3 months new!

Has it been 1.5 months already since I last posted?? Wow!  Time does fly when you have a newborn!  Well, in the last month - Esha already completed her 1st domestic flight to Atlanta and 1st road trip to Dallas.  So we have all been keeping busy!

Personality changes - Esha is babbling away - knows most of the vowels - aa oo eee and says them out aloud with a whole lot of emotions and expressions. This little thing has a VERY loud voice and an even louder cry. Daddy is convinced that she has swallowed a loud speaker when we weren't looking.  Now we just need to get her to swallow a silencer! ;) She is being fed on demand - which means I get some nights with almost no sleep. But as always daddy and grandma are such big help and make sure they give mommy some rest! She has been learning to smile lots - lots and lots of social smiles.  And lots of playtime.  Another change is learning to realize that talking to people is SO  much more fun than being left alone on a play mat! Oh Boy! Tummy time is getting better - maybe tolerable for ~3-4 mins at a time now. One thing she loves is her crib mobile time! The moving animals definitely gets her squealing!

Big 3 month change - back to work for me!  Very depressing - very hard .. but so blessed to have grandma's that are giving up their precious time to make this transition easy!

Family time in Atlanta - 2 weeks of non-stop fun!  Esha seemed to have grown so much all of a sudden. Must be the constant interaction with the other kiddos making her eager to grow.  Oh time .. please stop and let me soak it all in!

The transition to the 3-6 months clothes have started.  SAD!!  I don't have a newborn in hand anymore! SIGH!

Now for some pics since I last left off!

1st outing - Aunty Sha's for pumpkin carving! 

MONKEY! 

Still very cute! 

Best pic to date! 

Aunty Diane visits! 

Bumble bee for halloween! 

Mommy's attempt on a photo booth shoot! ;) 

At Shria's Bday # 1!

We are bumble bees! 

With the sissy and the mauu!

At Reema's godh bharai

All smiles for Daddys funny faces! 

New outfit for Diwali! 

New outfits for Diwali! 

All ready for Diwali potluck at Anars

Modelling for mommy! 

How adorable is this?!?!?

At Reema's Godh Bharai in Dallas! 

Week 7 ...

Another week has gone by and I swear I have no idea where it's gone.  Everyone told me life would get better after 6 weeks .. and it most definitely did. She sleeps longer, sounder, feeding is going great, pumping isn't that scary, we have had the courage to go out with her!  All in all a great week.  Esha had quite a few fun visitors this week and she was as always in her best behavior!  I have a feeling she is going to be one social butterfly!  :( 

Future Leader of the pack!! Aadit the cutie! 

Oh my God .. how adorable are these munchkins - Selin and Sera  visit! 

Work BFF, Leyla - the baby whisperer!

Now my baby is a wubbanub addict! 

Ellie the elephant! 

Aunty Girja flies in all the way from SEA!!

Anuj kaaka needs lot more pics!!  He has seen Esha the most and has the least # of pics with her :( 

How the Texans brave a mild cold front!! Ridiculous! 

Mommy's FAV cupcake! 

Eeek smiles!  

More smiles!!  SIGH! 

My lil doll!  Can't get enough of this one! **MELT**

Adios all! See you in Week 8! 

Half way point!

Baby Esha turned is SIX weeks old!  Which means BOO! Half my maternity leave is over!  I am NOT looking forward to going back as of now. I feel like I have *just* started getting the hang of motherhood.  And Gosh!  every minute she seems to just grow and learn something new.  I am sooo fascinated by nature. So amused that WebMD baby tells me my baby is supposed to do this and that this week and she does just that!  How interesting that no matter what culture and background and financial status you have, all babies around the world develop pretty much the same! God, Nature, all of it .. is just so mesmerizing and beautiful! 

Now for some Esha updates: 

Personality: We are doing lots of new things this week!  Like 'playing'!  Our alert time has increased exponentially!  We are getting lots of alert spurts throughout the day and we are also seeing signs of a schedule happening! YAY! Lots of Cooing and talking happening. I still desperately try to get a real smile happening - but for now it's just mommy flashing her 32 teeth and BabyE looking very confused!  :D 

Sleep: Tend to have a 4 hour cycle at night (yay for more than 2 hrs of sleep).  Sleep is getting better and deeper.  Naps are happening, but are very swing dependent.  Need to figure out how that's going to move to the crib! Night sleep has finally moved to the pack n play (from co-sleeping with me on the bed)!  Woo hoo! Now that Esha is off in her own space at night, Daddy gets to move back into the room! PDaddy used to be a really slight sleeper, but Daddyhood has definitely changed that! ;-) 

Feeds: MUCH better!  6 weeks is really the turning point.  If you are a new mom or mom to be and are thinking of breastfeeding, the important thing is to stick it out for 6 weeks and you will pass through the hump! Both baby and you need those weeks to understand and learn each other.  It might happen even sooner for you ... so just be patient. :)  BIG accomplishment of this week - Bottle feeding has begun.  To get BabyE to not reject bottles later (which is apparently very common), the docs recommend giving her one bottle feed per day or every 2 days.  So we are doing just that.  (Which also means mommyG has finally overcome her fear of 'the pump'! ugh!) 

Accomplishments of the week: 
1. Bottle feeding - piece of cake! 
2. 1st official outing to the temple followed by lunch at Swad - slept through it all and so again, piece of cake!
3. Officially not a newborn anymore.  BabyE has transitioned to 0-3 mos. clothing and No. 1 diapers!  (Sniff!)
4. Pooped on Daddy and Peed on Mamoma! Woot woot!

Now for some fun pics: 

Temple Outing with Mamoma

Temple Outing with Daddy! 

Check out my smile ... only for Mamoma! 

Mommy dresses me Govinda style! 

Thank you Aunty Diane for the wonderful headband and booties! 

Daddy loves talking to me about his day and I love listening! 

How cute is this outfit?  Thank goodness for sisters like Shria!

I am So playful now that I am 6 whole weeks old! 

My sexy look! ;) 

Check out that tongue ... MELT! 

Daddy pretending to read! 

My Bed hair look! 

YAY!  Daddy gets to enjoy a feed session with me!! 

Self-Soothing ... means Mommy Melting! 

Neighbor Grandma Shelley pays me a visit and I listened to her very attentively the whole while!

Daddy doesn't clean my poopy diapers .. so I pooped on him!  Didn't want him to miss out! ;-) 

Adios World.  See you in Week 7! 

5 Weeks old today! :)

I am 5 weeks old today!  Woot woot!! 

Let's see how this week has been!  

My parents love dressing me up like I am their new baby doll - I guess I gotta play the part! 

I am still loving Mamoma's Oil massages!  She's the best! She also has this fancy head gear for me post-bath!  We match ... aww!  :) 

I love passing out right after some mum mum! I am a happy camper when I have a full tummy! 

I have been flashing some occasional smiles which gets a lot of attention from my folks - I guess I should do that one more. 

 So Wait!  I am not FOUR weeks anymore??? 

WOAHHH!!! 

  

I guess it's a good thing!! YAY!  

 I loveee burping on daddy's shoulders!  I wait for him to come home just so that I can have some burpy time with him! 

He likes to munch on my fingers - I don't mind as long as I can cuddle! 

I can sleep for hours in his arms .. and I don't even mind that I have to share my attention with that i-whatever! ;) 

More of Mamoma's fancy headgear time!  Mummy loves this look on me! 

Now that I am 5 weeks old, I have started to like that playmat Mom has been putting me on.  I played on it for a whole 20 mins today and loved it! 

Mamoma was happy to see me play too - we spoke to each other for a bit! 

Life is Good!  

 Who's that cutie??? 

It's meeee!! 

I love posing for mommy! 

Ok Yawwn! Time for me to to get some Zzzssss!  Will See you all soon!