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:

Giggles Paisano

In playing with Sarina this weekend we heard her first giggle. She gave us a loud cackle and laugh when piling on a kiss-attack. Smita's readings told her the four month milestones include rolling over and giggling. She hit them both a week early...

Easter dinner at Alex & Harriet's place

Alex and Harriet were kind enough to invite us over for Easter dinner last week. Little did we know that Harriet had cooked up a storm and we were up for a fancy Easter feast. Sarina enjoyed her first easter... chocolate bunnies, celery crosses and all. She also finally got to meet Aunt Harriet and uncle Alex...

OH BOY... Look who learned how to roll-over....

I'll give you a clue.. it wasn't Daddy... he claims he already knows how.

We both happened to be watching this morning as we were giving Sarina tummy time, when BAM... she rolled over. I think she was as shocked as we were. Luckily, we happened to have the camera running and captured her first roll-over. After that first one, she quickly turned into a roll-over machine and rolled over a few more times.... Here's a video of her first (and second) roll-overs...

lil'jain and moo-moo

Sarina loves her little cow toy. Our friend Seema, named her cow friend moo-moo (formerly known as Mr. Cow). Here's a few pictures of Sarina and moo-moo.. Sarina loves to kiss moo-moo (ok, she likes to lick his nose - that is sort of a kiss, right?) In any case, the two of them sound like a hip-hop duo... I can see it now, "tonight at the colliseum, Lil'Jain and Moo-moo... (with opening act Lil'Kim and Nee-yo)"

The great outdoors

Another beautiful day in San Francisco called for some time outdoors. We headed up to Marin where he did a short trail on Mt. Tam. to get to 'the tourist club' - a great little german pub in the middle of Mt. Tam. We then headed to Tiburon to walk around and relax at the Lodge at Tiburon - one of our new favorite places to go in the evening....

Sunny day calls for a new hat!

We went out for a nice city walk last weekend on a warm sunny day. To keep little Sarina protected, we put on a cute new hat!

Mommy and the window

If there are two things Sarina loves most they are her Mommy and the window. Of course she loves her Mommy... she loves and takes care of her and is a wonderful Mommy. Sarina also loves big window overlooking 16th street. She loves staring at all the action - the cars, buses, pedestrians, etc. Put the two together and she is in heaven. I think we have a future city girl on our hands...

And a little video...

Here's a couple little videos of Sarina holding her head up and looking around...

Look who is holding her own head up!

Over the last week or two Sarina has gained good head control. She can now hold her head by herself and when on her tummy, lifts her head to have a look around!

Akhila's Birthday party

Sarina got to go to her friend, Akhila's first birthday party. She dressed up in her little mouse outfit (I call her mighty mouse when she wears it)... Happy birthday Akhila!

Look at all the people!


Mighty Mouse!:


Fancy birthday cake!:


All this partying knocked out little Sarina (so tired she slept without being swaddled !):

Doing taxes with Daddy...

Sarina got to hang out on Daddy's lap while he worked on taxes. I think the expressions speak for themselves as to who was having fun....

Sarina says: Oh boy, oh boy, I get to sit on Daddy's lap all morning.. this is so much fun!
Daddy says: I hate taxes.


Sarina Says: It fun to hang out on Daddy's lap but this tax stuff is getting tiring
Daddy says: I hate taxes.

Handful of pics from the last couple weeks

Here's a handful of photos from the last couple weeks. She's getting bigger and more playful. She likes playing with toys, can hold her head by herself and everyday seems to learn a new trick or two...