I realized yesterday that if i ever shop these days its for Riya. I think she is more fashion conscious then i am with my sweats!!


Took this foto yesterday and sent it to adnan who replied back :


 


"
this must be the first time a woman has ever sent me a picture of
herself with a weighing scale : )
thanks for brightening up the day.
-a." 

Stressed Out!

 


What with Riyabeing very cling after the Arizona trip and A's upcoming busines trip. its just been really hectic and stressful which meant I took a week off from flying school to regroup and get things in order. I also decided to get a mother's helper 2x a week for a cpl of hrs so that i can get some sanity back into my life.

Here is Riya in one of her new found moods. 

Demo 2006 -- Tribute to Pheonix, Arizona

Riya's first plane ride to cheer on dad at his second Demo appearance..




The trip began well and with so much stuff to take with a baby -- i am so glad A was there! How much stuff can one baby need. I totally overpacked for her but was stressed that i would forget something ! in the end the only thing i forgot was my facewash which means it was a pretty damn good job of packing -- if i do say so myself. Here is Riya at the ariport looking soo pretty - ready for her first trip on the plane! !


Alan came over the day we left and it was soo good to see him. he is such a nice thorough gentleman. this is a snap i took of all three.



I was in Arizona when I was a child - a family trip to see the Grand Canyons or something. I really dont remember much abt it so i was really looking forward to being there. Riya and I got to see Scottsdale, the Borgata, the heard museum, the botanical gardens, w got lost and almost went to the desert :)!! Overall, we have a great time. We were there to support the team of Riya.com but had wnouhg time to get some sightseeing done!




Riya and I got to see Munjal and Papa in action. It was totally awesome -- they all did sooo well and got the Demo God award too :) I dont have a foto of them together but here is one with Ben on stage witH A. You can see the whole presentation here -- http://www.demo.com/demonstrators/demo2006/63025.html



The Four-Diamond Pointe South Mountain Resort was ok. Found an amazing outlet mall there and shopped :) Also, found a place which made a great sundae!

I do have to say that I am GLAD to be back. Riya was pretty clingy the whole trip - i guess, i never realized how much a baby likes her own space. She is usually pretty good abt going to places but at this point she wanted nothing to do with her father or any other person other then Mom! sigh. it got a little hectic.

However, A and I did manage to sneak away for our first night out wthouht the baby!! yeahhh!! Should have asked the waitress to takea foto of us but waited till we were strolling abt when the notion struck us! The food was good and the company excellent!




Riya had her first swimming experience in the pool when A and I took her - she loved it. here are a few fotos.






One thing they do know how to do well in Arizona is make great margaritas which everyone enjoyed and build awesome roads. After CA roads they were a revelation. I would consider moving there just for the pleasure of driving onthose roads. Here is one with Tara who has done such a good job on the new UI. See what I mean abt the margaritas :)




There were so many friendly faces and i guess the Demo gods were kind to Riya (no pun intended) -- all in all a good trip.

Munchkin in Preschool

 


Oh God!! I finally started researching the preschools - thanks to Amanda for getting together and making me do this - its insane. there are so many of them its just a PRESCHOOL!!

i dont no where to even start but at least we have some stuff to go on now.

it was lovely to just relax and chat. THOUGH i was super tense abt riya going down but she did !! yeahhhh!!!

phew. 

 


I went to the first ggmg play grp today. it was lovely. we had a fun time. we were running late since R decided to take an extra long nap. met christy who i was soo sure i had seen before. turns out we had been to her place when they were selling it and ALMOST bid onit. SMALL world. she was such a picture of grace.ia m glad we went.

here is a picture of sebastian one of the lil ones we met. he looked so adorable on the floor - i had to clck this!