“Minneee” Mania

Our visit to Niagaras was a good break for all three of us. After coming home there were lots of home activities due - cleaning the house, buying groceries, meeting doctor, unpacking our baggage to name a few. Gianna has developed some new interests since past few days. She likes to cook food when she is in the kitchen and pluck leaves while she is in the park.





She has developed a special love for Minnie mouse which has increased so much in past few weeks that she likes to see “mickey mouse clubhouse” while eating, carries her Minnie mouse when she is sitting in car, she likes to see only “minnie’s” pictures in the “minnies-mickeys” books, and in fact sometimes call everything that she wants, with this name “minniee”. That’s too much of “Minnie” everyday and everywhere.



Gianna turned 18 months on 22-June-10. We took her to the Bronx Zoo to celebrate her special day and to make her meet some new friends. She enjoyed seeing the lions, snakes, monkeys, giraffes, however she was more amused to see the turtles (even the fake ones ;-) )



She is due for her 18th month regular medical check-up, and this time it includes her vaccination also. It gets very difficult to see your child bearing the pain which starts when a needle in inserted in such soft skin. It becomes all the more difficult when I have to take her all alone (no papa along).



Gianna and her “Papajeee” aka “Pappi”



Shobhit always wanted our first baby to be a girl :-) Shobhit and Gia share a chemistry, a chemistry of “naughtiness”. Today the credit for all her “shaitanis” go partly to her dear “pappi” aka “pappaji”. When shobhit is not working on computer, his favourite passtime is to click Gianna’s pictures and talk to her. On weekends, when Gianna finishes eating her food, Shobhit is the first person she looks for cleaning her mouth and for getting her out of booster chair. She tries to emulate him. She waits eagerly in the evening for her “pappi” and when she hears the door bell, she goes to the door to greet him.



Shobhit, as a father is very careful and protective for her daughter. He like any other father wants her to get the best of everything in this world. She wants her “pappi” to play hand puppets with her. He likes to make bubbles for Gianna. They play peek-a-boo and hide and seek, and sing rhymes together.