Tenth Month:
13 June 2004 -12 July 2004.
Time for a little adventure. While I was in Peru most of the
month on fieldwork, Anu took Aditi to Minneapolis to beat the Tucson
heat and to get a little help from the grandparents. At the end
of June, I joined everyone in Minneapolis and we all went to Toronto
for the wedding of Anu's cousin Veenu. Predictably the baby got
passed around like a football. While she is developing a bit of
stranger anxiety, she usually warms up to new people (or old, forgotten
people like me) after a few minutes of careful observation. This
month Aditi is intensely interested in eating (or at least gnawing) on
anything we are eating, and so far, we've seen no problems with bits of
naan, samosa filling, veggie burger, ... By the end of the month, Aditi
is on the verge of crawling, and is beginning to 'cruise', holding onto
furniture and the odd hand. At this point we're not sure if
she'll crawl or walk first. She is also becoming more vocal, saying da-da
(2.7Mb aiff audio file). Here are some other sounds from the
girl: drinking
from a bottle (1.0 Mb aiff audio file), laughing
(96.4Kb aiff audio file) and of course, crying
(171Kb aiff audio file).
June 27th:
Nanaji and Naniji have a welcoming ceremony
for Aditi at their ashram in Minneapolis. Photos courtesy Nanaji.
June 30th:
Trying
out a rain stick I brought her from Peru. Thanks Elizabeth!
June 30th:
I like it when Naniji helps me practice walking.
June 30th:
Toys are for chewing. Thanks for the
finger puppet bird from Ecuador, Moosie; thanks for the Manhattan
t-shirt, Uncle Joel! I'm finally big enough to wear it.
July 2: Left: Wishing Veenu good luck (he looks pretty
good with a baby, doesn't he? Photo courtesy Nanaji) Right: with Konnan
(who also looks good with a baby) and Veenu.
July 3rd: With Neera moosie at Veenu's wedding in Toronto.
There's lots of shiny stuff to play with on moosie's lenga.
Thanks for flying me first class to Toronto, Moosie!
July 2nd:
My cousin Ida feeding Aditi some yogurt and vegetables.
July
3rd:
at wedding #2 of Veenu and Sharon, Aditi takes a little time to enjoy
the green grass.
July
4th: While we were in Toronto Anu, Aditi and I went to visit my
cousins: from left, me Anu, Aditi, Tobias, Shirley, Bunny, Shoshana,
and Pat.
July
5th,
July 7th: Almost crawling and cruising. Time to baby-proof the
house...
July
6th:
Back home, between working the phones and literature review, back to
tearing up the junk mail. Wait - was that important?
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