Too much work

hence too less time for blog and all else because after work I have to attend to my babies...of course I am talking about G and you my Babs...

Anyways, since my last post another Pongal came and went and I barely made it on time to celebrate the festival. Of course we were at work!!! But thanks to pre-planning, I made Chakarai Pongal and also Bonda. They were both yummy and got over in just a day. Of course you liked it too, you fed me one spoon and ate one yourself. It was a fun game we played where I made you eat a lot more than I ate.

Apart from that, we go to the mall to beat the sub-zero temps here so that you get to stretch your legs and I get to stretch my purse *wink* *wink*

I have barely cooked this whole new year because I am dropping you to Pinky Aunty's house. I am only hoping that you do not make a habit of it. Because if, on an off day G tries to drop you, you throw a fit and you tear my heart every time you go out the door tear laden.

I think I just lost interest in completing this post so I will close now and will continue at another time...who knows, it might be this afternoon :)

Love

Mom

New Year Day

My first post in my new format...

Babbi,

To celebrate the start of 2010 your papa and I cooked. He made butter chicken, and I made aloo mutter with jeera rice. Papa also made chicken tikka and I made some yummy dessert with chocolate Mousse.

Then both you and Anya went to sleep at 11.30pm. We the parents sat in the living room and surprisingly sober and welcomed the New Year watching the Ball drop in NYC.

The next day we went to Gaylord Texan to see the Christmas decorations and it was super fun. You were really tired and went to bed early. Your aunt and I did not know what to do after both our wards were asleep at 8 that night. Both the Dad's had a dad's night out and got to see 3 Idiots.

The next day after our time at the play area in WB mall, your aunt and I got to see 3 idiots. And then they headed back home. All three of us were sad.

Papa and I were sad because it marked the end of holiday season and life had to get back to normal once again. You were sad because your favorite uncle, aunt, and cousin were gone and you were stuck with us, yet again.

And as usual while putting you to bed that night, I told you and papa, "it is always going to be just the three of us. Everyone will come and go or we will visit everyone once in a while, but always as guests."

Which is the truth and it is sad :(

Anyways Happy New Years.

PS: Mom liked 3 Idiots a lot.

A New Year

Every new year we all pray for a drastic change, as if life is going to become something new...totally, over night...and then you wake up to realize that everything is same old same old, and our life just goes on...

Change is what we make, what we want to do and how we do it. I want to change so many things about my life. The way things are and how I want them to be.

First off, I am going to change the way I write this blog. From now on this will be a big document for my daughter to read back and see what her amma has been doing...something in the "How I met your Mother" format.

Then, I am still considering moving over to Wordpress.

In personal life too, I want to change the way I do somethings or handle myself in certain situations. This is not like a resolution but more like a self thought out analysis which are leading to the changes. Changing behavior is very difficult but I am going to give it a try. Cause we should be the change we want to see right?

So, until then...

ART

The Last Post for 2009!

What a brilliant year that was. Honestly, it was one of the more sober years I have had. Nothing major happened, no life changing events, relatively simple and easy. It drifted past us and I thank God for that. Because, I totally did not enjoy 2008 and was hoping for a year like what 2009 turned out to be.

I really cannot even list out what all happened like I did last year. I hated 2008 and the numerous hospital visits and the inumerous health issues. I liked the change in the pace of 2009. Today I feel more mature, and also more experienced in life to handle the sudden crap it can throw at you and change your life completely. And also, I am older now. I am slowly but steadily climbing into the thirties and I am trying not to let that change the way I think. But life goes on and time does not stop.

So to recap real fast, We returned from CA in January 2009. Fun-est trip ever.

Federer Won Australian Open early February. Babs got her baby cousin from G's brother and wife. Anya. Really cute.

Anitha (Babs old baby sitter) went to India in March and we had to get her a new baby sitter in the form of Pooja.

April sucked because my uncle passed away. Riyansh was born to another friend S.

I passed my LEED Certification in May.

I visited my parents at their home in Chattanooga in June. Babs also pooped in the potty first time in June. We also planted a garden in June and was in full bloom with tons of flower and also green bell peppers.

In July we welcomed our in-laws and also saw Sonu and others perform live on stage.

In August G and I celebrated our nine years of knowing/dating each other.

September saw my two BFF's getting married. It was a beautiful wedding but it was also the day I did my biggest clumsy ever.

In October both Babs and G turned a year older. Babs was two and G was well OLD :P...I partied with both of them and hopefully they will both remember it.

November my in-laws went back to India.

December my parents came and visited us for a week and it was super fun. I got to stay home and relax with them. My friend MB had her twins, a girl (Manya) and a boy (Neev). Super cute. My ex-baby sitter Pooja also had her baby daughter (Sai Gayathri).

So there, though not much, I had something to do every month. So life did not slow down completely. Every weekend was busy meeting friends, doing stuff, parties, etc. My only mission for 2009 is to make as many mommy friends as possible so my daughter can have play dates and such. Especially during winters when I cannot take her to the play ground we feel so bored and holed inside our home.

Resolution time: I am not into making resolutions because I learned very early on that I suck at keeping up any of those resolutions. But this year I am going to try.

1. To loose all my prego weight. Ya Babs is 2+ now and I am still as fat as I was when I got prego. A lot of my friends who met me after I had Babs or during my prego tell me that I look fine and all that. But they have not seem the 20 pound lighter me and I cannot explain to them how much it hurts to not get into my favorite tees or pants. Anyway. I have to do it this year.
2. To eat less sugar.

I will add more to the list as time flies by.

To everyone reading this blog A Very Happy 2010.

Love

ART

I am not lazy

Just been busy! Really hectic weekends and weekdays.

I loved Thanksgiving Weekend. It was fun. Four days, at home, with Babs and my husband's family. We did little and took good rest. Well, not really.

My SIL and I went shopping at 12.00am on Black Friday. It was super fun. We shopped a little but what we actually enjoyed was relaxing and going to a mall without the kids and buying stuff for ourselves for a change. It was good fun. We also followed it up early in the morning to go shopping at Macy's. All in all, I blew up quite a bit of our $$ and G was super upset that I only spent $20 for him.

One of the days when it was nice and 70 degs outside, we went to Lake Texoma. We got lost on our way there. So we kind of bungled around and landed up at this local Cajun restaurant. The hostess there was super nice. She helped us find out way back and also helped me find a place to ride horses. I was super excited.

We went to the horse riding place and learnt that we would each be given a horse to ride on, we will have a guide and it was a one hour tour in a 200 acre farm. I was really worried if Babs would get on a horse with G. She is afraid of the little horsie toys in the malls and play areas. So I was concerned. But she was a super sport. Mounted the horse with daddy and sang songs all through the trail.

G even galloped a bit but the rest of us stuck to a canter at best. The trail was super fun, lots of trees, and we all had brilliant horses that showed the best time. I want to do it again and if you live in Texas and want to go horse riding, ping me and I will give you contact info for Andy.

After the quick update I have to sign off. It will be two weeks before I ping back. Too much work and parents will be in town for a week. So until then...ciao :)

love

ART