Week 13

Today’s date is a palindrome. I just wanted to make a note of that. Tomorrow Veer turns 3 months old. He is such a little cutie pie- this morning he woke up at like 3:30 so instead of consoling him and putting him back in his bed, we took him in our bed. We fed him at 6:30 and again a little at 7:30 and after that he was up. We put him back in his crib and I swear he was happy as a pig in mud. He loves the reflections of his light fixture. I swear I think he was having a conversation with them. He’s a little more relaxed with his hands, meaning he is actually opening them now. He holds on to my finger when I want him to.

On a side note, my hair is falling out. It comes out in bunches. Each morning when I clean my hairbrush I get a handful of hair. That’s not taking in account how much I must shed throughout the day. Sigh. I’ll miss the days of full hair. Breaking Dawn Movie Spoiler. Stop now if you want to watch the movie and haven’t had a chance to yet. I swear my hair was like Bella’s in Breaking Dawn when she turns. Yeah, the last scene in the movie. It’s alive and full. Speaking of BD – what a great movie. First time ever the movie is just as good as the book. Bravo, Mr. movie director!

Thanksgiving is the day after tomorrow. My absolute favorite holiday of the year. I love the new tradition we (Anand, Kavita, Parul, Gee, Jalpa, and Amit) have started. We usually meet at somebody’s house for the event. I love that it’s a small, cohesive group. We are actually able to sit around the dinner table. It all started about four years ago when we collectively came together because nothing else was going on. 12 bottles of wine and a feast later we decided we had to do that again the next year, and the year after that, and the year after that… So come this Thursday we will continue our tradition of eating until we need elastic pants. We will continue our tradition of watching Love Actually after dinner. We will continue our tradition of shopping at midnight. But this year we will start a new tradition. This year will be the first year where there will be kids at the dinner table. I have so much to be thankful for, but most of all I’m thankful for Veer. 2011 has been kind to me. It may seem like an odd statement given what’s happened this year. But despite all the bad, the best thing happened to us this year.