Boo Boo, Mamma and Daddy

Today my little baby turns two years old. it seems like yesterday we found out about my pregnancy. These two years have been the best days of my life. I feel so emotional while i write this post.
I could not take any pictures today so posting an old favorite.
coincidentally the hospital (christ hospital) where he was born is at the end of my street. while driving my husband to work today morning i passed through this hospital got a feeling as if i was in a time machine and went back two years in the past and found myself standing at the hospital entrance holding on my stomach and wearing a huge winter coat. And now two years later that same baby is sitting in the back seat of the car and singing “happy birthday to you” with me. This same boy was in arms barely able to see the day light then and now he runs behind me and calls me by my name.
There have been some ups and downs, the one time when he banged his head against the coffee table and we had to rush him to the ER and they put three stitches on his forehead, that scar is with him for his lifetime, the hospitalization when he had croupe, the whole night I spent in the hospital room awake praying to god, the early days when i had to leave him at the day care and go to work, the worry in my mind everytime he came down with a cold and ear infections.
He is a brave kid and always smiled through the whole thing and never bothered me, all he wanted was to cling to me and feel safe and protected.
Today he will be moved to the toddler section in his day care and he will be playing with grown up kids. it makes me proud and sad at the same time. I feel as if my boy graduated or something and sad because he is no longer a small kid. Husband doesnt miss the oppurtunity to make fun of me and asks me if I really want to stop the time and let him be a small kid forever. I dont know, the answer may be yes and may be no. All I know is he is the reason i smile and he is the reason i cry, he is my boy I made him.
love you for ever baby.

The 20 questions Tag:

1. Name Three Most Valuable Assets?
- My positive attitude – I am not a very talented or smart person but have a positive outlook which gives me the ability to overcome shortcomings.
- My ability to work hard – I can work like a donkey when required and not complain a bit.
- My commitment and love for my family and friends.

2. If you have the chance, what would you probably say to your beloved one?- No one can love you the way I do, no one can make you happy the way I can (that was the punch line I used on my then boyfriend)…

3. If you were to be stranded on a deserted island, who are the 3 blog buddies you would take with you?*only 3?*
- Mad Momma
- Sue
- Kiran manral
I want to know them better.

4. Where is the place that you want to go the most?
Switzerland.

5. If you can have 1 dream to come true, what would it be?
I should be living in switzerland in a beautiful house in interlaken and lots of money in my bank account and my son all settled and happy.

6. Till now, what is the moment that you regret the most?
I make my own decisions and never ever regret anything.

7. What are you afraid to lose the most?
My love, my husband & Son.

8. What would you do if you found a briefcase full of money?
Briefcase full of money! Sigh – that’s the dream come true part! isn’t it?!!

9. If you meet someone that you love, would you confess to him/her?
Oh yeah I will confess in actions and in words.

10. List out 3 good points of the person who tagged you…
I have started following your blog recently but I like the following in Pixie:-
-The ease with which she speaks about her frustations.
- The way she fights back her frustations and tells us she is fine.
- Her thoughts…

11. What are the requirements that you wish from your other half?
My husband has all the qualities:-
-He should make me laugh and laugh at my jokes.
- Ability to accept his shortcomings and work on improving them.
- Respect me as a person and respect my individuality.
- Intelligent, see I lack in that department.
- Has to be a good lover.

12. Which type of person do you hate the most?
in one word – Show off’s.

13. What is your ambition?
I have to be the best in everything I do, best executive, best mother, best daughter, best wife, best friend.

14. What is the thing that will make you think someone is a bad person?
Someone who believes whatever they do is correct and everyone else around them is wrong and are assholes.

15. What is the one thing you would change about yourself?
To be more forgiving. I DO NOT FORGET AND FORGIVE.

16. Are you a shopaholic or no?
No.

17. What is your stress buster?
Black label scotch on the rocks.

18. What should be done to people who make such long tags..
Thank em.

19. Do you think God actually exists?
Yes.

*replaced question*
20. What is the naughtiest thing you ever did?
Used the Mc.D car parking in ayia nappa cyprus, for a quickie.

Rules: Remove 1 question from the tag and add your personal question. Make it a total of 20 questions, then tag people in your list, list them out at the end of this post. Notify them that he/she has been tagged.I tag: Sukanya, thebratbeanandbedlam , Sue , Aditya , Adi’s Mom , & U.

and anyone else who hasn’t taken it up yet!!!

Prized possessions-tagged by Keerti’s Microcosm
My husband calls me a junk collector because I have so much of collection.
Few of the most important things which I can call as my prized possessions which are with me rest all are at my parents house.
1. Dried flowers collected from all the bouquets M gave to me during our dating period. There was a story behind every rose he gave and I want to keep them with me till the end. Same is with the love notes written on restaurant napkins, greeting cards, photographs we took…..
2. We have note book which is referred as “pyar wali copy”. Whenever we both were not together at home, say I was at work and he wanted to express something then M would write it down on that notebook and put it in a place where I can see it and then I would read that. So basically that note book has pleasant / unpleasant, romantic conversation which we wrote for each other.
3. I used to send a lot of sms’s to M before we were married. He forwarded all of them to his email and pasted them in a word document and gave it to me after we had a huge fight and almost parted ways.
4. I have lots and lots of pens ranging from Rs.5 to Rs.10,000 and have most of them with me, even though I cannot write with many of them.
5. last not the least I have a very vast collection of sarees. I am obsessed with saress even though I do not get a chance to wear them often. I have the silk sarees from every state in India.

I pass on this tag to Swathi, Closetconfessions, Childwoman and Guruprasad.

I may sound like a teenager hopelessly in love, but that’s exactly how my husband made me feel today. I am all mushy mushy.
He wanted to know what I wanted for valentines day for the last one week. Since its falling on a working day I was not sure if we can even manage to go out for dinner. So I kept on repeating “I don’t want anything”.
On 13th evening (last evening) I came home at 7:00 in the evening and found husband and baby watching their favorite songs on MTV. The regular hugs and kisses and I quickly changed & washed and asked husband what he wants to eat for dinner (yes I am the driver, maid, cook, Gardner and many more). He said why don’t you sit and watch TV while I cook something for you. This sounds like music to my ears especially after a long day at work.
He managed to cook some nice pasta in marinara sauce and we washed it down with some white wine. After dinner I put baby to bed (looks like baby was an Italian guy in his last life, he loves pasta, pizza, n all).
He put the dishes in the washer and then we sat down to watch some TV and around 11:00 we went up to sleep. I found a red rose and a greeting card on my pillow. Morning I woke up and went into the restroom to find a card, one red rose and a small heart shaped balloon near the wash basin. And when I turned back to go into the bedroom to kiss him good morning (yes I wake up 30 minutes before him), he was standing right behind me and smiling. I took a shower and went down to make tea, there was a surprise waiting for me. There was a single red rose, greeting card, a teddy bear, candy and chocolate dipped strawberries. I was really really excited and surprised by all this. He is actually not the “surprising” kinds. He promised me more surprises today and I thought may be he made dinner reservations for tonight. I came to work and around 10:00am I had a delivery of 24 roses beautiful bouquet. I don’t know what’s in store later in the day.
I love you honey. You are the best thing that ever happened to me.
PS:-I got him a nice perfume which he will se by the TV stand in the evening when he gets home.

This is my first tag and I am exicited. Thanks Mad Momma,

The Rules:
- thebratbeanandbedlam
- Post the rules on your blog.
- Share six non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself.
- Tag six random people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs.
- Let each random person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their website.
I have to arrange the hangers in my closet in a specific way at a specific distance. No matter how tired I am, everytime I open our closet I have to arrange it.
Before cooking I need to prepare for it like chopping the vegetables, grinding the masala, and arrange them in bowls just like they show in the cookery shows. I am obsessed with it.
I cannot eat store bought gooey stuff like salsa, dips and all, I have to cook them fresh.
I brush my teeth 3-4 times a day.
I buy a lot of makeup but rarely use it. In my dresser you can see unopened eyeshadow and mascara.
I have to sleep only on my side of the bed.
I now tag Adi’s Mom, Keerti’s Microcosm , Kiran , Mytake, Sue, youthcurry

Thursday night around 3:30 baby bear comes into our room with his favorite blanket and when realized that he has temperature when I put him in our bed. Thermometer reading said 102.2, and then I went to the medicine cabinet to get him the mortrin. Removed his clothes and put cold water pads on his forehead to bring his temperature down. Within thirty minutes he was down to 100 degree and we three went to bed. Husband decided to take day off and see the pediatrician and I went to office. Around afternoon I felt soreness in my throat and started drinking warm water. Drive back home was terrible and I was very cold and tired in the evening. A’s pediatrician told that baby has throat infection and cold and put him on antibiotics.
Saturday morning I would not wake up and had terrible headache and body pains. Thanks to the amazing medical facilities in America I spent the whole weekend in pain and fever with no doctor to see. The only saving grace was baby’s quick recovery. Monday morning husband and baby off to office and daycare and I was alone at home trying to get an appointment to see a doctor. With great difficulty I managed to see a doctors assistant and she declared that I had bronchitis and pharyngitis. So yours truly is on a antibiotic dose and back to work from Wednesday onwards.
Husband was very helpful and took good care of me and I missed coming to office which is very surprising.
Its nice to be healthy and back to work.