Focus and Discovery

Sachi has adopted a very cute expression of focus when she is discovering new things, or manipulating objects. She sticks out her tongue just a little bit. It's the best!

I love this look of concentration...hope she keeps it for awhile. It is yet another "expression of the sachi". This one is on Venice beach. I see why she is in bliss. The apple does not fall far from the tree.

Mornings

Anil took this picture a few days ago. This is the image he sees before he leaves for work everyday.

This is my favorite time of the day...mornings with Sachi. I love seeing her first smile and hearing her first words when she wakes up. We lie there together for awhile and play in bed before we ultimately start our day.pp

Bringing Sachi to our old stomping ground

Anil, Sachi and I had a fabulous stay with our friends Varun and Shakti in Venice this past weekend.

It was a trip down memory lane for us...walking barefoot along the walk streets and spending the day on the sand. We imagined what our lives would have been like if we stayed in Venice. The beach would be Sachi's larger than life sandbox.

Anil and I both know that it was those two years in Venice that we were happiest. Maybe someday we could return there. We would have to win the lottery to afford to live there now.

Constructive silliness

They say music with infants can be a great method of practicing "constructive silliness". Babies in the west are bathed in verbal language, but don't spend hardly enough time soaking up nonverbal language. Apparently music is a great vehicle to practice some of that nonverbal communication. Sachi now has 4 different musical instruments...enough for us to erect a home based band. What we play is silly, off key sometimes...but frequently we catch a good rhythm. Anil and I will play some beats, Sachi will wait, and then she joins in with her own beats. This has totally become a highlight of our day!

"Best in Toe"

There is no category in the olympic games for this, but there certainly should be. Sachi wins the Gold Medal for "Best in Toe". It is totally limber and retractable, such that she may perform tasks that even monkeys struggle with. Where in the genetic pool she may have gotten this is a mystery... And whether future generations will see another toe like this is unknown.

Anil's QT with Sachi

I know i just posted but couldn't resist adding this pic and commentary.

Anil spends his quality time with Sachi on the weekends aggressively looking for a house on all the online listings and websites. If you know Anil, he's always got an obsession of the month which includes purchasing something. Before it has been a new television, camera, phone, dvd player, bluetooth device, and now it is this house. It doesn't stop. Sachi sometimes will look at listings with him, but even she has her limits...

"This is boring. Get a house already, daddy!" Once we get that house, I have to be prepared for many more obsessions...finding the right contractor, gardener, sand box for sachi...the list goes on and on.

Remember when?

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It is difficult to fathom now, but there was actually a time when Sachi was not that cute. Since I am her mom, you probably think this statement is blasphemy...but i call it like i see it. (And now I feel just a little bad about criticizing babies for their lack of cuteness.) But, this photo was not taken during one of Sachi's better moments. She was brand new (2 wks.) at the time keeping her mom up at nights. Gaining pudge and getting some vitamin D has been good for this munchkin.