Month 4 done !!

In a couple of days Neev will turn 4 months old. I can’t believe how quickly time has flown by.. I swear that was the fastest four months of my life !! Looking back at all of the pictures that we have taken of Neev (it’s well over a 1000 now, literally!) it is amazing how much he has changed. He has gotten bigger, stronger, more active, and discovered so much of the world around him, and We have savored every minute watching him.

He is such a chunky monkey now. He weighs almost 14 pounds now and mommy’s back back could attest for that! He is so big and so strong. He holds his head up really well these days and if he could stand up on his own I think he would. He loves to stand up in my lap when you hold him and he is so curious about the world. For heaven sake don’t hold him in such a way that he cannot see out. He gets so fussy and aggravated when you actually sit down to hold him too…he just loves it when you walk around (again so that he can see everything around him!) He is such a funny boy. I think he is going to be a real go-get-er…we are definitely going to have our hand full for sure!

Overnight he graduated from being a blobby infant into an honest-to-goodness baby boy. He’s really developing quite a charming personality, and he blabbers away all day long, talking to the Elmo, talking to the monkey, talking to us and just talking away. Who on earth did he inherit that from? Any guess ..I am not taking any names !!!

And much to our relief, he traded in that awful high-pitched glass-shattering shriek that he found last month for a new cry: now it’s more like an annoyed chirp. Chirp chirp chirp! Why can’t you change my diaper faster?, where’s that damn binky I’ve been asking for?, Why can’t you prepare milk faster ? It’s hard not to just stand back and laugh at him, it’s so cute.

Now that he’s a lot more interactive and we can play together, the days pass so quickly. Between all the chirping, smiling, playing and chatting, Mommy hardly has time for napping. We still have a hard time not staring at him when he take naps. There he is, breathing and dreaming away in his crib or cradle, and We just sit and stare, memorizing your face and all of his sleepy mannerisms. In fact, every time I come home from office he is resting in his craddle with mommy sitting beside ..and when I asks mommy what they did today, and all she can say is “I fell deeper in love with our son”.

The only sad part to this post is he is leavin for India with his mommy to see GRANDPARENTS, well he’s been such a good kid, he deserves it. I will see him in a couple of months !!!

There is a God and He watches !!!

Today was the day we have been anxiously waiting for two weeks now. However, deep down in a little corner of our heart we thought that this day should never come. Today, Neev went through Bronchoscopy. Bronchoscopy is a procedure that allows the doctor to look at Neev’s airway through a thin viewing instrument called a bronchoscope for any structural abnormalities. On one hand we wanted this to get done so we can either be relieved or take appropriate diagnosis. On other hand, just the thought of him lying under the big surgical light with no sense, almost destroyed us. In any case 25th Feb came and we reached hospital at 11:30 AM. We couldn’t give him anything to drink except a little pedialyte but he seemed to be OK. Once we were in hospital they changed him to hospital gown, even then he looked so cute. After this they asked to watch for a video about this particular process and what can we expect after the surgery. Once the video was over, the doctor came and explained the same things in a more personal way. Finally, after 10 minutes two nurses came to take our little bubble from us for the surgery. We could hardly control the rush of emotion when they asked to kiss him bye. Nurses took him away and we waited outside. The doctors did tell us that he might not come to senses for 2 hours after the surgery and still be cranky after that. After 20 minutes or so the surgeon came to the sitting launge and showed us some pictures of the airways and passed on the news we wanted to hear for months. Here are his exact words “He is a tough little fella, there is nothing structurally wrong with his airways and he should automatically grow out his breathing problem” …there is a GOD ….we know that ..we know it one more time !!!!

After few minutes, at around 2:20, they called us in to see our “tough little fella”, now as doctors said we were excepting him to be unconscious. We couldn’t believe as we reached the bedside that he was wide awake and staring at the nurse sitting at her side. He saw “The Mommy” and smile at her. It doesn’t take more than that to moisten mommy’s eyes. But all is good, we were in hospital for few more hours and were discharged at around 5 PM. After we came back home, we realized his nose was little pinkish but that was expected also. His poop was really weird too so we called the doctor and that was normal too !!!

What a big relief, now we can finally start working on his trip to India.

Month 3 done !!

Our little bundle of joy is not little any more, he is already a handful. Today he turned three months old. It’s been a busy with a fair amount of trips and socializing. Let me tell you, just like his Grand-father he is already quite the host, he is wide awake during the visits. So many of our friends have been coming over to meet him. Some of them are really kind to bring some food over, which is a godsend. After a full day of seedy mustardy diapers and cottage cheesy spit-up, the ready to eat and deliciously cooked food is awesome for Vi. He is wearing size 3 month clothing and some of his new born clothing are now tight! He is definitely busting at the snaps in a few of them. It is so sad because We’ve had to put away all of his newborn things. They say that time flies but I never knew that it was going to be this fast! He is really starting to become more aware of his surroundings and it is so awesome to see him developing more and more every day. He is smiling so much these days and it really does melt my heart every time he cracks one! He is really ticklish under his chin and on his feet…it works every time to get him to smile. Vi and I are loving it…it really makes it rewarding as a parent when your child starts to recognize your face and smiling at you in response! Aside from getting bigger and longer, he’s learning and doing so many new things, like staying awake (well that was never a problem though !!) and alert longer and grabbing with his hands. His favorite grips are either the Gym monkey or his own hair. He is almost running our of his hairs atleast from the front side, sometimes we can even see little blood marks due to the uncut nails. Apparently he has started to realize that his fingers and especially the thumbs, which you love to suck on. It’s completely adorable. He has also discovered a new cry: it’s sharp and goes way up into the Mariah Carey octaves. We can’t seem to figure out what it means, perhaps he might want to become a traffic cop or a puppy trainer.

Month 2 Done !!

Our little prince is 8 weeks old…Two Months…can you believe it??? Time is flying by and our prince is growing up so fast before our very eyes. We are having a heck of a adventure in parenting and poor Neev is the brunt of our ignorance and eureka moments!

He is seriously growing we were at the the pediatrician last Friday and He is already 9 pounds 11 ounces !!!! That’s a gain of over 3 pounds. He is also approximately 23 inch tall. It is amazing!!! Everything else looked great health wise and yes there were vaccine shots involved but we will talk about it in a separate post. He is doing excellent with his eating and pooping…the only problem right now seems to be the sleeping but he has trained mommy very well by now so she is not complaining!!

He is so cute during his “awake-time”…for the most part he will lie in his cradles seat and stare everything his eyes can catch. He is really fascinated by the center light and does not miss a single opportunity to state at that. Last month he caused a lot of fuss everytime we tried to give him a massage, now he seems to love it. We are surprised by the fact that our little guys can lift and hold his head so steadily. He also seems to know that we like his little movements so he never misses an opportunity to impress us. His staring, his farts, his smile and his crying ..everything is so cute …we love it…

Neev has became the only focal point of our life not too mention our favorite hobby and topic of discussion. Have you ever met those ..yes those who can’t talk about anything else except their kid, the ones we all used to laugh at. I am proud to admit that I am now in that group too…I am sure with this rate people will start to hide if they see me in the hallway. Part of the reason we can’t stop talking because the little monkey seems different every day. As if the God is fine-tuning your looks like he would a radio, trying to get that one perfectly clear frequency to come through. His mood, his schedule and his signals/expression changes every day, and just when we think we cracked the code, he switches it up on us again.

Well things are altering almost daily and I don’t think we can take enough pictures or videos to capture them all. We feel so blessed with such a great baby and we pray that he continues to be happy and healthy. We can’t believe that not before too long Neev will be laughing and smiling at us and soon he will be sitting up and not long after that he will be crawling! Times flies all to fast these days…I am just glad that we are here and able to soak up every moment with our precious baby.