News from this part of the world.....

It's high time I got a good whack……Been so long since I gave an updateon Jelly's developments. With the poor memory that I have, will neverbe able to remember half the things what happen out here and tellJelly about it a couple of years down the lane. So its better that Ido some regular updating here.

When I was expecting Jelly and went through days and months of morningsickness (which went on from morning to evening) I thought "Life couldnot be worse than this". Later on when she was born and put me throughendless sleepless nights and painful feeding sessions, I startedfeeling life was a piece of cake during pregnancy when compared towhat I'm going through right now. As days went by and as it is stillmoving on, the days gone by have been the best possible moments whencompared to the present. Ok, I know I'm bugging you guys with my crazytalks.

Back to the updates………..Jelly has turned out to be one hell of anenergetic toddler. She never sits down for more than 1 minute. Nowthat her grandpa is back at home, she has complete fun through theday. He has a very good knowledge of stories from Ramayan, Mahabharatand other Epics's; and Jelly loves listening to his stories. If weshow her picture books or any other book it either goes into her mouth or the more weaker books get torn into pieces. But with him she isvery different……………the moment he sits down with the news paper sheruns to him, motions him to pick her up and place her on the sofa infront of him with the paper laid out. He reads the news to her and sheeither listens to him carefully or in her baby language pretends to bereading the news!!! If we try to do the same, the paper would be torninto a million pieces that it would put even an office paper shredderto shame (grrrrrr!!!). Wonder how he manages to keep her quiet.

She has seen an elephant only once during her baby days, but her crazefor them are out of the world!!! She just loves me singing "AaneBanthond aane …." A kannada song which I had learnt during mykindergarten days. The moment I start singing it she wants to bepicked up and placed on my lap. As soon as she is firmly seated, shestarts swaying from left to right just an elephant would do. Not beenable to figure out from where she got the exact walking style of anelephant. Her craze for this animal seems to have come to her from herdad; he was, is and will forever have this unbelievable craze for anelephant as long as he lives. She loves to ride on our backspretending that we are her elephants. The fun part comes when we benddown or sit on the floor or bed, she comes to us with lightening speedand tries to climb our back and say "Aaana aaana…." She would notstop it till we gave her the ride……

She had been sick for some time with a bad case of tummy upset, justrecovering now………but through her sickness I realized that even thoughshe is more of a daddy's girl (looks and habits in particular) she hasgot one habit from me……………not to feel all low when sick. SM gets aslight cough or cold and he takes it to the bed and will be in a foulmood till he is completely recovered(I can see him giving me an angrylook for making his habit public out here). I'm totally opposite tothat, I hate being in bed even when I'm really very sick………….and mydear Jelly seems to have taken after me. She has been so sick that 1night she was throwing up every half hour to 1 hour's time. But in themorning she did not act like a sick baby at all, kept on with herpranks as usual. Followed by it was more than a week of loose bowelmovements for about 4-5 times a day. Not a single day did I see hersit or lie down quietly(touch wood). She lost a good amount of herweight but has still remained to be the bundle of energy that she is.At times we would beg her to sit and take some rest but that just fellto deaf ears.

I guess this update went a way too long and I can see you guys yawingout there. So the rest for the next post……………….