of it. He was running around with it on.

Time flies

Just realized, Rian has now completed 14 months, and began his smooth sailing into the 15th month today. Wow, time sure flies.

Rian is growing a lot, every day. Its a sad excuse, but I just don't have the time to blog as often as I'd like to. So many things have happened since the last time I've updated this space:

• We got back from NY and my mom came over for her 6-wk short visit. Rian is enjoying grandma's attention, pampering, and new foods now.
  
• Rian loooooooooooooves to eat chicken and chicken soup. We went to San Jose downtown yesterday and Rian feasted on bbq chicken.
• Rian understands many words and phrases now. "Mummy la de", "ikde ye", and many many more.
• Aaji taught him to flutter his eyelids :-) Its too damn cute. When you say "dole kar", he goes flutter flutter.
  
• His kisses are harder to come now, but he'll still occasionally kiss me. If we peep through the gate, we get a sure shot kiss!
• Rian chose what he wanted to wear today :-) He picked his t-shirt from the dresser.
• Ajoba and Aaji would always tell Rian "Bappa la namaskar kar" after his bath. Today he went down to the family room, then Aaji asked him, "Bappa la namaskar kela?" and off he went, up the stairs, on his own, with lightening speed, and stood there, next to Bappa, asking us to pick him up to do jai jai Bappa!
• He's vocalizing a lot more now. He's found his "Pa" sound, and keeps going Pa pa pa pa.
• He's showing a keen interest in eating with his own hands. We just don't have the heart/energy for a clean up of that level yet. I know the ped's not going to be happy to hear this, as Rian is yet to "master" his pincer grasp.
• He loves coming into the kitchen and opening cabinets, and we sometimes let him, supervised of course.
• Rian is in love with Becky, his huge teddy bear. So we gave him a small one too, Bobby. When you tell Rian "Becky barobar gai gai kar", off he goes, snoozes on top of Becky - total drama :-)
• We're having a very tough time feeding Rian on weekends. It seems he's a darling with his nanny Cely and eats foods he stubbornly refuses with us. Sigh, we need help on the weekends to resolve this. It becomes especially interesting if we are outside during his meal times.
• Ever since we got back from NY and Rian got over his cold, our bedtime brushing habit is gone :-( and also Rian is sleeping in a lot more with me and hubby. Since last night, we've decided to reverse both these trends. Wish us luck!

How true