Saturday, December 26, 2009

Blissful Motherhood

“We smile when she smiles

We cry when she cries”






Hi to all,
This blog is something that I intended to create long time back but due to some reasons couldn’t start it earlier. Now I want to regularly update it to make it a timeless keepsake for near and dear ones of Gianna. I am attempting to note down all I can remember about Gianna, so that when I grow old, I have some beautiful memories to recall! I want all of you to keep checking it and post your feedback and comments..:-)


About Gianna:




Gianna is a name with Greek origin, and it means “God is Gracious”. We were blessed with our beautiful daughter on 12-12-08. Gianna has turned one last year.


Stepping back a year makes me remember my visit to the labour room, when I was counting every second to get over with the process of operation and pain. I was relieved when I heard Gianna’s first cry. Also, I was nervous during my pregnancy about my role as a mother and well being of my child but once I stepped into mother’s shoes, everything kept coming naturally.

She has always been a playful and active baby and as she is growing older, we are losing count of her innocent acts. She reads our expressions while doing mischieves and reacts accordingly. Quite smart huh!

When I am cooking , she often comes from behind and starts tapping at my legs.

She has started drinking milk from a glass now but believe me it’s a big task. It takes me almost quarter of an hour to make her finish half a glass of milk which involves us making all kinds of sounds, countless videos played on Youtube and running around the corners.

Gianna likes to listen almost all popular children rhymes. Her favorite and the very first was “ baba black sheep….”. She also loves to listen one of the animated German song “schni schna schnappi..”

These days she babbles few words like “ aada,meeme, taada, daada, bau, mumma, nunna”. This is how she addresses us. But she has a special name for her all time favorite Mickey Mouse plush toy, so she call him “EEEE”.

Gianna started her first step on 28th of October ‘09, when she was ten months old. We’re glad that she never looked back to crawling on her knees and hands. She now runs and peeps into every nook and corner of the house. She is a social baby and smiles almost at everyone. She likes to watch birds and call them ‘bur’.

She is scared of the loud noises such as that of a pressure cooker, mixie, so she sticks close to me if she hears any of these.

These days Gianna has developed some new interests. She likes to step up on the suitcases that we have in our room and enjoys sitting there.



Gianna is very fond of her two books – The first one is “Dora The Explorer” and the other is “A Collection of Nursery Rhymes”. She is delighted if someone reads the books to her. She loves seeing the pictures of her favourite nursery rhymes characters in these books. She has started pointing out Humpty Dumpty, Baba Black Sheep, Mau Billi, Rat, Monkey in these books. She is so much fond of these books that when she is not playing, she likes to hold them and take them along to whereve she goes.

And how can I forget to mention here, her most favorite person on the TV. He is none other than some not-so-popular astrologer “Mr. Prem Jyotish”. Even the jingle of this ad is so catchy to her that she tends to go closer to the TV for a better view of the ad no matter how much engrossed she is in some other work. But believe me guys the ad is very irritating.

We have a fortnightly visit from cleaning dept. and the spanish guy who comes to clean our house calls Gianna by saying ‘muchacha’ to her. She likes this and smiles back at him.

21 comments:

  1. Excellent initiative to express your feelings for Gianna...

    Keep going...

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  2. Gia is such a cutie! Thanks for starting the blog Radha...now we'll be able to watch Gia grow in spite of being so far from her. Looking forward to seeing lots of photos and posts. Kabir sends his love to Gia :-)

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  3. Hi Radhu.. I really liked the idea of starting a blog for Gianna. She is so cute. Now I can stay in touch with her always. God bless her!

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  4. hey radhika its very intersting to know about giana and ur motherhood. the blog is very enjoyable :)

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  5. Nice Blog Radhika. The big job would be to keep posting regularly. I would be looking fwd to see her and read about her in the blog.

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  6. hi radhika, the blog is so good, and i like the line which u said when you grow old, these memories will keep you rejuvenated. Good luck and enjoy!

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  7. Absolutely loved it Radhu...ha ha..beware! Gianna's favorite person on TV is a Jyotish :)..maybe next time I see her, she will be already reading my hands and muttering 'baba deeda eeta'...:)

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  8. Hey Radhu...excellent idea of starting a blog for Gia, she is so adorable. Its great that ur catching each n every moment of her life n interesting to know ur experience as a mother as well...Radhu, upload some more pics plssssssss...
    God bless Gia n wish u a wonderful time with the little princess...:)

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  9. Hey Rads.. I luve u buddy for this blog.. at a stage when all of us will hv kids v can share our experiences too ;) lolz... But its an amazing way to keep Gianna's dear ones connected about her little joys which will be wonderful to read after 10 yrs down the line.
    By the way... aur fotos laga de and I still cant get over the idea!!!
    Tk gud cr..

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  10. excellent attempt! gianna is lucky to have a mother like u....very emotional....good going radhu

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  11. Gr8 going Radhika....One really feels excited to go through motherhood.....God bless U n Gianna :)

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  12. this is too good .... too good idea keep it up and some day this will be the box of memories for Gianna :)

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  13. thankyou people.
    i m feeling good:-)

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  14. Radhika,
    You have done a great job. Cheers.
    Gianna looks adorable,as always.
    Its very important to write and keep an account of child's daily mischiefs as you keep forgetting otherwise.So good on you.
    Iti

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  15. awsmee Radhika! I just loved the blog! n ur little princess is soo adorable! God Bless her! n m luking forward to the next post :-)

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  16. bhabhi hatts off
    just loved the blog and only parents like u guys can create such awesome blog
    plz do update this blog with pictures of "chutki" along with loving parents
    this blog would be an asset for chutki and the best way to let her know how much u people love "CHUTKI"

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  17. thats a great thing radhu... felt like in a few moments i knw all about gia... she;s so adorable n i can so imagine her doing all that... bring here here will read out all the stories to her... :) love to both.. muah

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  18. Hi Radhika, Beautiful.. I loved reading everybit of it. May God bless her always. Luvv Nisha mausi

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  19. Hi Radhika,
    Very nicely drafted your feelings,She actually worth this whole efforts as she is so cute Darling.
    Good Job-Keep going

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  20. What a lovely idea Radhika...I often think there are so many precious little things that take place in the day to day with kids as they grow..things that make you smile and laugh and you wish you could remember them all...very inspiring of you to actually jot it down!!...Gia is so adorable...I wish we had timed our stay in New York so we could have spent time together. Hopefully we will meet some day soon..in the meantime, I will enjoy reading your blog. love, Sandhya jij

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  21. Hi radhika, wonderful idea to share your feelings and your thoughts..it looks so beautiful. Nice to read all the events. Thanks for sharing.

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