vaya vaya vaya :)

A scene from my exciting life. None of the characters are fictional. Any similarity/resemblance to the babies/kid you know is intentional :) So enjoy reading the fun we are having.
For the readers convenience, I have translated dialogues from our (baby) language to the language adults speak :)


Kesavan : Lakshya vaya vaya vaya . .

Paaduka : wuaaa... Some royalty should be coming..

Lakshya : Drr.. grr... There is a doll moving there. I have to check it out

Paaduka : Aaaw.. I am no doll. You can't poke at my eye. Well now, you can't drum on my head

Lakshya : aaar.. this is so much fun

Paaduka : aaeee, innguu, aaa

Lakshya : drr.. brr.... brrr.. oh you talk !

Paaduka : hhhaa..ii.. I talk and respond but people around smile and think it is funny. Atlast someone understands me !

Lakshya : Oh.. I know. They don't understand us. So, you should be a baby like me. awwwoo..

Lakshya : aaa.. grbrr.. I did wait for a while for people to understand me but from the time I started moving, I have been doing fun things keeping my parents on their toes.

Lakshya : There are so many delicious electric wires hanging in your house. What are you doing lying on your back? brrr aaa

Paaduka : Aaooo.. I have been trying hard to roll over for the past week. But my head wouldn't stay in place without support.

Lakshya : aawwu... Then you are a "kutti papa". Call me "akka"

Paaduka : tchh tchhh..orr.. tchhh

Lakshya : What is this that you are doing?

Paaduka : hmmm.. hmm.. delicious.. my thumb... sweetest thing...

Lakshya : Better than wires brrbrrr... no way

Kesavan : Suddha brahma payaapaya yaam...

Paaduka : hmmm... ammm...

Kesavan : Maami paayu... Paaduka is trying to turn. Come on buddy!

Paaduka : hmm.. haaaww My head is not easy to lift and awww.. my hand is stuck. But wait... There it is. My thumb. tchh mchh mch.. tasty

Kesavan : Paaduka veyal chaapayaa. hahaha

After a few hours . . .

Lakshya : aaww brr.. My Amma has buckled me in the car seat so, Paaduka, we are going home. Hey, what are you doing?

Paaduka : hmmm.. amm.. aaa

(Cheering and excitement all around)

Paaduka : What did I do? Why are things looking different now? Why is everyone so excited?

Lakshya : Brr.. drrrr... yay ! You rolled over! Do it once more

Paaduka : That's hard work for the day hhhaai.. some one help me please inngaaa....

Lakshya : zzz....zzz... Don't worry you will be picked up.
Ok, good night. Bye Paaduks will see you soon.

Paaduka : uuwaa huyu.. I will keep practising to roll over and soon I will start to move around. It will be fun when Kesavan says "vaya vaya vaya" when I come near him :)

------Curtain------

Here are some visuals from the scene :)

http://picasaweb.google.com/paaduka.rangarajan/PAdukAJune?authkey=T8T_hNZblkg

My First Letter

Dear Elephant,
I have been talking to you for a long time but am not sure if you understood me. So, I am writing to you. I love you, Elephant. You are my good friend ever since I started staring at objects. Do you like my smile? My parents and grand parents are envious of you because I smile and talk to you all the time. Since you are always at home I want to share how things are outside the house now that I have started going out.

My first trip was to Livermore temple. Well, I slept almost all the time but I managed to wake up right before we left the temple to see Srinivaasar omaachi. Our next stop was Madras Cafe ! My athimber was very happy to know that I visited "saapaattu divya kshetram" right after.

My next trip was to Aiyappa bhajanai where my Appa played mridangam. I went along to cheer him. Elephant, do you know people have beautiful lamps? Next time you should come along with me so that we can stare at them together. It will be a lot of fun :)

I visited my atthai, athimber, K7 and Lakshya last weekend.It was a long car ride. When I reached Folsom, it was fun and I could not stop smiling. New faces atlast !

Today I am 3 months old and I read books and websites and am complying with all milestones mentioned. Elephant, did your parents worry about your milestones too? Which month after birth are you expected to trumpet? :)

Thank you elephant for hanging in there for me ;)

Affly,
Paaduka

P.S. - Elephant, have a look at my pictures with your animal friends when you are relaxing
http://picasaweb.google.com/paaduka.rangarajan/PAdukAMay

I am two months old already !

You have to take a look at these pics so that you recognize me when we meet :)
http://picasaweb.google.com/paaduka.rangarajan/PAdukAApr

We the Robots !

It's been 8 weeks since my grand entry into this world. As I make adjustments to the new environment and learn new things, I have been having loads of fun.

My night time schedule has been challenging for my parents and grand parents but we manage to have a few laughs at night now and then :) Here are a couple of sneak peeks :

My Appa robot :)
It was a hard and tiring night for appA and ammA as they finally made me sleep. After a while my appa was rocking an empty cradle half asleep and was saying "kaNNamma thoongu" while I was happily sleeping in the car seat next to the cradle. I have trained him well, haven't I? :)

My pAtti robot :)
My pAtti specializes in making me burp. My ammA usually passes me on to her once I finish feeding. One late night my ammA changed my diaper and woke my pAtti up and asked her to hold me. My sleepy pAtti dutifully started patting me and I burped ! pAtti victoriously declared to my ammA that I burped and I am ready to sleep. My ammA was surprised at the feat as she was yet to feed me !

Well well well... that makes me pAdukA robot :)

Trivia about my world

Here are a few fun trivia about my small but expanding world:

• Best place on Earth! - My parents'/grand parents' arms

• My biggest challenge now a days - Burping

• My mother's preoccupation - Finding the next thing to worry about me ;)
  

• My father's favorite hobby - Kissing me - He thinks I am a lollipop :)
  

• My best behavior time - When I am at pediatrician maami's office
  

• Activity that I enjoy the most - To pee just when my amma takes off my diaper
  

• My most comfortable posture - Sitting upright - That's the posture that helps me tackle my acid reflux problem
  

• My grand parents' time pass - Talking to me whether I am asleep or awake
  

• My crying shruti - 6 1/2 to 7 kattai
  

• Best time to reach me - 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. on all days

Happy 0.0th birthday!

I am happy to wish myself a Happy Zeroth Birthday today!
For several months, my parents were expecting me to born today - Mar 19, 2008.
The last 1 month outside the dark enclosure inside my mom have been quite challenging. Maybe I should have remained inside and let all my organs grow fully. I hope life only gets better from now on :) I was planning on attending the Annual Preemie Convention but my parents do not want me to go out :(

See how much I have changed in the last 2 weeks:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24149866@N08/sets/72157604173513661/

2-week Anniversary pics

http://www.flickr.com/photos/24149866@N08/sets/72157604086883895/

Punyahavacanam pics:

http://community.webshots.com/album/562696078mewnzm