15 Marbles

Moments.Musings.Memories. ❤️Gathering little marbles from ordinary days and keeping them for our memory jar. ❤️

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  • Sunny Days

    Here’s the Sunshine of our lives,soaking up some sunshine
    Its so bright and sunny outside and it reminded me of this picture that I had taken a few months back.
    While I am at it,I might as well do the picture tag,that no-one tagged me to do.It says-“Go into your photo archive,pick the 4th folder in the archive,select the 4th picture in the folder,and write about it.Then tag 4 other people to do the same.”
    This is a new laptop,so the pictures in the 4th folder are also new.

    This picture was taken 3-4 days before we left for Melbourne.The Pipette had found my bangles in one of the bags that I was packing.And she had try them on.She loved the bangles so much,that she played with them,all day long,letting me pack peacefully.That’s my tomboy turning girlie(momentarily).
    P.S. Please excuse the mess,we were packing.
    Now,to tag- I tag-
    Orchid Her Uj takes brilliant pics.
    Aneela-This one’s travelled a lot.
    Mystic Margaita– I love her writing and her Popol..so I want to see her pics too.
    Kiran-Don’t we all love her?
    ~Nm – If you have seen her pics once,you will want some more.ALWAYS

    And anyone else,who wants to take it up.

  • Color Me up

    Its been long since I put up anything on this blog.But that doesn’t mean that I have abandoned this blog.Its just that,I don’t have any more finished projects to display.
    Also,we moved houses and we didn’t have phone or internet connection for more than 10 days after we moved in.I cannot tell you,how disoriented and “out-of-touch” with the world I felt.
    Anyway,all’s well now.
    Now for my current projects-
    1) I am making more of those hats- for 2 friends.
    2) I started knitting a sweater from my little girl.This will be the first sweater I finish all by myself.My speciality in knitting is blankets and scarves.
    This is the yarn that I am using for it.dsc02450

    Isn’t it Beautiful?I have had it for 6 months now..Made a hat with it,tried crochet and finally started knitting.

    Like what you see?Check back in a few days to see the finished result.

  • Fawers of a different kind

    This is what Aadya was busy doing,while I finished cooking yesterday evening.She came and presented me the colorful bouquet of wash-cloths,telling me,”Mumma,Fawers”..and when I asked her to pose with it,she kept it down and ran off to show me her second creation.

    “Look Mumma”,she said..and before I could say anything,she went on..”Wowwwwwwww..clap clap,Job!!(Job means Good Job in Aadya-speak!)
    These blocks are her new favorite toys.

  • The First Born Tag

    I begged and bullied Mallika on FB to tag me for this..and now I don’t know how to write it there.

    Then,Aneela & Munchkin’s Mom tagged me here again,And I think someone else did too,I just can’t remember or find out who that was.[Please,remind me if it was you].Anyway,here goes-

    1. WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED?Oh Absolutely.

    2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME?Yes…and for two years and 8 months too

    3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS? I giggled and said to the doctor,”You are kidding..you are!”And walked over clumsily to hug the husband in a hospital gown.

    4. WAS ABORTION AN OPTION FOR YOU? Na-uh..This was a much wanted,much awaited pregnancy.

    5. HOW OLD WERE YOU? 26

    6. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT? Through a pregnancy test at the doctor’s office.The nurse asked me,if I thought I was pregnant and I said confidently..No way. She asked me to pee in a cup..and I couldn’t,was made to gulp 2 glasses of water and asked to provide atleast 5 drops..LOL!! finally gave them a sample and got the GOOD NEWS.

    7. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST?The Doctor told us together..so,after S and I,the first person to know was my dad.It was 3 AM in India,and he thought that the whole good news conversation was a dream.

    8. DUE DATE?April 14-16

    9. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS?Yes and food aversions too-to milk and non-veg and rajma…and all things nice.

    10. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE? Cream rolls,from a local bakery in Thane, Imli ki chutney(we visited almost every desi restaurant in Chicago searching for the perfect chutney in 2 months.

    11. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST? “They-who-must-not-be-named”

    12. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CHILD’S SEX?A beautiful girl

    13. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING?I wanted a girl,for as long as I can remember..for a brief period,a week or so,I felt that it may be a boy…but other than that I always knew and wanted a girl.

    14. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY? around 13-14 pounds

    15. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER? Yes a traditional one.

    16. WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW? I knew..I helped the Husband plan it :)It was a happy day.

    17. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY? yes- Low progesterone levels to start with..Gestational Diabetes,Low amniotic fluid,leading to bed-rest.

    18. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH? Phoenix

    19. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR?Less than an hour.The Baby’s heart-rate dropped during a routine non-stress test.I was admitted and taken to the OT for a C-section.

    20. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL/BIRTH CENTER?Husband.

    21. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH?the husband and the hospital staff

    22. WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION?C Section and I LOVED it.We talked through the whole surgery.It was so casual…I would gladly have another C-sec..if its going to be as happy as the first.

    23. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN?Epidural,sweet Epidural..But later refused pain-killers,only to wake up with stabbing pains..that’s when,I popped in the offered pills,without a fuss

    24. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH?6 pounds 9 ounces

    25. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN ?At 8:33 PM

    26. WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION WHEN THE DOCTOR ANNOUNCED THE SEX OF THE BABY?We came to know the Baby’s sex in my sixth month of pregnancy..just after those 2 weeks of “maybe-its-a boy’..so,I was just quiet.Didn’t say anything for full 2 mins..then,said,a belated,WOWWW..

    27. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST REACTION ON SEEING THE BABY? I remember saying Awww..when I first heard her cry.And I started crying..when I first saw her,it was through a haze of tears and I remember thinking that she was TINY(this was a baby,who was thought to be around 10 pounds..) she was really tiny.I blinked..and then,all I saw was the husband’s arm.

    28. DID YOU CRY? Ohhh Yes!!! I cry very easily..

    29. WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER? Aadya

    30. HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRST BORN TODAY?23 months,2weeks and 2 days young.

    And here’s one of my favorite pics of my baby girl-