The 1st Birthday Excitement Begins..

So we are slowly inching there... with 13 Days to go.. the excitement has begun...Rishabs First Birthday will soon be here. The hall bookings are done... the menu has been confirmed... the decorations have been decided...Rishabs Birthday dress rehearsal was just completed yesterday ... the invitation was finalized over the weekend. Infact just sent over the invitations to family and friends. I would also like to invite all those who have been reading my blog. The invitation (created by mr and my hubby)is attached below.

Lots of things are still to be done.. buying gifts for children.. organizing some small games...but we are waiting for the guest list to be confirmed... So next weekend is going to be busy.

Last weekend we took Rishab to the baby swimming pool... and ohh he was sooo happy. As soon as he saw water he did not care about changing.. he just wanted to get into the pool. We had to force him to get into Swim suit.. and the funny thing was he had already outgrown the 12-18 month swimming suit. somehow we managed to fit him into it... We did not have the swimming floats so he did not really get the feel of floating.. but he could'nt care less. He was happy to enjoy sitting in the shallow part of the pool and splash the water. It was more fun since his Father went along with him in the pool. Hope fully we will take him to the pool once a week atleast.. Thats what we have decided as of now, hope we have the strength to do it :)

Lots of things to be done.... the excitement begins.... 

Goof -ups in the past year

As first time parents there were lots of goof-ups that happened last year and this year. When Rishab was born he was so tiny and kept crying most of the times.. the only interpretation we would be able to make is "he is hungry" It was a struggle to understand why he would be crying. Sometimes we would wrap him in so many layers of clothes that he would feel hot but we would never be able to understand. At times he has cried because he has done shit in his diaper but we would forget to check it and concentrate on all other things like he is hungry or sleepy. Now when I look back I find all this too hilarious. Initially we would forget to change his diaper or forget to put powder for him. Slowly after six months as he became expressive it became more easier for us. 

Rishab at 49 Weeks

The last two week have seen so many changes in Rishab. Last month when he started walking his arms would be widely stretched to balance himself. When he had to cross a barrier and goto the kitchen he would sit down and crawl and then stand up with support and start to walk. Now in the past to weeks he has become more confident with his walking. His arms are no longer widely stretched. He can now get up from sitting to standing position on his own. He also confidently crosses barriers without having to sit down and crawl. Babies really pick up thing quiet fast. He can also pick up somethings and walk. Earlier his hand were used only for balancing himself. Just yesterday he was pulling his father to come out and play with him. He has a lot of fun with his father just playing peek-a-boo.

He is almost able to follow most of the instructions and can understand lots of words and phrases. He can show you "where is the sugar jar" and "where is Nanas  shaving foam" and "where is the clock" "where is the piggy bank" "goto your bed" "where are your books" "where is the moon".

This weekend we took him to Botanical Gardens.. and to our luck we had a "Opera Show" organised for the visitors. It was all so new for Rishab. So many people had come with mats and picnic set and bubble game and balls. It was so much fun.When a performance would get over Rishab would also clap for them along with the crowd. He enjoyed going to other peoples mats and observing them eat and drink. Most of the visitors were Caucasians and they loved to interact with Rishab. He also enjoyed the waterfall in the garden. It was a good experience overall.

The next day we went to  my cousin sisters place and we were in for a shock. Rishab cried very bitterly on entering their home. It was until after some time when he got used to the place that he seemed to be fine. Well guess all babies are scared of new surroundings and strangers.

In his new developments.. 2 more teeth are about to erupt, the upper 2 bunny teeth. So currently the bad teething phase is going on where is is biting on to almost everything.

We are no looking forward to his birthday just about 2.5 weeks from now. It quiet exciting to see your child turn one. Time has just flown by in the past year. It has been a learning experience for both Mrugesh and me. The best thing in the past one year has been making guess on his Rishabs need and wants from time to time. Since we dont know what babies really want all we can do is guess and sometime these guesses go really wrong.  So all in all its a learning experience... sometimes frustrating and sometimes funny... but  all in all its been a joyful first time parenting experience for us.. Now things are much easier since we can predict Rishabs needs and wants as we understand him better and also because he has become more expressive.

My next article will be on the the goof-ups and mistakes that Mrugesh and me have made during the last one year.