Panasonic SDR-H40 40GB Hard Drive Camcorder

I am writing this in a rush, I couldn’t wait. I just got a notification on my mail that my camcorder was delivered today. I looked outside and there was freezing rain but the urge to see the camcorder was so big that I decided to go to mailbox anyway ..man it is cold outside. This is great timing, since Deepwali is tomorrow and we will be able to record the Laxmi Pooja proceedings now for our little bubble-dubble. After all he just missed it by few weeks his/her first deepawali.

We didn’t wanted our little monster getting mad on us asking why the heck we didn’t record his/her first smile or his first crawl or first whatever …just kidding..how can we not capture these moments. We’d been contemplating a camcorder for several months after a deep careful thought and several trips to local Best-Buy we decided to buy the Panasonic SDR-H40 40GB Hard Drive Camcorder. I had no idea that selecting a camcorder is going to be so hard. This particular one doesn’t have all the features I wanted but it gave the biggest bang for the buck. This has 40 GB built-in 40 Gig hard drive, which should be good for about 9 hours of recording (More than enough). Vin’s preference was to get the smallest size possible and it is pretty slick. The optical zoom (42X) is best in the segment. The best feature is optical image stabilization which is such a blessing when we won’t have a tripod handy. I think this will be great for capturing our life moments while the little munchkin is growing up.

I just take a quick video of the Pooja place and played it on the TV and I have to say it looks great. Hopefully, I will be able to post some videos but don’t hold your breath until after the baby birth.

Hospital Bag and Crib

Finally we decided to have our hospital bag packed, we realized that we didn’t have everything we need for first few days after the baby arrives and for moms hospital stay. We made some long trips to Burlington to buy everything we need. When we started to pack it felt like we are going for a month long trip. Seriously, I didn’t knew that we are going to need so much ..I always thought that all you need is a whole bunch of diapers and you are good to go .. Ugh!! We packed everything which Mom is going to need and almost everything what little kiddo is going to need. Few more thing for the baby (which we have in the house) but just need to make sure that we put them in the bag.

The biggest accomplishment this weekend was to put together the crib I had a great feelling while I was working on it. Mom helped me a lot. We had a lot of fun ..specially when I got stuck and mom figured out ..what is the next step. Finally when everything was assembled and we looked at it … it brought a flood of emotions. During the pregnancy, waiting moms have nothing real to hang onto. It’s the little things like painting a room and putting up a crib that they can hang onto. I could see Mom could no wait to hold the baby

Mom and I have also been nesting (ie, cleaning, washing)– The room is piled with a lot of stuff we bought and got from the baby shower. We started dividing them in two categories, one which we will need right away and one which we will need after the baby’s arrival to the home. We are holding on to the purchase which are color sensitive until after finishing out the gender. While I am at work Mom is washing got all the onesies and blankets to swaddle the baby at a moment’s notice. We are getting ready..it feels good …all we need is the little peanut. Well no hurry, though, just get here when you’re ready.

Got the VISA

I am happy to report that my mom’s VISA got approved yesterday. According to her VISA officer was extremely polite and helpful. Other then a small “this photo won’t work” accident everything went fairly smoothly. Vi’s mom and Bro waited outside until she came out (3 hours). She is already back to jodhpur and should receive her VISA in few days. Finally all that hard work paid off.. ..We collected so many papers but the officer did not even asked for one document..amazing !!! Next thing would be to book the tickets but she need to get her vacations approved first.