Inflatable bowling balls, baby chicks and great food

You may wonder what these all have in common... they were all present at the birthday picnic Sheewon did for Andy. Sadly we did not get the birthday boy in any photos. Sarina bundled up for a cold day in GG Park and had a great time.

Standing now

Look who is a stander now. Sarina discovered that she can stand using her arms up against the window or the couch to keep her steady. The window is still one of her favorite places to hang out.. she used to love being held in front of it, then sitting in front of it and now standing in front of it.

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...

Jumperoo!!

We got Sarina a jumperoo over two months back mainly because she loves to keep her legs outstretched and likes trying to stand. Until now, it really has been more of a "stand-eroo" as she had not quite got the jumping part down. She still enjoyed playing with all the toys (and munching on the sunflower teether) but no jumping. Well, yesterday, all that changed. Mommy gave her another jumping lesson and she was off - jumping away. She's now a happy jumper... here is a video of her jumping around. She also seemed to have found something interesting on the ceiling - we still aren't sure what it is; and of course she still loves blowing raspberries. (Warning its a fairly long video - about 3 minutes)

How do I eat this cake without getting crumbs on your head?

We went to a 1 year old birthday party for baby of one of Smita's colleagues. They took this very cute picture of the two of them. The cake was amazing, but eating it above Sarina's head was certainly a challenge for Mommy.

There's few things Sarina likes more than hanging out close to Mommy in her ergo... like a little kangaroo.

Picnicking

We were out picnicking last week and caught some cute photos of Sarina hanging out in her little pink hat. We also have a great little video clip of Sarina playing peek-a-boo with mommy.

7-month birthday

Sarina turned 7 months old this past Friday. As has become tradition, we celebrate with a little song, dessert and candle. This month, the dessert was rice pudding. You'll also see that Sarina is becoming a lot more wily and finds a way to get "into" dessert.

Mmmmmm. Beets!

I wouldn't call Sarina a picky eater, but she eats what she wants when she wants and other times her lips are sealed no matters how much I sing, make spoon airplane, make faces or stand on my head. The other day she was in the mood for the beets we got from the farmer's market. Of course now everything is red...

New pictures...

We've been offline for a while, mainly because our primary home computer stopped working. We know the problem, we just haven't yet had time to get it fixed. In short order we will be back to posting photos and videos more regularly. In the meantime, our wonderful nanny took some photos of Sarina (and Owen, our nanny share partner) hanging out one afternoon. There are some adorable photos of Sarina that we wanted to share. As you'll see, she is now sitting up all by herself and enjoys sitting and playing with her toys. She is also eating lots of different foods and generally keeps adding new skills.

Swing!

We put Sarina in a Swing for the first time last week. She seemed to have enjoyed it, although it may have just been all the animal noises we were making to try to get Sarina to smile.

Lake Tahoe

We went to Lake Tahoe over the 4th of July long weekend. We stayed in a beautiful (and huge) house and were joined by our friends Sekhar, Monali, Meena and Naveen. Over the course of the weekend we spent lots of time soaking up the sun, swimming, hiking, playing on and around the lake, grilling, and of course just relaxing. It has been a while since I've been to Lake Tahoe in the summer and have a renewed appreciation for summer weekend getaways there. Here are some pictures from the weekend.

Swim-Swim!

We went to Lake Tahoe for the long 4th of July weekend (more pictures to come...) While there, we took Sarina swimming for the first (and second) time. She loved it... she kicked around, splashed up some water and enjoyed the pool like she would a big bathtub. Back in high school, Smita used to be swim instructor and used to teach babies how to swim... she had all the techniques and the proper holds to get Sarina to have lots of fun swimming and playing in the water. I think Sarina will grow up to be a water loving little girl like her Mommy. Here's some pictures and video:

Rolling Around

Sarina has now mastered the art of the roll. All day and night she rolls from front to back and back to front. She has even learned the "cork screw" where where she rolls from her back all the way around and end up back on her back. She now uses rolling as a mode of transportation and rolls from one place to another... often to find her toys. A couple days ago she rolled completely across the living and dining room... Here is one of her rolling sessions:

Picnic with Terry/Beejal/Saajan

Last weekend Terry, Beejal and Saajan came to San Francisco for the weekend. We had a fun picnic on a warm sunny San Francisco day in dolores park. Their visit also brought out some of Sarina's other aunts and uncles that she hasn't had a chance to meet yet.

Maestro

We sat Sarina in front of a little piano at Anish and Pia's place. She quickly got to work banging out some sweet music. It took her e few seconds to figure out that the keys were a level below the top of the piano but once she figured that out she couldn't be stopped.

Six Month Birthday

Sarina turned a big 6 last week... that is, six months old. The three of us celebrated over lunch downtown. Smita dressed Sarina in a cute birthday dress and we headed to the ferry building for lunch outdoors. We then picked up a strawberry chocolate cupcake from Miette for her birthday treat (which Mom and Dad ate on Sarina's behalf)

Mitul and Tanvi come to visit

This past weekend Uncle Mitul and Aunt Tanvi came to visit from Los Angeles. Even though Sarina was feeling a bit under the weather, she loved spending time with them. Aunt Tanvi looks like a natural holding a baby :)

Horsies!

Sarina is a very active girl. A very popular pastime is riding the mommy and daddy horses. Here she is going for a ride...