The Year that was...

I love 2008... This is the year I started my wonderful journey of exploring the world. As I get ready for 2009, I cannot help but recount what I meant to near, dear and very dear in 2008.

Near...

It all started with my ammA's delivery nurse! When my ammA was in labor, the nurse was not able to track my heartbeat consistently as I was moving around a lot. This led to a lot of anxiety before she hooked me up through an internal monitor.

My ammA told the nurse that she did not know the gender of the baby. The nurse declared, "I am sure you are going to have a baby girl. What a DRAMA QUEEN she is going to be!" My nAmakaraNam (name-giving ceremony) happened before birth :)

Dear...

My appA loves the concept of first name and last name so much that he applies this to nicknames too. My nick name is not short like it is in general. He calls me many variants of BAGULISH/PAKUNEES/DABULISH/JINGUNISH BAUM fondly :) Interestingly I always belong to the BAUM family. When I become a big girl, I plan on having a long discussion with him about his choice of this nickname.

Very Dear...

It is true that I am born in a computer age, but I did not expect a machine to give me a name too! All of you know that I am a big fan of USB cables. It tastes so good and you can play with it in many ways. One day I was under the computer table minding my own business. "Ding dong" came a sound from the computer. Then a message popped up -"Found new HARDWARE"! My appA who was unaware of what I was doing under the computer table was surprised to see the message and looked down to find me licking the USB. The computer continued with messages like "Cannot support new USB device" and then "USB device needs new driver"!

How does the computer call me "HARDWARE" ?

Happy 2009 !

Letter to Santa

Dear Santa thAthA,

How are you? My name is pAdukA and I am 10 months old.I want you to know that I am and have been a very good girl. I did all the stuff babies are expected to do. I tumbled, crawled on my stomach and then on all fours. Now I pull up and stand and walk with support.

I share my toys with my friend Bittu when he comes to play. But the toy he picks up to play with seems like my favorite. So I am compelled to get it from him :(

Santa thAthA, do not think I am a bad girl because I pulled the hair and dress of a pApA in the library. I was calling her and saying "ko koko.." but she did not hear me. So I had to pull her to get her attention. 

All these 10 months I have been pure delight for my parents. I pull out stuff from all the places I can reach, taste anything I can lay my hands on, wake up often at night and eat food after putting up a good fight just to keep my parents' life interesting and exciting.

 A few of the older children I know tell me that you give gifts that children like. Here is my wish list :

(i) Bunch of wires ( preferably USB cable :)

(ii) 3 P-s (paper, pen, pencil)

(iii) Camera lens cover

Above gifts and time without parental supervision will be fun :)

I love you thAthA,

pAdukA

PS:We do not have a chimney in our house, so you can drop it off in our patio :)

        Here is my picture for you to recognize me 

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