Peek-A-boo Video

There are certain times that children do things that make you stop and marvel at how big they are getting. This was one of those times. She opened the gate and went through it. She shut the door and then started opening and closing it to play peek-a-boo! Enjoy Mommy being Debbie Downer at the start of the video too (wha-wha).

Random Photos from December/January

Here are some random photos from the last month or so. First up, Priya driving the shopping cart. You never realize the power of this device until you are done with your shopping and realize she didn't make a single fuss:

She did so well in the cart car, I took her straight out for her own set of wheels:

Priya looking fly in her Puma track suit:

Priya and I enjoying the snow after my 4.5 hour commute home. Luckily she stayed up past her bedtime so we could enjoy a few minutes outside in the snow:

Videos soon...

Bath Time

I hope to get some more posts up here shortly. I want to get some recent videos up. Since I know it has been a couple of weeks, I wanted to get some pictures up. Priya loves bathtime. She never wants to get out.

You would think the colorful plastic animals would be her favorite. Nope. She loves to fill these small cups with water. They have holes in the bottom and she loves to watch the water spill out of the bottom.

She likes to stack the cups too. She could spend all night in the tub. I have to pull the plug and tell her it is over when the tub is empty. She still pitches a fit when I pull her out.

More posts to come shortly....

Christmas Day - It is always the unexpected gift

You have your thoughts on which gift they will be most excited about. You are never right. It is always an unexpected gift that kids find most exciting. Christmas got off to an early pre-dawn start, and Priya was ready to go.

She went straight for the play kitchen because it was the first thing she saw. She even played with it for a little bit...until she saw her chair!!! The chair was it. Up and down. Up and down.

She did manage to make it back to the kitchen. Do yourself a favor and click on the picture above to see the face Priya is making on the "glass" of her play oven. Hilarious.

Since I posted her making an ugly face, I better post a nice picture from Christmas morning. Then, it was back to the chair! After that she would barely leave her chair to open her other gifts.

All of Priya's running around really pooped Sona out. A great Christmas. I will try to post a video soon.

Christmas Eve 2009 - Lights and Boxes!

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season! It is New Year's Day at 8:30 am as I write this. I was on call last night - hence why I can work on my blog with Priya this early in the morning. This is the first of a few posts from the holidays. Enjoy!

On Christmas Eve, Priya's friend Ella came over and picked us up. We all headed to the Eastside to Portland's famous lights display on Peacock Lane. This 2 block long residential street really goes for it on the displays. The traffic backs up like crazy. We decided to walk it, which was a great way to see the lights.

Back at home Priya was noticeably excited....

To play with the large box that one of her gifts came in! Typical kid. Next year, I will just wrap up some empty boxes.

After putting her to bed, we were able to bring out all of her gifts and the other gifts. We made the mistake of putting out Grandmaman and Pappy's gifts after returning from FL for Thanksgiving. Priya quickly started unwrapping them. So, we didn't have any gifts under the tree until Christmas Eve after she went to sleep. Until the morning....