Back to Sonoma

We went up to Sonoma with Sarina's friend Nishane (and of course Rahul and Tejal.) As the pictures show, I think Rahul was on a conference call the entire time we were there. Wine country is quickly becoming one of Sarina's favorite places to visit... Lucky us!!

Happy Five Month Birthday

Little Sarina turned a big 5 month old last week! We had our monthly birthday celebration. This time, Mommy made some YUMMY banana pie for the special day. Mommy knows that Daddy's favorite desserts are banana based... here's hoping that Sarina likes banana desserts as much as Daddy!

Visiting Los Angeles

Sarina, Smita and I went down to LA for a couple days last week. Sarina got to enjoy the sun and beaches and of course partake (second hand) in lots of great food and drink. More importantly, Sarina got to met Uncle Mitul, Beejal Auntie and little Saajan. Sarina sure loves California...

Azoba giggling with Sarina

Here's a little video clip of Sarina giggling with Azoba...

Kayla comes to visit

Sarina got to hang out with her friend Kayla Hu this past weekend (Victor and Cynthia's daughter)... they're starting to recognize one another and if nothing else happy to see other babies.

Mmmm... I want to eat your foot! ......................... Playing footsie:

All Smiles:

Visiting Aji and Azoba in Toronto!

Sarina had a great trip to Toronto last month. She was a gem on the flight there and back! (making mommy very happy!) She had a great time visiting with family and friends and misses aji and azoba dearly.

Visiting Buffalo

Sarina, Smita and I visited Buffalo a few weeks back to spend time with Dadi and Dadu (Sarina's grandma and grandpa.) Here's a few pictures from our visit:

Yummy butterfly

Sarina loves nothing more than to explore the world with her mouth. Here she is working incredibly hard to get a little lick of a toy butterfly hanging above her. So much effort to get that that thing into her mouth...

Learning to High-5

Here's Sarina playing with Aji last week. She is carefully mimicking Aji's open hand and learning how to copy her hand gestures. She will be high-5-ing in no time...

Not even 5 months old and already travelling in First Class

Yes, she is certainly a privileged baby...

bed time with daddy

I got to sneak a peek at bed time last night of daddy and sarina reading stories together. I couldn't decide which photo I liked better so here are two. If you look carefully you'll see the book is called "I love you Daddy"... too cute.

New Toys!

Daddy bought Sarina a fun new toy - a jumperoo! Though Sarina hasn't discovered the full functionality (especially the jumping part), she is clearly intrigued and enjoying having something new to explore. She especially likes things that spin...

Home Sweet Home

Sarina seems especially happy to be looking out the window today as though she missed her 16th Street activity. She also has learned that we have terrible phone reception in our apartment and has placed her tiny cell phone on the window sill hoping it will ring.

Sarina's newest expeditions

Sarina had a big trip to the east coast which we'll blog on later, but before she left, she had a few visitors and a few little trips! See photos below of SF expeditions as well as a little trip to Cavallo point, and uncle Ashish and Ajay holding Sarina.

SQUAWK!

Sarina has started to find her voice and "vocalize" ... squawks and screams seem to be a daily occurence now. Here's a little video of her playing with her toes and squealing!

Sarina in all her glory

Sarina's 5th month of life has brought smiles, giggles and squawks. She's addicted to holding her toes (they will soon be captured on camera going in her mouth)and loves to be charm everyone around her. Here are some recent pictures of the smiley Jain.

Sarina's 4 month Birthday!

Also much overdue, but we wanted to share Sarina's 4 month birthday celebration with you all! Daddy bought Sarina some beautiful (and tasty) cupcakes from a special bakery. See below for a couple photos and a video.

Back after a LONG hiatus

Smita and I have been traveling on the East Coast visiting Sarina's grandparents and have been delinquent updating the blog. But we're back! Sarina is getting more smiley, giggly and overall a lot more interactive.

Here are a few pictures of her sitting, munching on her fingers, and smiling in her new bumbo chair: