HOLIDAY FUN

It seemed like November flew by in a week!  We had a visit from my dear friend, Mengkha, from Orlando, FL, for Thanksgiving.   She brought a friend, and we ate, we watched Bollywood, and we ate some more!  I sure wish Auntie Mengkha lived much closer so we could see her more!

Mike passed his final boards, so he is officially a BOARD CERTIFIED physician!  We are so proud of him!

Now the first week of December has flown by almost as fast as Santa's sleigh!  Priya is NINE months old and wearing 18-24 month clothes!  It seems like she is doing something new every day!  She is working hard at crawling by picking her belly off the floor and sometimes scooting backwards a bit.  She is working on balance by testing herself to see if she will topple over.  She thinks she is hot stuff when she doesn't.  Her latest is putting her arms up above her head to see if she will lose her balance.  Another new thing Priya is doing is attempting to pull herself up on furniture. She has started making "neh" sounds. As her vision continues to get sharper, it is fun to see her discover the world around her. One morning, she tilted her head to one side and just stared into my face for the longest time.  I was wondering what on Earth she found so interesting, when she gently reached for my eyelashes and pinched them between her thumb and finger and smiled.  She has started noticing art on her walls, moles on my skin, and all sorts of things; EVERYTHING seems to amaze her!  Priya LOVES to dance!  I figure this is good for my emotional/mental health, because I end up dancing every day just to see her smile so big that it must hurt her face a little.  Priya is the happiest baby, which in turn, makes me the happiest momma!

This time of the year has been so much fun living in our neighborhood!  We have the coolest neighbors to do stuff with.  We recently met them at a neighborhood church for a live nativity and tree lighting service.  It put us in the holiday spirit immediately!  Today, Priya and I will be walking across the street to make holiday crafts with some mommies and kiddos.

It's that time of the year when little elves turn up on shelves and interesting places until Christmas.  This is a peak of what my little elf has been up to!