Mere Mamu ki shaadi hai!

Ami's mamu jaan got married on 18th and brought home our super sweet Vidhi Mami :) Ami and mumma had moved to Dayalbagh on 9th to help with the shaadi preparations... Ami had a lovely time running around between shaadi houses and met loads and loads of new relatives. She was hardly able to get friendly with anybody new as there literally were so many new faces... She spent a great deal of time doing masti at Dadi's house too. Especially at times when the shaadi mahol would get too much for her. And her vocabulary saw a dramatic improvement over this period & she could literally tota'ish (parrot-like) repeat all words told in her vicinity, including some that weren't meant for her ears!!! ;)

We went bangle shopping a few days before shaadi (with Massi and Binti didi) where Ami bought loads of bangles, even matching some for her sangeet outfit. 

16th was the first function... Shaadi ka Satsang where Dataji asked mumma to put Ami on the ground and asked her to take Prashaad directly from HIM. This marked the first time that Ami received the Prashaad from HIM directly. :)

On 17th the sangeet day, regular running around at the venue kept happening with last minute preparations... So Ami was packed to Dadi's place & slept in the afternoon and was planned to arrive at the venue with papa all dressed up in her new yellow & orange lehenga. But when mumma found her, just before sangeet was to start, she was still in her shorts & t-shirt and mumma rushed her in to get her ready, assuming she'll be in good mood as she had had her beauty sleep! Little did Mumma know what she was getting into!!!

What followed was full-fledged drama! Ami crying... Unhappy... Not willing to wear lehenga or her much beloved bangles... Cranky... Not willing to dance or let mummy dance... Or get out of mummy's godi... More crying... More chipku'ness... Unbearable May Heat.... And no electricity!!! You get the picture right? Complete mayhem! Until thankfully what saved the day was an orange lollipop! :)




And Alas 18th arrived!!! All excited filled with joy but tired as hell we woke up...

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Thankfully early morning at khet was a little better mood-wise. But she just didn't get what all the running around was about. So naturally she spent most time in mummy's godi (again!). Not even ready to smile by the time the photo-session happened.

Shaadi went much better. For starters Ami was wearing a pretty black & white frock. There was literally no fuss in her dressing! No lehengas or dupattas or bangles to reckon with! So she sat thru the pheras and watched mamu & mami tie the knot happily. :)

Post shaadi, during lunch, the photo-session again clashed with her nap-time and naturally Ami was no longer interested in posing for the camera! Kids are moody but in an odd kinda way, happen to have the priorities right! Nap over photo-session is the right order in life- so what if it also happens to be your Mamu jaan's wedding...?  :) Sigh!

Dudu-Goggles! :)

If someone had told me a few months back that my Pixie will ask to wear Goggles to drink her early morning milk, I'd have laughed. I actually laughed quite a lot when she actually did do it too... Today! :)

My natak company, continuously comes up with new ways to entertain. Here's touching wood that these unexpected giggles at 7 in the morning, never stop. :) 

"Mumma... Mumma... Attu!"

Well some days things are silent and some days her vocabulary suddenly grows a few words within the day... Like yesterday I found her calling my help "Aarti" instead of the "didi" she generally calls... I naturally corrected it immediately while still smiling. And then within a few hours, she was trying to get my attention and called me "Mumma! Mumma!" And then just like that, out of the blue came "Attu" (for Astu). Well I realised to my amusement & utter amazement that she had started picking our names & using them... 

In the evening too while i was narrating sumthing, I said "blah...blah...blah..." And madam just repeated it, jlt. Yup the phase of being-careful-with-the-words-we-use, is here! And yesterday was my first peak into it... Jeez...! Shivers! ;)

Brat immitating Mumma Brat!!!

So last evening I am scolding Ami for her misbehavior and suddenly I see that she had her hands on her waist, just like i do, and she is using a loud tone of gibberish on me...! Gosh! She was actually imitating me... I was so shocked that I burst out laughing. 

Immediately tried to capture the moment, for my record, but the stern expression on her face had changed to a smile. Brat realized she had done something funny coz I had laughed out...! :D

Evolving the sense of smell! :)

So I have this theory that Ami's senses are evolving one after another... Currently she's into smells... Just about anything & everything needs to be smelled! Well all my perfumes (of course!), the lipsticks & the lipbalms, the creams... Phew! Its fun watching her do it though & her expressions give feedback... A smile later says "nice" a nose crink says "not too great"! :)