Neel at 6 months

Hi.. Neely Neel… I cannot believe you are 6 months old. You are growing up so fast that we can barely keep up with you. You have crept in our hearts over the last 6 months and we all love you sooo much. At 6 months, here’s what your personality is like:

1. You do not like to be held. You are a wiggle bunny! Only daddy seems to be successful in holding.
2. You put your arms on everyone’s shoulder like you are little man. It’s so cute. Daddy really loves it when you put your arms around his neck. It’s like you two are having a man to man discussion.
3. You speak a lot…. You are always cooooing.
4. You smile a lot. No matter what you get up and start to smile.
5. You love your sister. You want to do everything she does, but you also love to pull her hair. Then she gets mad.
6. You love to eat. We cannot feed you enough, especially when it comes to solid food. You eat about 2-3 servings of solid food in 1 go.
7. You love books. I just put books near you and you try to flip the pages.

One of my most precious memory of you is going to be the time we spent on Kannapali Beach. Daddy and Simone had gone into and you and I were just hanging out on the grass. The sun was setting and we could hear the music from the happy hour close by. I was lying on grass and you were on top of me and we both kept looking up at the Palm Tree and kept cooing. I was singing songs to you. It was so much fun. We did that for almost 30 minutes. I had so much fun holding you. Mummy loves you! Did I tell you that you are one handsome little boy who has tons and tons of hair on his head?

All she wants to do is play with you...

Your didi really loves you. Most of the time she wants to do things with you and for you. She loves to teach you how to do things, she loves to feed you and hold you. In fact when we were at school yesterday she held in her arms for circle time till you unceremoniously barfed on her. Every so often she will snatch a toy from you or toss you around.

Here are some fun videos of the 2 of you:

Didn't I tell you that didi even loves to feed you? Here you go:

Neel starts to eat

Today was Neel's solid food ceremony and it was so much fun. We did the puja in a beautiful temple in Malibu surrounded by family and a few good friends. We missed the grand parents tremendously!

Mama and Myme and Daddy and Mommy have been soooo excited about feeding Neel that for the last few days that's all we talked about. Myme made the food for Neel. It was mashed rice with saffron. I made idli, sambhar, chutney, and rasmalai-rabri desert for the puja.

Our little cutie pie Neel wore a dhooti that Nana got for him for the puja and we served his first morsel in a silverware that Nana got from India. We had an amazing time today at the temple. Neel really enjoyed his food. Perhaps he was hungry but he couldn't get enough. Once the puja was done, he went to everyone who wanted to hold him and after a while, he promptly went to sleep, only to wake up at Mama's home.

Anita Masi also dropped by to feed Neel his solid food today. All in all, it was a fun day and Neel starts with journey of exploring and experience different types of foods.