Three months home! What a change we have seen in Anjali. Anju has developed a sense of belonging with us. She seems to have accepted us as people who are always there for her and she even looks for us for comfort and love. It is adorable to see her take on responsibilities of her own and start pitching in. Be it unloading the dishwasher or putting away groceries, Anjulilypot means business!!! 'No goofing around mama, let's focus and get the job done,' she seems to say as she hands me one thing after the other expecting me to keep up.
Anju looked at us the other day and said "Mama, up." Wow! Her first sentence!! After three months of Anju preferring gestures to words hearing her speak was amazing! She has picked up a few words since like 'cat,' 'out' and 'owie.' J and I are thrilled that Anju is making attempts to speak even though she doesn't always say the words correctly. We decided to give speech therapy a shot to see if it helps Anju. Either way, she seemed to love the attention she got from the speech therapist we went to.
With each passing day, Anju is revealing more of herself and it is such a joy to see her blossom. She is gaining so much strength and is incredibly well balanced. The cutest thing she does is her jump-skip walk that is a bounce! She bounces around the home like Tigger and is up to some mischief or the other. A true busy-body has emerged. :) Anjali loves to dress up and with the warmer weather, she has been loving wearing her dresses. She comes to each of us and points to her dress to get admiration and praise.
Anjali met her paternal grandparents last week for the first time and she adores them. My in-laws (visiting from Florida) are absolutely besotted with their granddaughter and Anjali has them wrapped around her little finger in a few short days. If we are a little strict with her she runs to them for babying time.
I have to end the post on sibling love. Anju asks Dhruv for things these days and more significantly they wipe and kiss away each other's tears.
Here are some pics from April.
Anju looked at us the other day and said "Mama, up." Wow! Her first sentence!! After three months of Anju preferring gestures to words hearing her speak was amazing! She has picked up a few words since like 'cat,' 'out' and 'owie.' J and I are thrilled that Anju is making attempts to speak even though she doesn't always say the words correctly. We decided to give speech therapy a shot to see if it helps Anju. Either way, she seemed to love the attention she got from the speech therapist we went to.
With each passing day, Anju is revealing more of herself and it is such a joy to see her blossom. She is gaining so much strength and is incredibly well balanced. The cutest thing she does is her jump-skip walk that is a bounce! She bounces around the home like Tigger and is up to some mischief or the other. A true busy-body has emerged. :) Anjali loves to dress up and with the warmer weather, she has been loving wearing her dresses. She comes to each of us and points to her dress to get admiration and praise.
Anjali met her paternal grandparents last week for the first time and she adores them. My in-laws (visiting from Florida) are absolutely besotted with their granddaughter and Anjali has them wrapped around her little finger in a few short days. If we are a little strict with her she runs to them for babying time.
I have to end the post on sibling love. Anju asks Dhruv for things these days and more significantly they wipe and kiss away each other's tears.
Here are some pics from April.
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