Bye Bye month 20

This is by far the busiest month we've had with the little one, and the most exciting one so far. Our bonus room carpet was found wet this month, and the repairs (and home refi) has increased mommy's todo list and stress levels to a new high :-) Here's a quick recap of Rian's month 20.

• First time eating out: i.e. we didn't carry lunch for Rian from home. 20 Feb lunch at DeeDee's for Swati and Jigga's party
• First time mac n cheese: 28 Feb lunch at IKEA. Asked for cake by name. It was amazing to see him "point" at the cake, and say "cake". The glee in his eyes was unmistakable!
• Started calling Cely by name Yeyi: 2 March. Rian also calls Aatya as Tatya, Ajoba as Baa and Aaji as Jee.
  
• Can count from 1 to 10: all the numbers :-) This one makes mommy and daddy real proud.
  
• The alphabet is almost there too: He now can say: A B C D E F (says Fuf) G H J K L M (says mm) N (says nn) O P Q (says ku) R (says aa) S (says sss) T U V X (says eww) Y Z. So we're missing: I & W, and then comes the task of putting them in order.
• Can identify 8 colors and says the name of 7: Red (says noon-noon), Blue (says Flu), Green (says Gin), Pink (says correctly!), Yellow (says correctly!), Black (can't say yet), purple (says pupple), white (says why).
  
• A true YES man: This one is totally Daddy's genius. Daddy taught Rian how to say yes. Now ask Rian "Do you love Mommy?" YES, pat comes the reply. For a few days everything was yes :-) But now he "gets it" and a few questions get a no, for e.g. "Do you want to brush your teeth?" Nanananana ... :-)
  
• Rian has become a true popat now. He can say many many words, and some by just observing our lips as we speak. The list of words he speaks is amazing long now :-) and we're proud of every little bit that he picks up.
• Rian's room is picking up bit by bit. Now there's a shelf, and we have a CD player, but we're still not quite "sure" about the music player (such few options for what we're looking for). We have a few shelves to go, and then we'll be done with iteration one and ready to welcome the grandparents.

Rian's grandparents will be joining us soon, and will stay with us through his second birthday. Rian is very excited about his Baa and Jee coming here, and his face literally lights up when we tell him. He can identify Baa, Jee, Mumma, Daddy, Yeyi on the phone. Any other female voice is Tatya!!