Monday, April 27, 2015

9 months: Yogurt, baptism, and teeth

I started enjoying some new food this month. On the top of the list is yogurt, which is quite good. Especially if it is homemade yogurt from Appa. I also like tomato sauce and can tolerate spinach with pears. I am venturing out beyond that, though still like most of my food pureed (and to tell the truth still prefer getting most of my input from Amma).

We celebrated Easter in a very special way: with my baptism. There was beautiful singing, interesting incense, lots of family and friends and two special godparents (Jay and Cindy), a bit where I got some water on my head and a bit where I got some very nice smelling chrism on me as well. Then I was able to fall asleep in Amma's arms, warm and comforted by many things.

As you can see, my hair keeps growing and is getting just long enough so that I need some help with it. We tried out a few headbands and a few clips, but most of the month I went without anything. In the summertime for sure I will want something to hold it back. We are waiting until we go to Appa's home in Tamil Nadu in India in October before cutting it.

Bouncing is a pretty fun thing to do, and I am really good at bouncing in my bouncy chair.

Remember those two teeth I mentioned last month? Now you can see my two bottom teeth when I smile. It is pretty cute.

I love standing up (holding onto things). And I am juuuust on the verge of crawling (see next month's post for my activity!).

I rounded out the month with some fun trips (to the train museum with Anna Kavi and Grandpa, to Home Depot to pick up some flowers for planting, and to a goat farm) and visits with friends and family.

Thank you God for my life, for my family, for headbands, for my brother, for toys, and for hugs.