Second Month

I am growing faster! I am already 2 months old now. This month has an other special too..its the month of February...amma's birthday month as well. Nana bought a cake for amma and we gifted amma a treadmill for her birthday, so that amma will be trim and fit ;-) This month also had valentine's day...nothing special at home but it was also Shivani akka's birthday on Feb 14th. We wished her and I put on my dress which said 1st valentine's day!
Then came my second month birthday. Amma and nana were happy that I was born on 28th rather than 29th. You know why...they couldn't have celebrated my second month if I was born on 29th...it would fall on Feb 29th!! (which did not occur in 2011)

First Month

Its a month now since my birth. Amma and nana have decided to celebrate my every month birthday. So here's the first month one. They bought me a cake (though I can't eat one) and had some friends come over. Also, right after my 1st month was completed, amma and nana have to take me to the temple. I was all bundled up in my car seat for the winter. As a bonus, after we visited the temple...amma took me to shopping as well :-)

Naming and Cradle Ceremony

Now I am around a week old. Though everyone started calling me by name 'Skanda Gopal' from day 1, amma and nana wanted to have a religious function to name me and put me in the cradle (swing) for the first time. Again all our friends came to share the joy. You can see in the video how my dad writes my name on the plate of rice, whispers my name in my ears and also gives a little bit of honey in my mouth (ssshhh....don't tell my pediatrician and my atha (aunt) about honey...doctors don't like it here). Also, I got lots of gifts from my grand parents, aunts, friends. And finally they put me in the cradle and I slept so well because of the rocking motion.

My Birth

Amma and Nana say that I am a very special gift for them sent by God to them. They say I brought them closer to God and Spirituality. 

On 27th Dec 2010, Amma was admitted in the hospital in the morning with some pains...but I did not want to come that day!! So they had to wait for me until the next day. Amma says that she got really tired with the pains and it was a long labor (I will understand this better when I grow up:-)) In the below video you can see how cute I was looking after I was cleaned up by the nurse; and then my friends came to see me.