After a long break , 2017 nov 28th

Me and Sadavanan have been thinking of penning down all the new activities kids have been doing , oh yeah we have been blessed with another little sweetheart - Nikhil’s Sister - making him a big brother !
     Life has been a Roller coast ride , very quick , after several discussion and thots on family expansion plans we had Aadhira on a March 16th, 2014 , from then on we were super busy as a family !
    We moved to Texas in April 2013 where nikhil started his Kindergarten in a Tanglewood Elemtary school in Ms. Arriaga Class!Nikhil then moved on to Ms Cleworth Class in first grade an dhere and there we had complaints of a typical Boy child :)
   Nikhil and Us were excited expecting Aadhira arrival and she arrived On a Sunday at Baylor at fort worth , Texas !

Nikhil - 3 year old @ 2010

 We moved to Charlotte , North Carolina when saravanan got placed at Deloitte and started our life there from 2010. Nikhil was almost 3 years old when we moved there and we put him in his first school - YMCA of charlotte, we stayed few blocks away from YMCA and we used to go by walk , me and nikhil with him in stroller!
  We had his 3rd bday celebrated in Charlotte , North carolina :

He was crazy about cars, trucks and Bike. He used to ride his bike very fast in and around the apartment , enjoying in his scooter too! We had quite a good set of Indian families here too.. Shubi was one good friend of nikhil then!
  Nikhils first school teachers were Ms.Courtney and Ms.Karin , they played an important role in shaping up Nikhil as his first teachers! He loved being there,though we had a hard time in the begining of school year! Nikhil used to cry a lot, chew his shirt and come with complaints about hitting others which he eventually came out of it and started asking if he can go to school on weekends too!

August 2009

2009 the full year was lots and lots of travel for us... We were eagerly waiting to go to US with Saravanan... Meanwhile NIkhi had started picking up few words...not clearly though... and finally in August 2009 we started to US.

We came to the USA in mid of  August 2009 . We started our US stay in Greene Street apartment ,and had a few good lifelong frnds to name a few - Padma , Viji ,Gayathri , Ameya , Atul , Nabho and many more ...
Since it was a univ area, we had less fun around , but enjoyed the stay there.. visited few places and waited for saravanan to graduate and move!

Nikhil around 2.8years old  in columbia :

September 2008

Sep 10, 2008--Nikhi started walking few steps alone..he was holding a chair and walking few steps and all of a sudden he started walking alone....
sep 11th mummy pallikaranai veetu grehaprevesam vachirunthanga.. we were all packing and getting ready that night and nikhi started walking few steps alone.. for the first time :)
Mid of sep 2008 By this time nikhi has started walking well and he walks for few mts sits and again walks..but ithukullara evlo vaati keezha vizhunthu vizunthu ezunthu nadakaraan.. from sep20 to sep 30 kulla almost everyday atleast once he fell down..nethi la oru vettu in his left side..rendu pakamum apa apa veengikum..once he fell down and pal pattu nakula irunthu ratham semaya..uthadu veengikum..epadiyavathu adi pattu kuzhanthai azhuvaan.. I was undergoing so much emotional pain and difficulty in bringing him up all alone in this stage...saravanan being in US... and me and nikhil travelling often was really a pain for us... but we have decided to go with saravanan during his second year for sure to US, where he was doing his MBA at USC , Columbia, South Carolina!
  We had fun dressing up Nikhil in girl's frock and skirt :) It was my dream to have a girl baby, but dint even feel bad for a second , that it was a Boy! Enjoyed and still enjoying bringing up a boy:) Jaan pillanaalum aan pillai achey!

 

August 2008

From june we started travelling between chennai and tvmalai often.. Nikhi started calling amma amma nu..so sweet he calls me ..but not in specific he calls me now..may be in few days time he would call me amma specifically..
this kutti paiyan dint start walking without support still..
Ramesh in Tvm was nikhi's best company.. he used to enjoy tmes with ramesh.. he used to take him in bike for rides... nikhil used to go for rides with his ayan also often...
Verandah la nikhil used to try walking but fall down often... He used to go rounds in bike and TVS with ramesh and with his Iyya often!
Nikhil's appa was in US since june and he used to see us in video chat..thanks to skype and gtalk :)
Nikhi was so used to chatting and being online since then.
And about NIkhil Toothing.... he had 6 by this time.. he was 14 months old aug 08..had 6 cute kutti pallu..he used to smile with that :)

And as per Nikhi's aatha advice ..we used to apply so much oil in his head..ennai sekula thalai vita mathri irupaan..but still he used to be very smart! ..I like this snap of Nikhi's very much..my fav one...

June 2008

Nikhil's first Mottai June 6th 2008 -- karur la karupannaswamy koil la nikhi ku FIRST MOTTAI potachu.. his head was full of verkooru and he cried so much during half of motttai..initial a super a kambichan..lateron started cryng so much.. only few of s went..mottai potutu sami kumpitu veedu vanthom..his machan madi la ukara vachu motai potuchu..no kaathu kuthal as of now nu vitachu..




June 16,2008 -- we all of us mummy,hari anna,sindu,ashok anna, me,saravanan ,nikhil and theertha... First time Movie in a theatre for Nikhi and theerthu.. Santhosh Subramaniam ..too good a movie!

June 28th,2008 - Nikhi's First Birthday :

On Jun 27thWe had a simple but a grand at this level bday party at home..velachery nellai manor aprtmnts.. invited all aprtmnt frnds,my frnds and chithi chitapas.. dinner from KALAVARA hotel..it was quite grand ..ashok anna fully decorated the house with ballons and posters.. hari anna and ashok anna both went ordered food and all..it was all fun except for absence of saravanan... He called up so many times and really seemed like he missed everything badly... he thot he should have atleast left after jun 28th :(



On jun 28th went to tvm and there athai, mama ,akka, tuja, nitin ,tuja appa were all waiting for us again with a cake for nikhil to cut and celebrate :) niki as well tuja had 2 cakes and they enjoyed cutting..and had fun!

New year 2008

Jan 1,2008 - Nikhi appa's birthday with his son for the first time..we gave nikhi a piece of gulab jamun on the new year eve for the first time... Nikhi ,me and his appa were at home in mumbai...
During feb nikhi started eating anything and everything i give..bits of idli dosai poori and all...but he was so thin..weighing 6.67kgs only..
During march 2008 me,nikhil and his appa came to inanganur ,chennai tvm for visit.... we had good time... we for the first time saw theertha too... nikhi's maama ponnu!
Back to Mumbai--- We make nikhi to crawl by keeping mobile phone a few inches away from him..he doesnt actually crawl..but anyways tries and gets the object,..this way we make him try crawling..


We got a walker fromCharkop for nikhi,,,I put nikhi in walker at times wen i do some house hold works... he used to walk from hall to kitchen side..porumaiya... nd poi poi TV stand a mothipaar apa apa... it was a small house we lived in..but a very happy life indeed!
We were in B wing..and there was a Aunty Nithya mother from coimbatore living with her daughter in C wing..she used to visit us often and had good time with her...my mother also went to places in mumbai with nithya aunty...
May 4th 2008 - We came back to chennai from Mumbai ..as Saravanan had got a MBA offer from Moore school of business.. So nikhil appa decided to quit from his job and head towards his MBA dream! We sold our items in mumbai and rest still in TVMalai storeroom ..we left Mumbai worried but still have to keep going ...
Nikhil and me came to chennai ..and nikhi was quite during the flight journey..his appa had got to serve his notice period after resignation and then cam eback to tamilnadu during june first week 2008..
Nikhi appa came to USA on june 18th... he was not with us for nikhils first birthday!!!