One more...

I had to post one more swinging video... this time Mommy manages to swing Sarina, take a video, and tickle her (all with two hands.) The resulting giggles are too cute...

Swinging and Waving

Sarina recently learned a new trick... how to wave! She waves back, waves hello, waves goodbye - any waving at her and she is happy to respond. This Sunday while I was watching football, Sarina and Mommy went to the playground to go swinging; here she is having lots of fun swinging and waving back.

Eating puffs (and monkeying around)

Sarina has become very good at eating puffs (and other little things with her hands)... picking them up with her tiny fingers and getting then into her mouth. A lot of coordination to get it right. For a while she would pick up and somehow drop or lose them before getting to her mouth. She's an expert now...

Jackson over to play

This past Sunday we had brunch with the Koo's (John, Liz and Jackson.) Sarina had lots of fun playing with Jackson and showing him all of her toys. Jackson meanwhile showed off his skilled army man crawl. Here's some pics of their playdate.

Birthday at the German Tourist Club

For my birthday, Smita organized an afternoon with a group of my friends at the German Tourist Club on Mt. Tam. For those who don't know, its a German brewery in the wilderness in Marin. There are many short (and long) hikes to get there... we took a shorter one and slowly everyone piled in. Sarina loves playing on the deck and we all enjoyed some fabulous weather, food and drink.

Trying on her halloween costume

We thought we try on Sarina's Halloween costume. She's going to be a giraffe!! Very fitting for our tall girl. This is a sneak peak, more to come in a couple weeks.


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Sarina in Boston

We've managed to misplace our battery charger since our trip - thus the blog silence. However, Arundhati and Mahesh (Smita's cousins) took some wonderful pictures of Sarina in Boston that I thought I'd share for now (until we can get charged up and share more from our trip!) Here are some pictures of our favourite little monkey enjoying the festivities and attention:

Sarina and Daddy take over NYC!

Last week, I had a work meeting in Manhattan. Sumeet agreed to bring Sarina and take care of her while I was working. He did a wonderful job watching and feeding her, making sure she got her sleeps and most importantly, showing her a good time in Manhattan! He also celebrated her 9th month birthday there with her - unfortunately we don't have any pictures of it, but songs were sung and imaginary candles were blown out.

I got pictures from the adventurous twosome all day while I was working. We'll post more pictures from our East Coast trip, but for now I thought you'd enjoy seeing what I received every couple hours from Sumeet's camera phone. While I am very proud of Sumeet for being so self sufficient and such a good Daddy, I really wish I could have joined them in their escapades. . .