Some Updates and Pictures

The last few weeks have been crazy busy for us.  Work has kept both Amit and myself busier than usual.  We also had our new nanny, Naveen, start with us this past week.  Anaiya immediately clicked with Naveen which was such a relief.

Over the last couple of months, I've been giving Anaiya these pre-made veggie smoothies that you can buy from the store.  It's just another way to get some more veggies in her.  She absolutely loves them.  Naveen was sweet enough to bring in her juice machine and make Anaiya fresh veggie juice which she is loved.  This week, it was a celery, carrot, and apple drink.  We'll have to think of some other veggie mixtures for her to try!

We've also been working with Anaiya on teaching her sign language.  Just a few words to help her communicate with us.  A couple of months ago, she started signing for "food/to eat" and "more" (i.e. when she wants more food).  A couple of weeks, she started signing for milk.  The plan is to teach her a couple of more signs like "water" and "help".  We are still trying to teach her to say the actual words, but in the mean time, this helps us and it's just fun to teach her new things.

Here are some pictures of Anaiya from the last few weeks.

I wanted to take Anaiya out for some fresh air after I got home from work, but it got a little chilly while we were out so I bundled her up in her blanket while we walked back home.

Anaiya loves playing with my handbag so I found one of my makeup bags for her to play with.  She now loves to carry it around on her wrist and practice putting her toys in it and then taking them out.

We got Anaiya this chair with her name on it for her birthday.  The first time we put her in it she started to diving on it so we thought we had to put away until she got a little older.  However, she now loves sitting in this chair while playing with her toys or flipping through her books.