Working out with Baba

Koko enjoying the outdoors

So here is Koko in our backyard, enjoying the good weather. Shomeek failed to mention he was recording - hence me posing like an idiot in the beginning, thinking he was taking still shots. Oh! and by the way - for all of you who don't know I chopped off my hair - here I am with my new look. I was losing hair like crazy...and with the new style my life is a lot easier.

Daddy's girl...

...and why not? After all daddy is not the one changing poopy diapers and shoving the yucky formula down her throat. Nah! I'm not bitter - only a wee bit jealous...:) So Koko loves to hear Shomeek doing his baby talk which makes her burst into giggles. So last week Shomeek had to go on a business trip for 2 days to Boston and oh boy - how badly Koko missed her daddy. The first night he was gone, Koko came home and got super cranky not finding dad there. She kept rotating her head and looking around for daddy. She wouldn't drink her milk and kept crying. I had to call Shomeek and put him on speakerphone to calm her down.

Lately we find her in a super good mood right after she wakes up in the morning. We put her down in the bouncer where she plays with her stuffed animals while we go about doing our stuff. The moment she sees one of us she gets super excited, giggles and throws her arms up wanting to be held. It is so darn cute.

Today being Friday, I had the day off and was able to spend some quality time with her. We played with toys, read books, talked to each other and even danced around to some disney music. She thorougly enjoyed all of it. Recently I've been putting her tummy down on my legs and doing some crunches (that's about all the exercise I manage to fit in my day). She loves when I lift my head up and kiss her tiny lips all along swaying her back and forth with my legs folded up.

Here is a clip of her right after she woke up this morning. She does sleep on her tummy (i know...i know...it is not recommended due to SIDS - but that is the ONLY way she will sleep, so I can't really help it!) This totally makes my day! :)

Daddy's day

Our very first fathers day was indeed memorable. Morning started with changing into a cute 'I Love Dad' onsie followed by cuddle and conversation time with Baba. Baba received American Eagle t-shirts, movie tickets to Oceans Thirteen and brunch at Roxy. My entire visit to Roxy was surprisingly pleasurable. I was very entertained by the handsome waiters and my BIG eyes followed them whenever they crossed my line of vision (I wish Ma had recorded THAT). Pradeep mesho and Mouri mashi also joined us, which meant even more cuddles for me. I enjoyed my time with Baba very much.

Here I am, eyeing Baba's tomato juice.



Baba makes me SMILE



After brunch I decide to come home and entertain Baba.



I'm all dressed for Baba.




Posing...

Koko's conversations

So this morning she was in a very happy mood right after she woke up. For the last few days she has been cranky due to her early teething symptoms. However she seemed to be in less pain yesterday and had a good night's sleep. That must have been the reason for her early morning conversation.

Koko's spa experience

Koko is no different from us - she loves getting a massage. I tend to give her a full body oil or lotion massage ever alternate day (and I don't get paid for it!!!). Here is a glimpse of her enjoying it. When she grows older, she might kill me for posting her nude clip...hee...hee...

More pics!

I was on a roll this weekend. There are several more pictures - but I'm too lazy to upload them all here...hee...hee...

Friday fun!

It was a blessing to be able to stay home today and spend time with Koko. I am taking Friday's off for the next couple months. She clearly prefers to be home than go to daycare. She was a lot less cranky today and more playful. Here's what she was up to...

Bye Koko...

...was the hardest thing to say this morning. Yes, my 4 months of maternity leave has finally come to an end. I felt terrible leaving Koko this morning and even shed a few tears (okay maybe a little more than just a few!). Shomeek dropped her off at daycare where she slept through most of her stay. After I got back home in the evening, all I could do was hold her close to me and smother her with kisses. She slept through most of that too. For some reason she was extra sleepy today. But all in all I had mixed feelings. After going to work I kind of liked the time away too though I could not stop looking at her pictures all day. But I have to admit that my new company has been really flexible with my needs. They gave me a very warm welcome and helped me ease myself back into the work mode. At CDA I really feel taken care of as an employee compared to my previous job. That's all folks!

CONVERSATIONS...

The pictures say it all~

Jazzing it up!

Every time of this year we make it a point to visit the jazz festival in old Sactown. We are not the ones to buy tickets and sit through one performance - we are the cheap wanderers - walking around, eating, enjoying the good weather and some of the amazing street performances and ofcourse listening to all the music that flow into the night from the real ticketed performances - so why pay??? ha..ha...
This year was no different except of course we had Koko with us. Yup that's what we are calling Evani now - since she seems to love it. She had a great time absorbing very intently all that was going around. The Baby Bjorn carrier did come in very handy. Our friends Soma, Kiran and their son Ronav also joined us there.

Here is Koko and mommy - all jazzed up!



These guys were amazing. Check out the scrap that they are using as instruments. This band is a regular at the event.



And here are some pictures from the evening...

FUN weekend!

I don't even know where to begin with. Saturday was the big birthday bash for the McNulty quads - Russ, Ally, Molly and Libby. I couldn't begin to tell how much fun they were. It was also Evani's first birthday party - and of course she slept through the entire celebrations - which was good for us mom and dad. Looking at Conor and Gen made me feel so proud - they are just wonderful human beings and I'm so glad to have them as friends. Here is a little video of the quads celebrating their b'day...



My very first mother's day morning started with cuddle time with Evani and a gift certificate for a 60 mins massage. That morning we took Evani to Costco to get her picture taken for her passport. I was sure it would be a disaster, but thankfully she was in a very good mood and after some acrobatics from Shomeek, we were finally able to get a shot of her without Shomeek's hands in the picture. She also let us finish our shopping at Costco unlike the first time when she had screamed murder and I had to retract to one corner of costco to get away from ugly stares. That time we had to abandon our shopping spree and run out of there.

The proud parents...

Weekend fun!

Much to our surprise it was a busy weekend. I've always told myself that I do not want to become one of those moms who won't step out of the house because they have a baby. So even though we have a cranky one - we are taking baby steps to take her around with us - and getting used to dealing with her crying in most inappropriate times and locations. This weekend included trips to Pick up stix in Folsom for take-out chinese, shopping at Mervyn's and sunday lunch at Mehran - her first ever restaurant visit - which was a mini disaster..ha..ha...

We've had a few visitors since last week. Aunty Linh and Meagan came over for cuddles. We also got to spend some time with Soma mashi, Kiran mesho and our dearest Ronav.

Testing out the new swing

My brave little darling

Yesterday was Evani's first shots. I was very nervous about the whole affair and especially since Shomeek was on a business trip and was not able to accompany me. However, it went off pretty well. She definitely cried while being poked with four needles (they have got to find a way of giving four shots at once!) - but after that she gave me no trouble at all. In fact she came home and had a little playtime. That might all be because I had started drugging her with infant tylenol even before we visited the doc's office...but I'd like to beleive she was very brave about the whole thing...ha...ha..

Some more pics

Lunch with aunty Michelle

So I was not kidding when I said that we were on a visitng spree. Today we visited aunty Michelle for lunch. Thanks to little Adah, Michelle has become quite the baby expert. Evani was fussy since it was her nap time - however, Michelle held her and put her to sleep in miutes. Not only that - she ate her lunch while holding her - something I haven't done yet..ha..ha... It was a very nice break for me. The best part was uncle Joss gave us a surpise visit and was able to plant a few kisses on a sleeping Evani.
As usual Evani was sporting a cute grandma Pauline outfit. Thanks aunty Michelle for having us over for lunch!