Day of Arrival!!!

Ok yes, I cried when I saw my bumling today......

well not exactly when I saw him a little before... but same thing....

let me start from the beginning.... So I got up and decide that since the li'l tornado was coming (as was the cleanliness inspector-ess?) I better get cleaning....

Then I had a good breakfast and pushed off to pick them up...I was cruising along listening to Mikey Mcleary's super chilled out album..... Mum calls midway to say she has landed....

Oh ho.... Now I'm worried.... but since they are waiting inside there was no reason to rush rush... anyone who has sat in my car will be relieved to know I didn't panic or drive fast... !!!

I was ok all the while... really looking forward to seeing Siddy.... and then just as I entered the airport, maybe it was the song playing or what I don't know... I had these big ... huge.... massive tears rolling down my cheeks.....

I got into the waiting line and called mum... and till they were in sight I was sniffling...!

But as soon as I saw him... Oh I was sooooooo happy.....

He looked different... He looked grown up...Ya I know its just been five days...but you know.... I picked him up and kissed him like a crazy lady!

He on the other hand was in full zombie mode.... Mum said he had just woken up... so he didn't even react to me... just stared away.... Mum was a doll... she drove while I sat with him, waiting for him to fully wake up...

And he did... slowly and steadily.... and once he realised he was in front of me (may have had something to do with my constant and non stop hugs and kisses!!!) he started hugging and kissing me back!!!

Oh how wonderful those hugs and kisses are I cant begin to explain to you.... its the softest... wettest feeling in the world!! ha ha ha ha ha!!

He has caught a bit of a cough and cold.... so he was a bit out the whole day...but still he played... and he destroyed the cleanliness of the house in about fifteen minutes!!

And when Aadi came.... he ran to the door and gave him such a big hug.... it was just adorable...!!!

Right now he's curled up next to me sleeping... and i couldn't be happier!!!

These trips better be far and few between!

Day Five - The Panic Attack....

This morning I woke up with the worst ache in my heart..... and no cuddly bear to take away that feeling... and it sucks.

It just sucks.

and at 9:30 my stupid phone beeps loudly reminding me to put him in his school uniform..... grrrrrrr.... stupid stupid phone...

stupid Hyderabad trip...

stupid ali and her stupid decision to send the love of her life (after aadi of course!!) away from her....

Rubbish plan this is...

What if he is missing me incredibly as well... poor poor baby.... he cant even really say.....

Deep Breath......

Ok, so its just todays day...

I mean he is back tomorrow at 2:00....

and I do have lots to finish off till then....

and I must try cleaning the house and making his cupboard and all that as well...

Its five o'clock now... another what 21 hours?

Thats do able right?

right...

Ok panic attack has gone...

Back to work it is!!

Sitting on mum's face- Cuz I can!!!

Day four till now!

You know that little cover for the tip of the pen? Not the pen cover... there is also a little steel cover for the tip of the pen thats screwed onto the pen?

There is one lying in the corner of my bedroom....

There are pieces of wool and felt all over the living room...

Rolled up cello tape under my work table...

Few stray peels of onion that flew away while making breakfast...

Plastic bags that came with my hoops that I opened up and didn't chuck in the garbage... 

Get the picture?

No baby in the home!!!

When he is around... half my time is gone in picking up these kind of random objects from the floor and the other half removing random objects from his mouth!!!!

Day four... and I'm really really really happy I have so much work that I cant even make my lists of things to do!!! 

I have made five hoop arts since 10:30 in the morning... (its four thirty as i write this) 

This would never happen with the monkey running around.... he would pick up all my hoops and destroy my wool rolls.... !!!

So thank you mommy... for giving my this time and thank you me and my wanting to do a hundred things this weekend for letting me be too busy to miss the munchkin......:(

Day three....

Today was good....

Today was a date day...

A day for just Aadi and me and us being us...

We had a fun plan of going to one place for appetisers one for the main course and another for dessert... Meal hopping basically!!! Or is it course hopping?!! 

So we started at cafe Zoe moved onto the Tasting Room ... Stopped by my brothers for a while... Met a few friends on the way and landed at the Bombay Local pop up bazaar for dessert!!! 

Of course I missed siddy.. He's a part of me and not having him with me is super duper sucky..... 

But it was really great to be able to go for lunch with no real plan ... No big baby bag... No time limit...

Aadi and I had conversations... About everything apart from a baby... And baby things... And it was awesome!

At some points in the day mum would send me some pictures or videos of the bumling and my heart would ache... Or I would see a parent with their little puddings... And suddenly I'd miss mine...

But overall I think I was good...

It's going to hit me tomorrow... When Aadi is at work and the house is empty and I see his silly toys around.... That's when the real heart ache is gonna come.... 

Day two!

Day two:

Morning has been strange.... No Mumma Mumma Mumma Mumma tape recorder.... 

Woke up early did some yoga without a munchkin trying to come between my legs!! 

Watched a movie while having coffee with the hubby.... Yup a movie at 9:30 in the morning!!! Before sunrise..... What a great film.... It's just... Wow!!!

Then I worked.. Have a lot to do with the FMC exhibition coming up and another order of mine.. So was in full work mode while Aadi chatted away happily with me...

At four thirty we headed to my printer.... Didn't get a chance really to miss miss siddy but mommy sent some pics and a video... And heartbreak happened then and there!!

Spent hours here.... And then headed home.... Because there was still lots to do... And I want to be free in my mind for Aadi and my special day tomorrow :)

We have eaten dinner at nine thirty and Aadi is passed out by eleven... I work for an hour and I'm passing out as soon as I post this! 

What did siddy do?

Well , both days he went down in the building and played with the kids... Some a few years older than him... Mum says he had soooooo much fun he came up and knocked out!!! Yesterday he pushed the suitcases around the house... Tonight he went out for dinner.... 

He misses me and Aadi... He asks for us... Mum says I'm at the market and Aadi is in office and he's ok with that!! 

Poor mum... I don't know how she's doing this? And with a cold that too.... 

Need me to come there mommy?!!!!!

Siddy is on vacation.....

Five days without the potato .. The munchkin the bumling the little one... The lifeline.... 

Five days 

To sleep again...

To be with the hubby 100% 

To work (oh so much work) 

To put my feet up..

To not worry about this meal and that meal 

To not pick up toys...

Did I mention to sleep?!!!! 

So the last few hours, since he left have been like this:

Yayie!!!

Oh my god where is he?

Yayie yayie yayie... 

Running to other rooms just to check 

Twirling around the house...

Sitting really quietly in one room...

Lying down on the sofa trying to sleep at an odd hour- because I can...

Checking out our selfies from yesterday... 

Watching random nonsense on tv

Switching to Bheem.... 

Making a beetroot potato soup...

Realising i'm cooking for one :(

Oh this is going to suck isn't it? 

I love my mum for taking him on this vacation... It's amazing... The timing is great.. I have major deadlines coming up and I have been missing spending quality time with Aadi... 

But oh my god the clenching of the heart I didn't expect....

Actually I did....

Dammit. 

Toddler activities...

The eternal question of every mother of a one year old..

They are now old enough to not sit quietly on a rocking chair or stare at the wall... But they are too young to understand puzzle books and playing games and certain toys..

It's a very complicated age for activities I feel... Also add to this the ADD that kids of this age have.... No toy holds more than fifteen minutes (on a good day) of his attention... 

When he was younger this one day I was alone with him and at the end of my patience levels trying to get him to play with some stacking blocks toys... I needed something new.. Here are a few ideas I got off the net and some I came up with...

1. Started off my giving him my felt pens in a big box.. He removed each one and put them back... Twenty minutes of normal life..

2. Pulses in two bowls and three empty bowls... Again he would remove some and transfer them to the empty bowl.. Plus he loved running his little fingers they the pulses! Some days half an hour of normal life..

Yes each activity is time based.. You gotta know how long he needs to be entertained and accordingly give him something... It's like a game!!!!

3. Somedays I would just take a big box or bucket and throw in a variety of things with different textures... pens pencils, sketch pens, small plastic toys... Soft rubber bands.., some felt toys., a small car.. My hair clip .. Wool.. Paper.,, 

You never know what would catch his fancy... This game when they are young gives you upto 45 minutes depending on how many items you put in,,, but as he grows up.. And starts to know what everything is... His attention span will be lesser...

4. Kitchen utensils and spoons are another favorite of kids.. Steel utensil that make noise... Plastic boxes that stack.. The rolling pin is one of his favorite items... This could easily give you 30-45 minutes...! And if you have things like murmura or Kellogg's chocos... You get more time!! 

5. In the kitchen once or twice I was making te dough for the roti so I pulled off a few small round balls and gave them to him.. He loved the sticky sensation... I even stuck them on the glass of the window and he went nuts! I tried adding some color to the atta to make it like home made clay dough... But since he still hasn't fully started registering colors he doesn't seem to care...  First few times twenty minutes but lately not more than ten. Please always be next to him or keep an eye on him because he will eat the dough... It's ok because it is edible.. But you don't want him stuffing his mouth...

6. My favorite but it's just too damn messy and calls for another baby bath time is painting! 

Oh How he loves this!! 

I make the paint with maida, some food color and water... This is the safest... But some times ( and don't judge me it's because it's so freely available in our house) I give him acrylic paint... This is only because I actually sit with him all thru the paint time... Don't leave him even for a second... 

So we put newspaper all over the living room which in itself becomes a game! Then we start with brushes but eventually we just end up painting with our hands.. Then more than the paper we paint our legs and sometimes our tummies!!! Ha ha ha ha!! Don't ask!! 

But of course he has to love the messiest activity no?!!!