Feels great to be back! 20th September

So, will have to make up for the hiatus in ours posts.

Determined efforts are on, to start crawling.Ananya brings her limbs together, with a gritty look on her face, to make that move.All set, she is. Just the final push pending, but she's gotta wait till it's time:-)The lil one doesn't know she's got to be a little older to be able to crawl.

As a part of baby proofing our home, we have created a furniture free play area for her in the living room, to prevent anything coming in the way of her rolling.

New sounds are making rounds in our home now.The 'aay' 'aay's have given way to 'pha' ,'phrrrr' and lots of new experiments.

It's not just the lights and music of her cradle swing that fascinate her now. Mom's recitation in a sing song fashion, of the colours of her soft toy friends on the swing mobile is what she looks forward to.I go...'Yelloooooow Oooorange Greeeeeen PPPink ' and she goes 'ahaaaaa', kicking her arms and legs.

From our balcony, we get an amazing view of London city and Ananya gets to watch it too.We've been able to take great pictures, with this skyline in the background. I show her the traffic on the road below and and tell her the names of vehicles that zoom past and she has that expression on her face, "Hmmm! so much traffic!".

Everytime we try to sit her in our laps or on the floor, Ananya quickly straightens her legs, just in time to land her feet and then stands up on the strength of her legs. She then bends her legs at her knees , comes down a little and then pushes herself up again, and repeats this several times in a row.

We are waiting for the big day when, she's gonna get her first taste of solid food.We are mighty excited about it.Just imagine the expression on her face with the first spoon of mashed fruit in her little mouth! Can't wait to see....Anyway, not too long away.

Lots of good wishes from friends, for the lil one, have really touched us! It indeed feels nice to know we have so many who care.

~lalitha