Thursday, May 30, 2013

A Wonderful Trip to the Bay

This last visit to the Bay was WAY over due.  We try to make it at least every 2 months, but the business of life somehow got in the way. That being said, even time & distance could not hinder the love and enjoyment we all felt while together again. The complete three generations of the Doss family together is a beautiful sight to behold. Sure it's fun to go out and do exciting things, but sometimes the best memories are had right at home. We spent a wonderful 2 1/2 days at both Mom & Dad's house and Chaya & Barry's house.  I am blessed to be part of this family and, moreover, be surrounded by the love we share for one another. It was a perfect Mother's Day weekend.

Friday Afternoon outside in Chaya & Barry's beautiful backyard.


Tha-Tha snuggling with Sud.

Aliyah couldn't even wait for him to get out of the crib before playing with him :)



Looks like they are having a blast playing with each other, but...
...they were really fighting over the toy. LOL! Boys will be boys. 

Tha-Tha picking oranges for the family. Look at those muscles!


Mom made her famous upitu, a delicious South Indian Cream of Wheat based breakfast. One of my favorites and clearly the little ones too.

Sud loves his Auntie Chaya! 

Love! 


Love x 2










All smiles for Barry Uncle
 



It's a beautiful thing to see the close bond these cousins are developing at such a young age, especially with the distance between them!







Rohan helping put Sud's binky back in.



Pig Day!

Once a semester, Torrance Family Fun Time has Pig Day. Pig Day is a sensory based play day where the babies play with food to stimulate their young senses:  touch, smell, taste, sight and hearing.  They had an option of playing with vanilla pudding, spaghetti,  rice, Cheerios, Jello, noodles and apple sauce.  It took most of the babies several minutes before digging in.











After 10 minutes, Sud had had enough of being messy, which wasn't very messy at all compared to some other babies!

After a little cleaning up, off to play he goes.








Wednesday, May 8, 2013

8th Month Reflections...

 This is what Sud is doing now...  
  • Sud ended the month weighing 20 lbs. 
  • Sud loves to stand up.  He may learn to walk before or at the same time as crawling.  
  • He is beginning to reach further out to grab toys while sitting down. He's not interested in crawling yet, but is working his way towards it. 
  • Sud has his 2 bottom teeth poking through!
  • He is beginning to have separation anxiety. He is fine with strangers, but doesn't like me to leave the room. 

Time for 8th month pictures!

He prefers to sleep on his side or belly now.  He usually doesn't rest his head on the pillow though :)

He loves his exersauser...Bright Starts Around We Go Activity Center.  This allows him to walk around the play center to practice his walking skills.  


Watching Daddy work.


"She loves me, she loves me not..." 

He loved playing with the balloon.





Loving a dried mango from Trader Joe's


Kiss, kiss


Being silly with Mommy, Daddy and Forrest



Two bottom teeth


Happy to have found a rock, but...
mad because mommy won't let him eat it!