Flap flap - the year flew by

Dear Guddu:

It is a year since you came to mummy pappa. And life has not been anywhere how it was then.

1. For starters, we think of you only - our waking, eating, playing, sleeping is around you - and I am so happy it is so - we seem to have become healthier ... we eat at home mostly, eat early, eat regularly, watch very little TV and almost always are on our feet while you are awake.

2. You started as a poor little pootie-pie, crying all the time for grub (which yuou wanted) or sleep (which you did not). You then become a cute little baby that could look around, grab and grasp stuff. Then you turned turtle, and started fighting to reach for toys. Then came the army crawl, then the crawl and finally the standing up and cruising ... Seeing you grow this was has been so wonderful ...

3. Along the way, we started hearing only wails from you, then some silly sounds as if you were humming (esp. while feeding), then words like "akkai akkai", "byebye", 'baby' ... and now full words like "biyaa", "mummy" ... Your voice is indeed more musical than that of any thing else.

4. You have come from baldness to lots of hair. In fact as a baby when pappa saw you come out, all he did was just clap :-). Then when he first held you, he could only say "aaiyy" as if he were thulping you.

5. Pappa loves feeding you (whenever he does it) and putting you to sleep (it feels so nice being a pillow for a small thingie like you, that attaches herself to pappa's shoulder). Then when you are asleep in pappa's arms, mouth abit open, you look so cuteeeeeeeeeee. Pappa just loves playing with you - jhaank, pappa kahaan hai, one little piggie, reading books ...

6. We remember you catching colds when you were quite small and disliking the doc when we went to him, also falling thrice from the bed ...

7. Your first birthday party was a grandhit - mamma had a brilliant idea of calling only kids of your age group (7 m - 18 m) so that you would be able to play well with them. We had Shreeya who was the youngest and was bullying you, even pulling your hair. Then, Mukund was weeping when Shreeya bullied him too. Vriddhi played silently and enjoyed hersalf, being the eldest of the gang. Arnav and Aarohi played with each other, and Arsh spent time wooing you, taking you around on your cycle and chatting up with you. That brings me to your cycle - you love it and Pappa Mamma love you in it too. The cake was in the shape of a bunny and the decorations were nice - so it was good ambience, good fun for you.

Pappa and Mamma love you a lot - we thank God every day for you - we love you, baby and wish you a very very very very very happy birthday and another exciting fun filled year of adventure ahead

Pappa