Parenthood - a glimpse of 3rd Nov 2013

We have been blessed with our baby girl Ritika on 9th January 2013. A lot has changed in our lives after her arrival. It is 10th month running for her. We can see that she has very well started recognizing us by our voice. She needs our attention all the times :). So, if we are talking for sometime without giving heed to her, she would make sounds and calls on us...

Well, she has woken up now. I have just kissed on her cheek and she is smiling at me. Since she is buckled up in a bouncing chair, I would need to pick her up.. My wife is busy in the kitchen. So, let me just wind this up here and pick Ritika up :)

Our Ritu

Do i know you?

I remember the month of September when i took 2 days leave for my sisters Engagement. It was on September 1st of 2008. The marriage; the blessed day, when the blessed couple embarked their journey of life was on February 1st of 2009. So fast the days were flowing. 5 months.. and the day arrived.

The 'feeling' was in the 'air'. The home was alive from the start of week before the marriage. Cousins, relatives, family members, friends... Just like any home which awaits a marriage, the house was bustling with activities. The typical feature of a marriage that, it is an occasion of bringing the people together was again a point to be stressed here.

Deviating slightly from the topic now... I understood one thing that time. The relationships in the family (when i say family, it refers to this context, the old joint family members who had turned out into numerous nuclear families) members were not known to that extent it used to be; say 20-25 years before(Not my experience; though ;). ). I learned that i didnt know many of the relations (too complex like a highly complicated trigonometric function! ). Wow... i wondered at that time; how difficult it would have been for members of old joint families to remember the member's names(i' didnt mean to be sarcastic here :) ).

I think i am deviating from the topic 'Wedding'. You know, i have kept the title of this writing as 'The Wedding'. It has evolved to 'Do i know you'. Out of box...

Eventhough, i am happy to bring out the above mentioned fact which most of us feels during such an occasion. Moreover, these are the things which needs to be specified when we feel like writing about such occasions... some real life experiences...