18 months up! nine andar, nine bahar!

Kabir completed nine months yesterday and it seems like eons ago that I was pregnant and had a l'il baby! The l'il baby who hardly kept awake except for feeding, who couldnt even move an inch on his own, who couldn't recognize mommy-daddy!

Now we find you in EVERY corner of the house! Feeding time is when you want to creep all over the place and the brilliant smile of recognition reserved for parents, rajamma and mahadevamma! You seem to be changing little more everyday! :)

So on happy completion of 9 months heres 9 things I LOVE about you!

I love your bright and big eyes! They show every emotion... they shine when you are being naughty, when you are happy, when you know you are performing to the gallery! They fill up with tears when we go out of your sight or when you are hungry and sleepy! I can see indignation in them when you are scolded and very few times a hint of fear too.

i ADORE that sunshine smile of yours. It could steal and melt anyone's heart! I love seeing it at 715am every morning and when i get back home braving work and traffic! And my heart still skips a beat everytime i see that killer cute smile of yours!

I love you when you play that game papa and you play. Daddy- o runs behind you with some kinda war cry and you creep super fast in circles till you reach me and butt your head in my lap and try to hide there! and the look you give your papa knowing fully well that its just a game! :)

I love your curly hair! those ringlets that Rajamma insists on combing straight and i destroy it as soon as we are out of her sight! :D

I love the way you think my cell phone is everything from an edible thing to a ball that can be thrown inspite of telling you NOT to do it infinite times!

I love the way you enjoy food... especially from our plate. Be it little pieces of roti with dal or sevai upma that i have made for breakfast or idli at our weekend breakfast at darshini near our place! you even liked Gerber and Heinz baby food that i thought was Yucky! :D

i love how you play with everything except your toys! You love boxes (lactogen and cerelac), empty plastic bottles, newspaper, cell phones, steel plate and katori! :)

I love the way you have started half standing up on your knees against our legs, bean bag, gol takiya or anything that would give you support to do that. You just look so cute doing it! :) And you dont even cry much when you fall!

I love the way you understand l'il games now. The fake cough that comes after our fake one! The screaming fests when you match your AAs to our AAs. This is always followed by that wicked smile of yours making it even more fun! :)

I could go on and on, but have to save some for the next time! :)

you are really our bundle of joy in every sense of the term!

keep being the joy you are!

god bless ya!! and belated Happy Birthdate! :D

love you!!

mmuuuaaaahhh!!