Friday, May 30, 2008

First BIG Boo-Boo

Sorry we have not been updating the blog lately and I so wanted to let you all know about Gauri’s first Big Boo-boo… (Sniff…Sniff…L ) but with Baba’s surgery and Gauri’s hand accident, we had barely anytime to sleep. Both of my dearest ones in so much pain and I wasn’t able to do much to ease it.

Last Tuesday (May 20th) while I was on a conf. call we got a call from the daycare, and all I knew was Mani was running around looking for his wallet and car keys. I was half listening to what he was trying to tell me. Then while rushing out of the house, I heard him say, Gauri’s fingers …. and that’s all that I heard. This was enough for me to get me anxious and nervous and I was somehow trying to end the conference cal, but you know how when you want to get out of something, you feel like you just cant!! As soon as I hung up the phone, I tried to call Mani’s cell phone, all I heard was my poor baby screaming in the background and Mani asked me to call up Pediatrician right away as he was driving to their clinic. Dare I ask how was Gauri, from all the screaming I knew she was in too much pain, but in a very timid voice I asked how bad was it - “Not good Pragati….her fingers are bleeding profusely…now call up the Dr.”. As I explained to the lady at the clinic what had happened she seemed so relaxed about this accident, advised me to keep Gauri home, wash the wound and watch if she can move her fingers. Damn, she sounded COLD!! I agree kids do have accidents and Dr.s see it all the time, but not my child – its her very first cut, very first accident, very first bleeding and she is the most important thing in the world (at least to us). So I kept insisting that we need to see a Dr. and she said only after an hour. I wasn’t happy with her answer. I tried to call back Mani and he wouldn’t pick up his phone. I kept dialing like a maniac with all the wrong thoughts running in my head – “what’s going on, why is he not picking, Is Gauri Ok, is her hand OK, are fingers still intact” (my heart pounding like it was going to come out of my body), redialing with one hand, I was trying to see who to call and ask for a ride, my car was with him….. Finally after the longest 1 hour he called back confirming she was Ok, no fractures and the Dr. did see her.

But he also told how embarrassed he felt at the Pediatrician – “embarrassed why?” As he was fighting, arguing and shouting at the reception staff who refused to have a Dr. see Gauri, trying to tell she is too much pain and “look her hand is all bleeding” and blah..blah…blah…blah… Gauri stops screaming and starts insisting on getting down on the floor to - go play with the big toy stove and refrigerator in the play area!! “Hahaha…. Poor dad – he thins his little darling is in too much pain, but guess what daddy is in more pain… sure this is their first kid…hahaha”. I am sure this is what was running in the minds of everyone witnessing this scene.

Gauri came home, she wasn’t crying but her face had turned crimson and eyes puffy from all the crying, I looked at her bandaged fingers and as Mani described to me that her nail-bed might be damaged and that has serious implications, she pulled the bandages off and there I saw - ripped-up fingers, the open wounds and nail under the skin..God, how could someone do this to my little sweet-pea, my jigar-ka-tukda (piece of my heart)…and there you go….I was crying…crying hugging her closer to me and she started crying when she didn’t now what was mumma crying…..

Her wounds are almost healed now, the nail still doesn’t look good, its coming off from its roots, we may have to see a hand surgeon to see if the nail bed is still intact and the nerves to the nail are fine. But in all this Gauri has been the bravest little kid I have ever seen. She is definitely braver and tougher then her mommy is!!

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Happy Mommy's Day

A very Happy Mother’s day to all the Mommy readers of this blog. Sorry we are late in posting this but we sure remembered all of you mommies on this special day. Hope you all had lots of fun with your “special-little-people”. With baba gone (work travel :o( …) Gauri and I had lots of just-my-mommy-and-me time together and loved every minute of it. OK, I did, but I am sure Gauri was missing her daddy way too much. He had to leave when she was still asleep so when she woke up she was looking for “baba” everywhere and then she pushed her toy-box to the window and started repeating “baba-aajao” (Daddy come back)!! Oh that poor thing, those words were melting my heart and I wished her daddy could come back :o(

It is amazing how quickly she is learning both Hindi and English phrases and when she speaks either one of the languages, its is so amazing that I cant express in words.

Later Gauri and I watched some videos and read some books and did I ever mention how crazy she is about her “buuks”, she needs them when she wakes up, when she eats, when she comes back from play outside, when she sleeps and now even at bath time.

Oh and I want to wish a VERY SPECIAL FIRST MOTHER’S DAY TO some very special mommies to my heart this year, my dear friends who all had babies in last one year – Tushima, Yamini, Shweta, Asma, Paridhi and my sis-in-laws Rashi and Tanu.

Hope these babies fill your lives with immense joy and love.

Lots of love to all babies and mommies,
Mommy & Gauri.

Saturday, May 03, 2008

Little girls when they grow-up

Still love their daddies the most and daddies never stop loving them either.

Ok, now I shouldn’t but I am writing this little post about me instead of it being about Gauri. But I was so touched by a beautiful card I received from MY daddy that I couldn’t resist sharing it with you all and specially with Gauri, so she knows that no matter how grown up she may get, but she will ALWAYS BE DADDY’S LITTLE GIRL (just like her ma is for her naanu (Grandpa) )

On this birthday, I received this most beautiful birthday card ever, it touched my heart and definitely made my day. Sometimes, due to distances, due to our very busy lives and a million other things, we forget to appreciate small things and forget to tell our loved ones how much we love and appreciate them in our lives. This card made me realize how very much my father loves me and that, I must have brought similar happiness to his life that Gauri has brought into ours. Although, all grown-up now, we sometimes almost talk to our parents like we know everything and we know what’s best for them, but honestly, wouldn’t you give up anything and everything to just be that same little girl who would sit on your daddy’s shoulders to watch a puppet show or go to nauchandi-mela (fare) and ride that giant-wheel and every other scary ride sitting besides him? - I would!!

Here’s the card that brought tears to my eyes and took me back to my cherished childhood:

For the benefit of my non-hindi speaking friends, here is the translation of the card in English, Of course it is almost the literal translation so I can’t do justice to the beautiful simily being used in hindi but I am sure you’ll get the idea.

Dear Daughter,
You are our biggest happiness.
When you came into our life,
It felt as if the moonlight just came down to light our home
Your smile has decorated every corner of our house
May your life bloom like a beautiful garden,
Our world has become beautiful just by having you.

Thank you Father,
you are simply THE BEST
and I will always love you.