A New Year

Based on the date of my last post, it's safe to assume that I pretty much gave up on the rest of 2010.

What a year! To say I'm glad it's over would be an understatement. We went through lots of changes - Amit & I both changed jobs, moved twice, dealt with some health hurdles, and just generally went through the year always feeling 10 steps behind. It was overwhelming, frustrating, and infuriating at times, too. But as 2011 neared, we both fell into a resolve to start with a clean slate.

Bring on 2011! We're settling in at work, settling in at home, Naina continues to thrill us and remind us what life is really all about. She's loving toddler life - picking up words and skills just about every day.

For those who don't mind being bored listening to me proudly talk about her, here's some of the progress we've seen on the words front. The milestones seem to come in phases -

Phase I words:

mum-mum

outside

all done

naina

(much to our amusement, all hopes of mama and dada being her first words were shattered)

In Phase II, she added on:

turtle

nah

ya

diaper

pay-pay (aka pee pee)

dada

aba

Recent additions to the vocabulary include:

yogurt

mama

dada turned into daddy

dudhu

chicken

fish

doggy

oh no

wow

whee (everytime we make a u-turn in the car or grocery store shopping cart!)

ya turned into yes

nah turning into no

aji

yucky

oooh baby (Amit's trying to make her into a pop singer) :-)

She makes us laugh every single day. Having Naina around is the one part of 2010 that I wouldn't have traded for the world. Thanks to the hurdles this past year, I've really come to appreciate all blessings in my life. Here's to 2011 - wishing all our dear friends and family good things in the year ahead!