I love rolling over! - My Fourth Month

My fourth month had a lovely start. It was mommy's birthday but it was me who had cake all over my face!

I had become an expert in rolling over and would hate to sleep on my back.I prefered sleeping on my side. I would trouble everyone as I would turn over on tummy but couldn't do the reverse. And if I rolled over in sleep, it would disturb my sleep and I would start crying loudly. Till 3rd month I was simpler to deal with and could easily be left alone playing for a while, but not anymore.

All my play now was reduced to doing one thing - Grab objects and lick them:) The ceiling fan was gradually becoming an old friend that would interest me only occassionally.

My first summer had began and I did not have to wear my sweaters/caps all the time. Couple of times I was bathed by Uma and Purna aunties and mom too attempted to bath me two or three times!

I went to visit Paramesh babai(uncle) in his Sri Chaitanya residential college. It was a surprise visit for him and he was all excited to see me and all of us at his college. I also visited my maternal home again and my grandmom had invited all her friends to introduce me.

Mommy says that from my fourth month she started feeling that I recognize her. In fact I had slowly started recognizing everyone in my family and guess who made me smile the most?? Dad:) I would smile in different ways to Dad - sometimes excitingly, sometimes blushing and many times with the broadest possible smile keeping the tongue out!

Another art that I had mastered was, if I was given two hands for support, I would hold the fingers tightly and would instantly rise up and come to a sitting position.

And I had also started giggling, have a look!!

My First Trip

I had my first outdoor trip in my third month. It was also the first long drive in our new car for my family. We were going to our native village Mannegudem. In the morning I was given a warm bath and put to sleep so that everyone could peacefully prepare for the trip :P

I was asleep half the way until we took break at a place for lunch. Daddy stopped the car at a place that had farmlands around. Everyone took out newspapers to set our dining area! I was comfortable and cozy in my Uma aunty's arms. This was the first time I got real exposure to Mother Nature. Mommy had prepared pulihora (tamarind rice) and after lunch there was a big photo session. Everyone would pose with me in their arms!

I smiled a lot in my village by looking at all our relatives. We had to visit a temple and a river for which we drove to a neighbouring village (my paternal grandmother's native place) called Sangem. All three of us had to take bath in the cold water of the river. As the water was very cold my grandmother just applied the holy water to my body with her hands. After bath all of us visited the temple and had prasadam and lunch which was prepated on the site.

We were back from Sangem by noon and later in the evening hosted dinner for all our relatives . I received several gifts that included dresses, gold and silver ornaments. On the way back, we visited all our relatives in Korutla (a town nearby the village). It was a one week trip full of excitement and fun!

A smiling Nishita - My Third month

My third month is special for various reasons.

It coincided with the begininng of a new year. I welcomed the year 2009 in style. While my usual bedtime used to be 9pm, on 31st Dec 2008, I slept at 1 am!! I exchanged wishes with everyone in my family before retiring to bed.

I finally got introduced to my dearest Ravi mama in Jan 2009. My mom took me to my grandparents' place so that we get to spend some time with him. His favourite hobby now was to take my snaps! He tried hard to capture me with a smile and was successful few times.

I had my first outdoor trip in the second week of this month. The trip was to my native village Mannegudem. This trip deserves a more detailed description and hence a separate post is dedicated for it.

Once back from the village, I again met Ravi mama who gifted me a beautiful pram. Most of my playtime was now spent in my pram. I bid Ravi mama farewell while he went back to Germany.

I could now hold objects with better grip and would try to take them into my mouth. I smiled a lot in the third month by looking into people's faces and things that I found interesting. I would look straight into the camera whenever my snap was taken. I was already following Daddy's footsteps in this regard - giving poses for photographs. I had a grand finale...on the last day (Jan 29) I rolled over completely for the first time!! It was a celebration time and Nannamma and mummy prepared bobbatlu (an andhra sweet dish) on the occassion.