half birthday!

Yup, Diya is 6 months old. Past month she learned to sit unsupported. I think she really likes sitting. I still keep pillows all around her cause I don't really trust her. If a toy goes out of her reach she leans in the direction of the toy and kinda falls and can't get back to sitting. She gets excited that she was able to get to the toy, but then realizes that she isn't comfortable so she starts crying. Its so funny.

She is also eating many veggies. As you can see it gets messy. Its fun to give her solids, but sometimes I wonder if the smelly diapers are worth it. Her poop smells so bad now. You're thinking well don't smell it, but you can't get away from it. The other day I was standing her in my lap when she started her business. She I let her finish and I could smell it through her 2 layers of clothes, diaper and being a foot away. I told Premal to take a wif and he came close to her bum and started to cough. We both agreed it was the worst smell ever. Good thing is that she leaks less cause the poop is more solid so it kinda just stays in one area of the diaper.

Ok, enough poop talk. So here are the photos from the past month.

Diya's 6th month and random other ones...

I've also posted bunch of videos on google. Here is a link to one and you can get to rest of them where it says "More from user".

Xmas, Anniversary, New Years, Birthday

Our parade of special occasions are now over. Instead of writing a post for each one I've included it all in this big post with respective pictures.

For the Xmas holidays Diya and I stayed at my parents and Premal joined us on his days off. I'm not sure who enjoyed this time more...Premal and I, my parents, my sister or Diya. Premal and I loved getting the extra sleep. My mom loved having Diya all to herself in the mornings while rest of the family slept. Dad loved how easily Diya would smile at him just by hearing his voice. Deesh loved everything about Diya except her dirty diapers.

December 29th was our 5th anniversary. It was nice. We were still at our parents and they took care of Diya while Premal and I enjoyed an quite evening out. It was only the second time(1st being the night before when we went to Premal's work holiday party) that we left Diya. We ended up talking about her the whole time.

New Years we spent with the samaj gang. Diya behaved well and Premal got to play his precious teri(card game) after a long time so it went pretty well.

Jan 4th I turned 29 for the first time(I like how I say that). It was a freezing day and we just spent it indoors and got take out. Next day bunch of the Umass gang came over and it was a lot of fun. Neha and Diya got to known each other and they spoke to each other in baby language. Gautam gave us some really great entertainment and a good glimpse to out our future holds with Diya. Guess the only bad part was the cars slipping on our driveway when people were trying to leave.
Well, the busiest and most fun time of the year is over. I think January and February are the most boring cause we get so lazy about going out due to the cold. Now that Diya is in the picture it'll be worse. It's bad enough having to bundle up ourselves. Bundling her up and taking her diaper bag and stroller is so not worth it sometimes.

She loves me

We setup the highchair. It looks so nice and new now...lets see what it looks like in a couple of months. Until now I used to feed Diya in the bouncer, but she is starting to get too big for it. Today will be the first time I feed her in the highchair...will see how it goes. Here is her highness testing it out.

So, all that one-on-one time I spend with Diya is starting to show. Yesterday, Premal was holding her while I was getting ready for bed and she was fussing and crying. Soon as I took her not only did she stop crying, but she acted like an angel...no fussing...no crying...she just went back to admiring her hands. I couldn't believe I possessed that kind of power. I had to test it out so I gave her back to Premal...sure enough she went back to crying. I took her back and the angel reappeared. I have to say it made me feel kinda nice...she really does love me.