15 Marbles

WHAT WAS YOUR:

1. Last beverage : A home-made Mocha

2. Last phone call : Husband

3. Last text message : One of my mum-friends from Aadya’s Kinder

4.Last song : Chammak Challo

5. Last time you cried : an hour back,while watching a movie

HAVE YOU EVER:

6. Dated someone twice : yes and married him too!

7. Been cheated on : NO

8. Kissed someone & regretted it : nah-uh!

9. Lost someone special : My mom

10. Been depressed : oh,yes!

11. Been drunk and threw up : LOL! No didn’t throw up..just got a little happy:)

LIST THREE FAVORITE COLORS:

12.Red,Blue,Purple

SINCE LAST YEAR (2010), HAVE YOU:

15. Made a new friend : yes:)

16. Fallen out of love : Nope..still going strong..hate him at times,but still madly in love!

17. Laughed until you cried : Don’t remember when

18. Met someone who changed you : Yes-gave birth to her!

19. Found out who your true friends were : Absolutely!

20. Found out someone was talking about you : No

21. Kissed anyone on your FB friend’s list : Yes,sure!

GENERAL:

22. How many people on your FB friends list do you know in real life: umm quite a few 🙂

24. Do you have any pets: not here:) He’s at my dad’s 🙂

25. Do you want to change your name : No never

26. What did you do for your last birthday : spent the day with a girlfriend,first time in last 9 years:) All these years,I always spent the day with Sanj!

27. What time did you wake up today: 4:00 am,then 6 am ,then 8 am..and finally at 9:15am!

28. What were you doing at midnight last night : surfing the net

29. Whats something you can’t wait for: to start earning

30. Last time you saw your mother: A couple days back,in my dreams:) If only dreams could be real.

31. What is one thing you wish you could change about your life: My mom would still be alive and spoiling my husband and babies rotten..I would be calling her up,every day,for random nonsensical chats.

32. What are you listening to right now: Panchatantra,that Aadi is watching!

33. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom? nope!But I did know someone called Jerry!

34. What’s getting on your nerves right now: People expecting too much of a 4 yo!

35. Most visited webpage : facebook, wordpress,gmail

37. Nickname(s) :Trish

38. Relationship Status : Happily married with kids

39.Zodiac Sign : Aquarius

40. He or She: She

41. Elementary : St.Johns English school,Rajasthan,India

42. High School : Kendriya Vidyalaya-various locations,India

43. College : RRC,Mumbai

44. Hair color : BLACK

45. Long or short hair : Long

46. Height : 5’1″

47. Do you have a crush on someone? : nope

48. What do you like about yourself? : My friendly,no-nonsense nature..What you see is what you get-what I am inside,is what you see outside:)

50. Tattoos : I haven’t had the guts to get one,so far

51. Righty or lefty : Righty

FIRSTS :

52. First surgery : Appendectomy

53. First piercing : Ears-those are my only piercings too

54. First best friend : My sister!

55. First sport you joined : Badminton

56. First vacation : My vacation memories are made up of trips to Devlali,where my grandparents lived!

RIGHT NOW:

59. Eating : nothing

60. Drinking : nothing

61. I’m about to: make tea

62. Listening to :Panchatantra tales

63. Waiting for : a break,India trip,someone special’s wedding..a much-waited break for another special someone…

YOUR FUTURE :

64. Want kids? Already have two beautiful babies

65. Get Married? : ummm yes!

66. Career? : will have one,one day!

WHICH IS BETTER :

67. Lips or eyes : Eyes

68. Hugs or kisses :Definitely Hugs..

69. Shorter or taller :Taller

70. Older or Younger : Older

71. Romantic or spontaneous : Depends

72. Nice stomach or nice arms : nice arms!

73. Sensitive or loud : sensitive

74. Hook-up or relationship: Relationship!

75. Funny or Shy?: funny

HAVE YOU EVER :

76. Kissed a stranger : nope!

77. Drank hard liquor : yes,tried it!

80. Broke someone’s heart : yes-not intentionally:(

81. Had your own heart broken : yes

82. Been arrested : no

83. Turned someone down : yes

84. Cried when someone died : Yes

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:

86. Yourself : Yes!

87. Miracles : yes

88. Love at first sight : no

89. Heaven : Yes

90. Santa Clause : yes

91. The tooth fairy : well why not!

92. Angels : Yes:) I am dreamer:)

Now i take pleasure to tag R’s Mom, Shruti and Little Fingers. Do tag three more ppl when you finish!

Do you know,where is the time going?Because,really,I have no idea!!!One minute,I am moping over the weekend that got over too soon and the next thing I know,its almost time for the next weekend.
Everyday,I think about updating the blog..Every day,I think of all the things,that I want to share with you all and every day,I promise myself,I will write after the girls are in bed..but,nope!doesn’t happen!!
OK,first things first,Babykins needs to be rechristened:) SD wants her to be known as Babychino on the blog..Since I picked Babushka’s name,I guess,its only fair to let him pick the baby’s name.So,Babykins will hence be known as BabyChino here:)
So much has happened since I last updated-
We completed 3 months as a family of 4! Yes,BabyChino turned 3 months and wow!! is she the cutest 3 month old or what!!! She has found her voice and keeps trying it out,every waking minute..She loves having long conversations and to my ears,its the best music ever..:)
We celebrated BabyChino’s first Diwali and she decided that she wasn’t really interested in a Happy Diwali afterall!!She cried and cried from 3:30pm till 6:00pm..Going off to sleep in between.She calmed down long enough for us to get dressed..and then started crying again..when it time to do the Lakshmi Puja.I wore a saree after more than a year..and in a record time of under 10 minutes!!
Babushka had her new school orientation and today we went in for the information night! She will start Prep in February and Gosh!I can’t wrap my head around it..that my first baby will go to a BIG school everyday,wearing a uniform!!She has another transition day,next week and can’t wait for it to be next year.
Babushka also started Kumon and after the initial excitement fizzled off,she isn’t too happy with the Maths worksheets.. but she loves English and is trying to read,looking at pictures.
My weight-loss has stopped..I haven’t seen the scale shift in the last ten days..All the Diwali sweets and no walking,don’t seem to help either.I keep thinking,I will go for a walk,but the constant running around in the house and driving to and from the kinder/kumon/library etc,4 days a week..means a long backlog of housework,and effectively no me-time!
I still haven’t booked the CT scan..SD fell sick last week..along with the girls..hopefully tomorrow,I will book the scan.
Ohh.. we celebrated Halloween this year:) Babushka dressed up like a Witch Princess and BabyChino was a Turtle.Lets just say,we brought home a big haul of treats…which is a big thing,considering,Halloween isn’t big in Australia.
I leave you with some pictures:)
See I can Roll:)

And this is how I wake up my big sister:)

Happy Halloween:)

See you soon,till then,Be good and Take care of yourself 🙂

Oh my Ananya,
I cannot believe,you have been with us for only 3 months,so far 🙂 Gosh!it feels like forever,baby!
You are the cutest,funniest 3 month old..I mean it,really! You,have discovered your voice a couple days back and since then,our life has just become so musical. You spend every waking moment trying out your voice..and the sweetest part is when we go away from you and come back to you,you greet us with the most excited babble.
You are rolling over,every now and again and its really exciting for us to watch you like that. You used to hate tummy-time,but slowly,you are reaching the point when you lift your head for longer times and when we clap excitedly,it makes you very happy.
Anzie,you are happy in crowds.You love the sounds,the new faces,the activity and you don’t mind if new people hold you.But,you know what,Bubba, you now know your people from the other people.We recently took you to a party,where some of our friends,took turns holding you.You were fine for quite sometime,cooing and gurgling to them…and then suddenly for no apparent reason,you started fussing..Nothing they did seemed to calm you..Your Papa was summoned,because,I was eating..and as soon as he picked you up,you were happy.
When you see Mumma,you get so excited..you have the widest grin on your face,followed by a deep throated laugh and the whole-body-shaking excitement!!Aah,Bless!
While earlier,you were happy and content,to lie around in your crib,while I rushed through to finish the morning chores or get your big sister ready for school,those days are over.Now,you want to be in the middle of action.You hate being in a position,from where you can’t see whats happening.Even when we go out,you are no longer content,lying down in your stroller, you like to sit up and look around. And you stay away for as long as possible- you keep your eyes open till the very last minute!!
Even when we are nursing,if you hear anyone talking,you have to stop and listen.If I am the one that’s talking,then you want to join in and have your own little conversation:)
All this is a lot of fun..but you are turning into a little clingy baby..You just want mumma to carry you all the time..and I do..I feel bad for dragging you out all day long.. picking up and dropping your sister to her kinder and library and kumon.I totally get you,that we don’t get to spend enough face to face time.. but really,Bubba,Mumma can’t carry you all day long.
YOu know whats my favorite bit of you? You need some one-on-one time with mumma,everyday..really.. I figured it out,a few weeks back.And since I figured it out,I actually look forward to it.At the end of the day,you need Mumma to take you to another room,just you and mumma..and we have to spend some quiet time,that makes you so happy.
Your didi wants that kind of time too..and I feel like,I am constantly stretching myself…but God!I love it.. I love her..and I love you..and I love watching you both with each other…such fun..so much love and I can’t get over the fact,that I created you both.. that you came out of me..you precious little one!
I have to stop now..coz you are screaming…
Love you,always
Mumma

I think its pregnancy and baby season..So many of my friends and their friends and their friends’ friends are either pregnant or have newborns or babies:)Even in my immediate friend circle,4 of us had babies 20 days to a month apart and 3 others around the same date.
So,when Anne from Women’s Web,left me a comment asking me to participate in the Passport to a healthy pregnancy contest,I had to write this post.I have had two pregnancies so far and they were both poles apart.
During my first pregnancy,I did everything by the book.As soon as we found that I was pregnant,the husband went and bought “What to expect when you are expecting“gift pack and that book became our Bible for those 9 months.We religiously read the weekly fetal development chapters.Along with that I also signed up for Babycentre.com and received weekly updates in my inbox.I quite looked forward to it.The second time around,along with the weekly updates from Babycentre,being experienced,helped too.I didn’t panic at the drop of a hat and generally was more relaxed.
Finding a good Doctor..I found a great OB-GYN in my 4th month and she really guided me well through out the pregnancy.I realized its so important to find a Dr that you can talk to.I laughed with her,cried in front of her,asked her stupid questions,without any qualms. She laughed with me,scolded me,when I was careless and hugged me when I cried.The advice and care that she gave me four years back came in handy the second time around too.
Being active– is so important for your physical and emotional health. I started both my pregnancies at a higher weight.I did try to lose weight before getting pregnant,but couldn’t lose as much as I wanted to,because of various hormonal imbalances.So,I was adviced to gain not more than 5-6 kgs.I continued walking and every day activities until the very last day both the times.
Eating Healthy-I cannot stress anymore on this.Eating for two is a myth.As long as you eat a good well balanced diet you are good, you will be healthy and your baby will get enough nutrition.Ofcourse,if you are craving for that bar of chocolate,sitting in your refrigerator,then,you HAVE to eat it. What I found helpful was bulk cooking and freezing the food.I used to cook more or freeze the left-overs,so there was always ready to eat,preservative free food,in the house. In the last months of pregnancy,I started to cook food to freeze..that way,after the baby was born,we had ready food,for atleast the first month.
Rest,relax and Pamper yourself-Thats exactly what I did during my first pregancy..I rested,took naps,when I felt like.I listened to my favorite music all the time,read humor-filled books,talked to my favorite people,avoided those who stressed me out..and generally stayed happy.Oh and how can I forget,the spas..those trips were really a great blessing for a tired pregnant body.
During my second pregnancy,I didn’t get to rest/relax much,since I was sick most of the time and was caring for a very active 4 year old,but I was so happy because of her 🙂 Her excitement was contagious.
Pregnancy is my favorite topic and I could go on and on about it..but,I will stop with these two last points.
Plan and Prepare– If you have PLANS-yes multiple plans and prepare for them,you will be much for relaxed.Keeping your hospital bag ready as the time approaches,really comes in handy.
And lastly,Selective hearing..LOL!yes, you read it right.Pregnancy and motherhood attract unsolicited advice in huge amounts.Everyone,be it family or friend,neighbour or a random stranger you run into the super-market..or even your maid,won’t stop at dispensing advice…It can be really daunting..Listen to everyone,nod and smile..and then finally,do only what you feel is right!
Just remember, you know your body and your baby better than anybody else..just trust your gut feeling and do what you feel is right.
I am so thankful to Women’s Web for hosting this contest..I am glad,I could write this post.