Amaya is a full half :)

Little Miz Amaya celebrated her 1/2 year birth anniversary by tucking with great gusto into her first 'solid' food. Encouraged and cheered on by a whole support team of mama, dad, dada & dadi(Grandpa and Grandma Sharma) Amaya showed no hesitation in sipping baby spoonfuls of Rice Cereal. She thoroughly enjoyed her meal and the applause to no end.

Amaya has developed all sorts of abilities this past month and is now rolling over on both sides from back to belly and then back over. When the mood takes her she does a little caterpillar motion to progress along the bed on her tummy though the gears can be forward or change to reverse at a moment's whim. :) She is now a professional raspberry blower pursing her lips and letting loose in between big smiles. She is already a big favourite at the park where she goes walking with mum, dad and Grandma Sharma thanks to the big smiles and gurgles with which she greets anyone that stops to say hello to her. Her other tricks include arching her back completely to look at people behind her and of course her squeal which is heard when she is tired or needs attention.

Her report card for health and happiness is a resounding A+ and Baby Doc Balan is very pleased with Amaya's progress and her vital statistics of height, weight and head circumference. She feeds and sleeps like a champion and continues to be the apple of everyone's eye.

Grandpa and Grandma Sharma look forward to their time with Amaya every morning. Grandma reads to Amaya and enjoys long chats with her while Grandpa is often seen happily imitating her little 'huff-puff' deep breathing. Grandma Cornman shared with us that mama Michelle also did this as a baby. Amaya has effortlessly brought so much joy into her family's life especially Grandpa Sharma who is seen smiling and chuckling all the time around her now. Imagine the excitement when Amaya will visit Grandpa and Grandma Cornman in June and take her bag of tricks across to keep them enamoured.

Godmother Erin and Zi Peppe are visiting from Cambodia and Amaya enjoyed time with them and the presents they got especially the little cloth crab whose legs she munches on with great enjoyment.


The most endearing thing though is to watch the ever deepening bond between Amaya and her mother. We can already imagine her running around behind her mother like a little tail as soon as she is mobile. Dad, Mama and Amaya love cuddling up as they go to bed every night and then waking up to smiles and giggles every morning. Amaya loves to have a hand or leg in contact with each parent as she sleeps and they in turn love it :)

Keep looking out for more news from Radio Laddoo (Amaya's new pet name...it's actually a very tasty traditional Indian sweet)