Easter Egg Hunt

We have been in CT this past week. We are house hunting and enjoying time with family in the meantime. Easter was a rainy day so we moved the egg hunt indoors. Jaidan and his cousins Riya, Aman and Sahil had fun looking under sofas and behind doors to find candy and other yummy treats!

Aman excited to open his stash

Riya looking pretty in her Spring PJ's

Even baby Sahil gets in on the action!

Jaidan kept running and shouting, "Yaaay!!" He had so much fun.

Big changes!

My dad and his little prince!

There have been some lapses between posts lately, I know. We have been on the move for the last few weeks and haven't stopped for a second. We are in the process of moving to Connecticut and just put our house on the market. It's been an exciting and emotional time. Exciting because Manish accepted a job that he is thrilled about, and we are moving to a beautiful part of the country, we will be close to Jaidan's cousins and Manish's siblings, and we hope to provide Jaidan with many unique opportunities as he grows up. It is an emotional time because we will be leaving a special little world that we had created for our family in Texas. I refer to the community of friends and my parents who have all had an integral part in Jaidan's formative years. My parents have played an especially important role in Jaidan's life. Because of their love and nurturing support, Jaidan is the sweet little soul that he is. At least two or three times a week, Jaidan would spend playing and spending time with his Nana and Nani. They have been a part of his life literally since the moment he was born. Although they will always have a special place in Jaidan's life, it won't be exactly the same when we are geographically no longer close. I take comfort in knowing that we will be visiting my parents often, and during that time, we will hopefully connect with all of our friends from our playgroup and their children that we have come to know so well over the years. And of course, I hope for many visits from my near and dear ones in Texas. We are so blessed and grateful to have such wonderful family and friends! We will miss everyone dearly!

Now that's funny!

Now when Jaidan watches cartoons, he "gets" the funny parts and laughs uncontrollably. It's so funny to watch him.

I love his profile - it's just like his daddy's.

Bobby and Tim come over!

My good friend from college Whitney came over with her two little boys Bobby and Tim. The boys had fun playing at the park down the street while Whitney and I had some time to catch up. It was so good to have them at the house!

Ian's Birthday party

A few weeks ago, Jaidan's friend Ian turned two and had a fabulous party at Paradise Pond, an indoor playground in Grapevine. Jaidan had fun in the bouncehouse, the bicycle ride and of course, the cars. There was also a huge slide that we both decided to go down and we ended up hitting our heads and I burned my hand against the plastic as we came down. These playscapes can be pretty scary! Now Jaidan says "Slide - ouch."

And down the slide he goes!

It's not a party unless there are cars to play with!

Riding the bicycle merry go round

Aafke dressing up like a car! I tried putting Jaidan in this - but he isn't into dressing up.

Happy Birthday Ian!

Yes, I'll have cake!

Sweet Sofia

Chicago!

Okay, so I am backtracking here - sorry, but I want to have a memory of recent events which I haven't had a chance to post. We were in Chicago recently for my cousin Parag's 50th birthday. He and his wife Chris went all out to celebrate. They rented a Hummer limo Friday night, which took us to an exotic Mediterrenean restaurant downtown. This place, Alhambra, was amazing. The food was great, and so was the entertainment, which consisted of belly dancers and flamenco dancers. This night was adults only - kiddos stayed home with the grandparents. We had fun family time during the day though. Jaidan met his cousin Carina for the first time (my cousin Ami's daughter). She is almost two years old and she is a sassy little cutie. Carina and Jaidan had a blast playing together. We took the kids downtown to Gino's pizzeria for some Chicago-style deep dish pizza and took a walk on Navy Pier. A fun weekend, we always have the best time in Chi-town!

(L-R) Manish, Gita, Nisha, Chris, my cousins Parag and Ajay in front of the limo

The nice ride downtown!

Parag and the belly dancer doing a birthday dance!

Jaidan taking in the sights at Navy Pier

Carina looking cute in her hat and pink coat!

Beach Blogger

Ahhhh Cancun. We have just begun our relax-cation in Mexico. We have been so busy these last three weeks, I haven't had time to post updates. But I have a little downtime now! :-) This was a long awaited trip for us.. First getaway for Manish and I together in three years. That seems like a lifetime ago, especially because the last trip we took was before Jaidan was born! Looking forward to a weekend of R&R!

View from our bed as I type - not bad..