Aarush - the Li'l Champ

Well, babies are so innocent, they sometimes do things unexpectedly and make everyone laugh.  This list does not include milestones Aarush expectedly attained. It includes all fun things he did in the last one month - While babbling in the thirteenth month,  he unexpectedly said 'Dabaang' when we were planning to see the movie. His Aatya (aunt), who is a BIG Salmaan fan was obviously happy - His grandpa is his favorite as he takes him to the garden and makes him laugh. He got so angry when Grandpa stopped him from doing something that he cried when he saw him and refused to go to him.  But this anger didn't last for more than 10 mins!!! - Started saying Atta non-stop in the thirteenth month (he started saying this when I was teaching him "apple" and the word just stuck). This was around his Attya's bday so she was very very happy - Screams very loudly when we take him to the door (as he loves going outdoors). The immediate neighbours when he is going out...

The Panchgani Trip was special for 3 reasons - this was Aarush's first holiday trip with family; the family went together for a trip after almost two years and it was Aarush's Aunt's bday. Aarush is not new to traveling, we travel between Pune-Mumbai every two months. We had also made a short trip to Kolhapur to visit the Mahalakshmi temple, when Aarush was 6 months old. Nevertheless, this trip was special because Aarush now understands and reacts to new things, new environment and new people. We planned to leave early. But when u have a baby in the house, everything revolves around his routine. Since outside food is still no-no for Aarush, we prepared his day's meal in the morning. We reached Panchgani at around 2.00 pm.   We stayed at Hotel Ravine , located at the Sydney point, facing the Krishna valley. The scene we first saw outside the hotel window was breath-taking. The afternoon sun lit the mist in the environment, the nature took ove...