These past few weeks have been insanely busy for me so I’m thoroughly enjoying having some time off. Although I have a million and one things on my “to do” list, I’m taking it a day at a time and trying to enjoy just hanging out with Anokhi. She’s such a riot these days. With just [...]
Posts Tagged ‘dada’
Celebrating Mr. Mom
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged dada, daughter, Father's day, memories, nana, special relationships on June 23, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Jigs (also known around our home as daddy, Diggis, or, most recently, Jeegs), is best described as Mr. Mom. In the seven years that we were married before Anokhi arrived, I had never seen the side of him that I saw the day Anokhi was born. I can still remember him watching in awe as this little person, our little person and God’s most [...]
Dada and dadi
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Anokhi, dada, dadi, grandparents, gujarati, language development, nana, nursery rhymes, swimming on April 5, 2011 | 2 Comments »
This past week, Jigs’ parents arrived from India. They stayed with us for several months after Anokhi was born, but left when she was four months old. They prefer spending their summers here and winters in Mumbai. I don’t blame them. -25 degree temps and ice on the ground is not fun when you’ve spent so [...]