Peacful dinner at a restaurant with two kids.. really ?

Yes, today, Gaurav and I were craving for some nice zesty food. So, we became brave and decided to go to Chevy's - a Mexican Restaurant near by. It's not that we haven't been to any restaurant before with two kids, but the key word here is 'peaceful' :-) We decided to go little early, when Ishaan would take his evening nap. We called the restaurant and got ourselves on their wait list ahead of time so as to cut the wait time. We left home as soon as Ishaan started feeling sleepy and we got lucky, he went to sleep on the way. The wait time was only 2 mins. The next 45 mins were very memorable. We started with 'Guacamole by the table', and then went on to get Farmer's market Quesadilla and Veggie Enchiladas for main course.. Ummm.. awesome.. I had taken PBJ sandwich for Kavya - so she was happy. And to add to that, there was a balloon maker in that restaurant who made a nice little butterfly for Kavya. So, she went around with the butterfly. Ishaan slept through the main course and woke up when we were planning to get dessert. We still went ahead and got some fried ice cream and that was amazing too.. We came back home in little over 1 hour after enjoying a great dinner - something we hadn't really enjoyed in a long time...

Looking forward to next such dinner..

Ishaan's progress over the past 3 months

Ishaan is 7.5 months old now. Over the past 3 months, he has learnt to roll over, sit up, crawl (mostly on tummy), stand up while holding as well as get back to sitting position after being in crawl position. It seems like he will start walking soon. It is amazing how fast kids progress during the first couple of years of life.

Kavya's innocence

In the evening, we were having fun in the patio. When it was time to go in, we asked Kavya to wash hands and legs using the garden water pipe. Kavya held her hands and legs out for the wash and then we asked her to wipe her feet on the door mat. After wiping her feet, she realized that she needs to dry her hands too. So, she wiped them on the door mat too :-) Gaurav and I just burst out laughing on seeing her innocence.. Gaurav immediately remarked that we often forget, but she is still just 3.5 years old..

Ishaan can sit back from crawling position

Starting this week, Ishaan has learnt to sit back up from crawling position. So, now he can go from sitting to crawling to sitting very easily. It is fun to see him learn these new things and also see him tumble down sometimes in the process :-)

Ishaan has started to waive bye-bye

On Sunday evening we had some friends over and when they left, Gaurav noticed that Ishaan was also waiving bye-bye, but then thought it was just a coincidence. But Monday morning, when I was leaving for work and waived bye-bye to Ishaan, he reciprocated. I didn't realize this, but it caught Gaurav's attention. Since then, we noticed that Ishaan has started to waive his hand in response to the words 'Bye-Bye'. So, now at any time, if we say 'Bye-Bye Ishaan', he would smile and start waving his hands.. Its so cute..

We are getting excited and looking forward to all his new learnings (except running around :) )