Hello Everyone, Long time no see......I have a zillion updates from my side since the last post, so you better be patient to read the complete post.
I am 5 months and 8 days old and ...uuff finally I have been named, err... though I have my doubts if they(my parents) gonna stick to this one or not. You might have guessed it with the title, it's "Shraddha Surineni". My father had different one in mind but you know...that's how it is ;-), I pity him.
I:
- Put every thing I can lift straight into my mouth
- Bring my mouth to everything that I cannot lift so that I can put it in my mouth
- Acknowledge when some one talks or sings to me by saying "Aaaaam", "Aaaa"
- Cry only when I am hungry or getting sleep or...yew.. you know... ;-)
- Get angry if one carrying me talks to someone else ignoring me.
- Sleep sideways and sleep all night without disturbing anyone and myself
- Roll all across the bed in all directions
- This is the best part, my grand mother thought me "Sit & Stand". Yes, I sit when someone says "Sit" and stand one someone says "Stand"(Of course some has to hold me up). My father thinks I am genius(like him...) ha ha ha ha..... he is so funny.
- Eat nestum rice meal, banana; Drink lactogen milk, tomato juice, orange juice
- I open my mouth to eat food only when someone sings to me
Last weekend everyone took me to this cool and nice place called
Tirumala(
Tirupati) to do something. We all went in a vehicle and my dad came up by stairs, I thought he will take 4 to 5 hours considering that he puffs and pants after climbing 7 floors at his work place. But he made it in 2 hours 10 minutes, without drinking/eating anything(My mom thinks, if he has his camera, he does not need anything). I was happy that my paternal Great Grand Parents,
chinna ammamma(my paternal
Grandmoms sister),
chinna tata, Maternal Grand parents, Paternal grandfather and my
pinni(my mom's sister) and
babai were there for me.
Above: It looks like a closed room, all children are crying on top of their voice.... My dad is brushing my hair... I wonder what's going to happen!!!!
Above: The ambiance around is serious, my mom is tensed, I am not understanding what's happening here and my Dad - smiling like always, damn I cant get any clue from his face.
Below: My Dad put me in his lap and in few seconds they made me like this :-( . They also had my ears pierced. It pained but only for few minutes, I was normal later. My dad thinks if my mom had to undergo even the fraction of the pain I went through she would have cried the entire day :-).
Below: Its
Annaprasna(eating food for the first time) time and they put books, food(bananas), money, pen, flowers, gold, silver in front of me and they wanted to crawl towards the items and hold few of those. It is believed that the three items I touch first, I will have plenty/sufficient of that.
Below: I first went towards bananas and held those. My Mom was screaming "
Nooooo", My Dad - "
Yessssss" because he did the same during his
ceremony.
Below: Next I went for Money and Pen. Now my Mom was happy that I will have money and have good education.
Next I went for Gold and silver, after that they made me eat the Prasadam. Later in the day we went to my dad's dad''s home town "Chandragiri" which is very near to Tirupati. I was very tired and hit lap early.
Next day we went to see Lord Venkateswara's Kalayanam followed by darshan and it was amazing. I am surprised to see my dad so devotional and he looked funny in the silk dothi and gundu. Later in the evening every one headed back to their respective locations and I left for Eluru with my Maternal Grand Parents.
Next Saturday i.e., 17 January 2009, I will be in Hyderabad permanently. I wonder how my parents manage me with their work schedules. I am sure going to miss my Grand ma and Grand pa.....
So, Hyderabad.... get ready for Shradha!!!
My Dad thinks this is just a small milestone compared to the whole list of things he had planned for me. I guess he is just waiting for me to grow up and understand so that he can start his "Blah Blah Blah...Yada Yada Yada". Even now he does his "Blah Blah Blah...", I just laugh (Ignore) and he is a happy man.
