8 month birthday

As we do every month, we did a little celebration for Sarina turning a month older. Typically Smita and I have shared in a yummy dessert.. this time we thought it was time for Sarina to enjoy a birthday treat. We made her a carrot "cake" which really was just pureed carrot with quinoa. We also let her dig in with her hands and play with it... she got herself nice and sloppy playing with (and eating) her carrot treat - I think she had fun!

Look who is starting to crawl...

Over the last week or so we've seen Sarina get closer and closer to full on crawling. Some days she crawls a few feet and others she gets clear across the room. One thing she certainly does all the time is find a way to get into mommy's lap. There is no place she would rather be than Mommy's lap and that's enough incentive to start crawling...

More antics!

Jumperoo-ing, eating blueberries and hanging out with daddy - these are a few of my faaaaavourite things!

Sarina and friends

Sarina's had a busy social schedule over the last couple weeks. Auntie Ayesha (who does not like being called auntie) came to visit all the way from NY to play with Sarina. Nishane came to visit too - and showed Sarina all his fancy crawling skills. Lastly, Sarina had a playdate with Aya, Annika, Ariya and Safiya on a beautiful rooftop garden downtown. Enjoy!

Blackberry...

Someone is turning into a little blackberry addict (or at least a blackberry eating addict..)

Bath time with Ducky and Daddy

Here's a little video clip of one of Sarina's favourite past times - bath time with Daddy! Daddy lets her play as long as she wants in the water, splish splashing, chewing on rubber ducks etc. We seem to always miss her major splashing moments on camera, but at least we got some. I think her face lights up when she sees me at the end (but I'm extremely biased)

Enjoy!

Rolling rolling rolling....

This video is from last month but I thought it was worth sharing. It was taken in the peak of Sarina's rolling days. It's less of a novelty now as she is working on crawling skills and she's mastered rolling!

Here's our rolly polly...

I don't mind my crib as long as my monkey is here...

Sarina sleeps with her monkey (his name is Jalapeno)... she loves licking his fur and throwing him around

Smiley

Here's a couple photos of our little cutie sporting her irresistible smile. We're lucky to have such a happy baby!

Recent outings

Last weekend we were out for brunch with the Hu's and then enjoyed an outdoor day at Stern Grove. Sarina has quite a social life these days and has been seeing lots of her friends, aunts and uncles.

Sarina seems to understand...

Sarina loves to touch and play with other babies! Here's a video our nanny took of Miss cuteness "playing" with owen and getting a little (over) friendly. Owen and Sarina spend all week together so it's the beginning of a great friendship. Of course she gets a little overzealous at the end, good thing Tatiana was there to break it up!

Sarina takes Stern Grove by Storm

We went to the Stern Grove festival on Sunday for a concert in the park to see Kailash Kher's Kailasa and their opening band, Delhi 2 Dublin. What a fun concert. Despite the raucous tunes, Sarina had a one hour nap and then awake to dance the afternoon away. Needless to say she slept well that night. Here is she is dancing with our friend Harriet (who incidently is a professional dancer)... she sure did extract some laughs from Sarina!

Hanging out with Daddy

We had a great weekend with lots of fun outings. Sarina was in great spirits all weekend as we dragged her out to meals, concerts, etc. Lots of pictures to come...

Here's a cute smiley photo Smita captured of Sarina and I hanging out on the couch...