Liya helping out her mom with work..

Video: 5 month old Liya with laptop
See how happy and excited she is with the new toy.

A night at Bangalore!

Well, I hope you have already read my mom's writing about our trip till Bangalore. We reached Fazal uncle's house in the evening. The climate was too good there. I should say it was really cold and such an awesome climate was something really new to me. 

                                         With Nehan

Feroz uncle's son Nehan and daughter Aysha (4 months older than me) were there. Nehan stayed with me for long time, he tried to make me smile, he brought all his toys near me and played for me.. he was so happy to have me there. I was happy too. At night he cried saying 'i will sleep near baby..'.:) So sweet of him!

Calicut -->> Bangalore

Liya was 3 months and 4 days old, when we decided to travel back to Hyderabad, where both myself and her dad live and work. I had already got back to work after my maternity leave. We decided to drive down to Hyderabad, from Kerala. Of course it was a tough decision as the road distance was almost 1000 Kms. We believed that we can take frequent breaks while traveling and which would make her more comfortable.

We started our journey early morning 6.00 am on 16th Jan '10. She was quite sleepy, but I managed to get her bathed and dressed in her traveling suit. I wonder how happy and excited she should have been if she was able to understand that she was to start a long journey, crossing 2 states. She is too young to watch and enjoy the mind-blowing sceneries, three states of the country she was traveling through in 2 days, and the change in language, culture, habits, food...

She had nothing to worry about..nothing to watch or enjoy other than sleeping and having her tiny tommy full of milk whenever hungry..

Updates: first three months

This is how she passed her major milestones.

First Month:

- She smiled at me for first time ever on 28th day of her birth.
- She lifted her head while we pushed her on tummy.
- She responded to sound: any small sound made is alert and she quickly turned her head.
- She was able to turn her head in both direction while laying on back
- She made lots of cooing and noise.

 

My first ever Eid

After returning from Eid Gah, in my Eid dress

Eid- ul- Adha (Barkid)- The 'festival of sacrifice', was on  48th day of my birth. My first ever eid, I celebrated at my dad's house with paternal grandparents, my parents and my uncle.

Eid ul Adha, commemorate the willingness of Prophet Ibrahim to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience to God, but instead was able to sacrifice a ram (by God's command). Each capable family would sacrifice a domestic animal, such as a sheep, goat, cow, or camel. The meat would then be divided into three equal parts to be distributed to others. The family can take one third, another third is given to other relatives, friends or neighbours, and the other third is given to the poor as a gift.  Eid is also about spending time with family and friends, renewing relationships..