Kavya's fascination with baby in tummy

Over the past year or so, Kavya has seen many pregnant ladies including myself. Our explanation for Kavya has always been that there is a baby in the tummy. When the baby will grow up, it will come out. Kavya is so fascinated by this that she often pretends to have a baby in her tummy by hiding her doll or some other toy underneath her T-shirt :). She then brings it out and says my baby is now out :). The other day she took off her doll's clothes and explained that when baby is born, it does not have any clothes on - that is why she took them off :).

This past weekend, Pritesh-Shailee and Shashin-Avani came to visit bay area from San Diego with kids. All the kids were excited and were playing/fighting with each other. Kavya was playing Dora and Diego with Rishi. Then she put a doll under her tummy and said there is a baby in her tummy. Then she brought her out and she and Rishi were pretending to be the baby's daddy and mommy :)

Next day, Rishi told Pritesh that Kavya had a baby in her tummy and that he was the baby's papa :)

When I heard this from Shailee, I knew that I had to put this up on the blog so that I can see Kavya and Rishi's reaction 10-15 years from now if/when they read this.

Kavya (3 years & 11 months) & Ishaan (10 months)

Kavya will turn 4 next month and Ishaan is almost 10 months. These past 4 months have been very busy - full of different activities and festivals (Rakshabandhan, Navratri, Diwali and Halloween) .Summer is now over and we will need to be even more creative to keep the kids busy indoors.

Ishaan learnt to crawl like its supposed to be. He also started standing up with/without support. This past week, he started taking first baby steps. Although he still prefers to crawl, he does take 2 to 6 baby steps few times a day. So, he should start walking pretty soon now. We are very excited and are looking forward to see him running around the house :). He has also started climbing stairs. He continues to be very active. Two of his top teeth are visible and almost ready to grow out. He likes to eat our regular food over his own crushed veggies and khichadi. The other day he ate almost quarter of methi paratha. He also likes fruits such as apple, orange, grapes and banana. He is getting smarter and mischievious day by day.

Kavya is getting better at reading and writing. Her handwriting (mainly upper case letters) is improving day by day. She likes to do small exercises/puzzle like connecting the dots, tracing letters, coloring based on numbers, matching/pairing, finding path in a maze, etc. She can count to 100 in English and to 50 in Gujarati. When she is busy with her own activity like coloring, playing on the computer, building something with lego blocks, etc, she does not like Ishaan coming anywhere near her - she immediately starts shouting :) We have to plan to keep her busy in different activities - otherwise its like 'Empty mind is devil's workshop' :-) Sometimes she is the world's most caring and loving sister and at other times, she is a jealous 4 year old who makes faces and tries to hurt the little one by pushing or holding him tight :)

With two active kids, weekends are more busier than week days :-)

Here are some of their pics :

Ishaan's first teeth

For past couple of weeks it seemed like Ishaan will be getting his first tooth any day now. And today, we saw two of his top teeth ready to come out. The border of both his teeth is clearly visible in his gums and the teeth itself are also showing.

Never knew that these milestones will be as exciting and fun for second kid as it was for the first :-)

Milestone : Ishaan has started taking baby steps

Ishaan has been standing on his own without support for few seconds for over a month now.. But today, he started taking 2 to 4 baby steps at a time.. Actually, he did it once yesterday, but we thought it might be just a one off thing. But today, he did it again and we got him to repeat it quite a few times.

It is so exciting to see him achieve one milestone after the other. Although he is going to be little devil once he gets fully mobile, we are very happy.

Kavya is getting creative with Lego

Kavya has been playing with lego for over couple of years now.. However, lately she has become very good at it. She is making some complex structures and sometimes you can even see symmetry in them. Not only she creates what comes to her mind, but she is also looking at designs on the lego box and creating house, fish, etc. Here are some of her creations..

Kavya's funny response

આજે હું કાવ્યા ને સ્કૂલે થી લઇ ને ઘરે આવતી હતી ત્યારે એને કાર માં બેઠા બેઠા એના art work માં લગાવેલી marshmallow ખાધી. મને ખબર પડી એટલી હું એની પર ગુસ્સે થઇ કે glue વાળી marshmallow ખવાય? પછી મેં એને પૂછ્યું "કાવ્યા, તું કેમ બગડી ગઈ છું ?" એને prompt જવાબ આપ્યો "મારી battery (cell) ખલાસ થઇ ગઈ છે ને એટલે." I could not control laughing - It is very funny to see how she applies the concepts and ideas from her toys to herself without considering the difference between living and non-living things :)