What's in the mailbox?

Is that daddy's hand and finger in the mailbox? This sounds like the recipe for something very funny...

Sarina having fun in the back seat

Here's a little video clip of Sarina having fun in the back seat...

New car...

We bought a new car (now that we are moving to the 'burbs, we had to become a 2 car family) and bought a very logical car for a growing family - a convertible! It at least has a very usable rear seat. We also bought and installed a throne (i.e. car seat) for Sarina this weekend and have been enjoying the fabulous summer weather in the new car. Here's some pictures with the car and some pictures of Sarina on her throne sporting mommy's sunglasses.

Fast asleep

Sleeping in her new car seat in the new car. Looks like the car seat works...

In a box

Sarina got a new car seat. But more importantly, she got a nice big new box to play in!

I'm at the beach!

Big scream and big laugh while playing in the sand on the beach.

Mommy's day off

Sarina and mommy had a really fun day together. In the morning, we met up with Auntie Cynthia and K-bao for a fun morning of playground activities. In the afternoon Mommy took Sarina to the Bay Area Discovery Museum - one of her favourite places to explore. Attached are some pictures from our trip.

We had so much fun together. My favourite moment of the day was however, when my little tofu eater tried to stuff all of the tofu I gave her for dinner into her mouth / cheeks and then tried to say "more" in her very sweet voice, but could barely talk. I couldn't stop laughing!

Sarina at the Discovery museum

Mommy took Sarina out to the discovery museum today. Splish-splash..
and she found a fish!

Buried in blocks!

A little photo of Sarina buried in the box of duplo's this morning...

Fun with a new block sorter

We came home today and discovered that Sarina has received a present in the mail from Uncle Mitul and Aunt Tanvi. They sent her a fun block sorter and she was of course excited to open up a package from the mail.

We got it open and Sarina started playing and soon figured our what to do... Here's a little video of her playing with it. You can see the joy on her face every time she gets a block to fit in the right hole. She also says some of her favorite words and you can hear them in this video: "More," "No," and "Mommy"

Thanks Uncle Mitul and Aunt Tanvi!

Feeding mommy

Here's a little video clip of Sarina turning the tables and feeding Mommy some Cantaloupe. Of course, Sarina generally gets fed by Mommy but she has always enjoyed returning the favor. She's now getting better at using a fork and spoon on her own and tries to feed herself (and others) with her utensils. You can also hear her saying "more." This was one of the early baby sign language words she learned but is now speaking the word more instead of signing it.

Another Discovery Museum Trip

We became members of the bay area discovery museum since Sarina enjoyed it so much last time we were there. We went back again and Sarina had a great time in the toddler rooms and the outdoor play areas. Here are some pictures playing...

Oh Canada!

Sarina Sumeet and I went to Vancouver a couple weeks ago. Despite the typical (usually raining)weather, we had a super time. Mommy got to visit some of her favourite restaurants, and we loved the views from our hotel room. I also thought it was funny that the attractions I never found interesting when I lived there were seen in a whole new light by Sarina (especially if they involved ducks, dogs or other animals...) Here are some photos from our trip:

Sleeping Beauty (and monkey)

Planes Trains and Strollers

We went to Vancouver last weekend but have not had a chance yet to upload all of our pictures! Here is a preview of our little traveler from pictures I took on my phone... she's getting to be a good little traveler...

Dancing Queen

Tatiana took some great videos of our dancing queen last week. She still loves to bust a move when no one is looking and is a world class clapper. She even claps to "music" when she hears cellphones ring! Here's our cutie dancing away to some music by herself and with the boys (Owen, and Steven, who is our nanny's grandson) Note: Incase you can't read Sarina's shirt, it says "Mommy Rules" :)

Wedding in New Jersey

We went to Harin and Neelam's wedding in New Jersey this weekend. Harin is one of my friends from growing up in Buffalo. We all had a great time and Sarina was a trooper flying all the way to the east coast and back for a weekend. It was of course great to hang out with the "buffalo boyz" and spend time with everyone's growing families. Sarina also got to see her Dada and Dadhi (grandparents) who came up from Buffalo. Here's some pictures from the wedding...

Feeling better, enjoying the sun!

Sarina has been battling sickness for over 3 weeks - and FINALLY felt better on Sunday. She was all smiles and really excited about everything. It also happened to be a very beautiful day in San Francisco. Sunny and warm. So sunny, she needed to put on mommy's sunglasses.

Playing in her Tunnel

Here's a short video clip of Sarina playing in the tunnel that her cousins, Akash and Neha got her for her birthday. She's learned many animal names now and has fun crawling through and pointing out the animals (often by making their respective animal sounds...)

Tricycle riding

Here's a short video clip of Sarina riding (or, um, being pushed) on a tricycle by her favorite tricycle engine... Ravi Mama...

Some pictured from Benjamin's birthday

Last weekend we went to Benjamin's (Sarina's cousin) birthday party. Here's a couple photos from the party. Sarina had a ton of fun riding around on Benjamin's tricycle and playing with Ravi Mama...

Sarina in the park

Sarina loves being outdoors and now loves walking / running by herself. This is a picture of her walking around freely in San Mateo Park cute as a button and color coordinated. Pointing at Daaaaaags (oof oof), clapping her hands and bopping to music and generally walking and running in the grass and pavement.

A couple photos playing with the iPhone

As I was taking some photos of Sarina playing games on the iPhone, she gave us some good smiles.. Here they are ...

Appearance on my corporate blog

Sarina made a cameo appearance on my firm's blog yesterday. She's BIG time!

CMEA Blog appearance

Playing with wood chips

Here's another little video of us playing in Monterey. Here we stopped along our walk and Sarina had lots of fun playing with the wood chips. She kindly shared her wood chips and shares some of her little, I'm mildly amused laughs.

Nose poking

Somehow Sarina got on the "Adult" side of the barrier fence (that is the computer/office area) and Smita on the "play" side. They quickly engaged in a very fun game of poke mommy's nose through the fence. Sarina found this hilarious... (I think it was Mommy's sound effects that did the trick)

Singing...

Here's a little video of Smita singing to Sarina... Smita has been singing to Sarina since she was a wee baby. Now that Sarina understands and communicates more, she participates in songs and of course always tells Mommy she wants more singing. Here we're hanging out on the coast of Monterey, singing and pointing at our her bellies...

Walking (and running)

Here's a little video of us out for a walk in Monterey. As you can see, Sarina often prefers walking (and sometimes running) by herself rather than being pushed in the stroller. One of her favorite hobbies continues to be spotting dogs. She's always excited to see a dog and yells out, "daaaaa," "daaaa" She also usually barks at them.. something like "whooo, whooo." All lots of fun and very cute. (Sorry for the wobbly video, I had to keep running to keep up with her!)

Sarina's trip to Monterey

We went off to Monterey this weekend and had a great time enjoying the great weather and all the fun Monterey things to do! We stayed at the beautiful Monterey Plaza Hotel and had fun running around the back ocean terrace and watching the otters and sea lions swimming in the Ocean. We also visited the Monterey Bay Aquarium (two times!) and explored the town. Sarina's favorite things to do were go on long walking (and sometimes running) trips along the walking trails. Here's some pictures.. videos to come.

One more beach video...

One more video from playing on the beach we wanted to share. Sarina LOVES playing in the sand.. on the beach and in the sandbox. You'll notice the very sudden end to the video when a handful of sand goes in her mouth... I think she's finally learned that sand doesn't taste so good.