மழலை மொழி.

சனிக்கிழமை அன்று தன் முன்றாமாண்டில் அடி எடுத்து வைத்திருக்கும் கிரித்திக் கடந்த சில மாதங்களாக தன் மழலை மொழியில் பேச ஆரம்பித்திருக்கிறான். கடந்த முன்று மாத காலம் இவன் மழலை மொழியை என்னால் அனுபவிக்க முடியாமல் தவித்தேன்.

அவன் மொழியில் மட்டுமுள்ள வார்த்தைகள்.

பாசா : சாப்பாடு
த்தா : வேண்டாம், மாட்டேன், இல்லை...
தாப் : தொப்பி
பூ: உந்தூர்தி
லால: லாரி
மன்டன்டு: பிஸ்கட்
டக்டர்: மிதிவண்டி

தொடரும்...

Illness with no medicine!

இரண்டு வாரங்களுக்கு முன் கிர்திக்கின் கண்ணத்தின் ஒரு பக்கம் மட்டும் வீங்கியிருந்தது. ஏதாவது பூச்சி கடித்திருக்கும் என்று சற்று அலட்சியமாக இருந்து விட்டோம். ஓரிரு நாட்களில், அது சின்னம்மையாக மாறியபோது தான் அதன் வீரியம் புரிந்தது.

எப்பொழுதும் துறுதுறுவென்றிருப்பவன், ஒரு வாரகாலம் அழுது ஆர்ப்பாட்டம் செய்து விட்டான். பாவம், தனக்கு நேர்ந்திருப்பது என்ன என்பது கூட தெரியாமல் அதை அனுபவிப்பது கொஞ்சம் கஷ்டம் தான்!!!

'இதை மருந்தால் குணப்பதுத்த முடியாது!' என்பது வியப்பாகயிருந்தாலும், அதுதான் உண்மை.

மொட்டை 2!

வரும் ஞாயிறு காலை கிர்த்திக்குக்கு இரண்டாவது மொட்டை அடிக்கப் போறாங்க. என்னால் கலந்துக்க முடியவில்லை. Hema தலைமை தாங்கி நடத்துகிறாள்.

நான் அவனை அடுத்த முறை பார்க்கும்போது அவனுக்கு நீளமான முடியிருக்காது, கோபப்படும் போது அதை கோதிவிட முடியாது, பாகவதர் style பண்ணமுடியாது...

I miss you both of you...:)

கொண்டாடம்!!!

என் நினைவில் உள்ள வரை இந்தியா முழுவதும் தீபாவளி ஒரே நாளில் தான் கொண்டாடப்படும். ஆனால் வழக்கத்திற்கு மாறாக இந்த முறை தென்னிந்தியாவில் நேற்றும் பிற பகுதிகளில் இன்றும் கொண்டாடப்படுகிறது.

எது எப்படியோ, நாங்கள் நேற்று நல்ல படியாக பண்டிகையை கொண்டாடினோம்.

கிரித்திக், வெடி சத்தம் கேட்கும் ஒவ்வொரு முறையும் பயத்துடன் எங்கள் கால்களை கட்டிக்கொண்டான்.
மாலையில் அவன் கையிலிருந்த மத்தாப்பை விட முகத்தில் பிரகாசம் அதிகம்.
அவன் பேரைச் சொல்லி ஹேமா பட்டாசுக்கள் விட்டு ஒரு கலக்கு கலக்கீட்டாள்.

ஐயோ! ஹேமாவா!!!

ஹேமா என்னுடன் பேச தொலைப்பேசியில் அழைத்தால் சந்தோசத்தில் துடித்த காலம் மாறி இப்போதெல்லாம் பயத்தில் கத்த ஆரம்பித்து விடுகிறது இதயம். :)

இந்த மாற்றத்துக்கு காரணம் வேறுயாறுமில்லை எங்கள் கிர்த்திக் தான். 'இன்று என்ன குறும்பு/இரகலை பண்ணினானோ?' என்ற பயம். ரசிக்கும்படியாக குறும்புகள் பல இருந்தாலும் நம்மை பயமுறுத்தும் குறும்புகளும் உண்டு.

சமிபத்தில் இரசித்தவை:
குடிக்கும் தண்ணீர் இருக்கும் 'bottle'ஐ தண்ணீருடன் கீழே சாய்த்தது.
காய்கறிகளை கீழே தள்ளி அதன் மேல் 'சொய்ய்ய்..' போனது.
ஹேமாவை செய்தித்தாள் படிக்க விடாமல் விளையாடச் சொன்னது.

சமிபத்தில் பயந்தவை:
'Live - Switch Board'ஐ உடைத்தது.

பெற்றோராய் எங்களுக்கு திரும்பக்கிடைக்காத இந்த நிகழ்வுகளை கவனமுடன் இரசித்துக்கொண்டிருக்கிறாம்!!!

முதல் வாகனம்!

நான் இப்பொழுது இந்த வண்டியை ஓட்டக்கத்துக் கொண்டிருக்கிறேன். நான் ரொம்ப Busy!. Vijay Mallya என்க்காக காத்துக்கொண்டிருக்கிறார்... :)



Thanks Ravi Uncle & Priya Aunty.

இளம் கண்று பயம் அறியாது

Sunday Morning, the day started little late as like any other weekend. I was deep into reading news paper. Hema was busy with reading 'Aval Viketan' and Kirthik was busy playing.

Suddenly, Hema screamed being scared of 'Aranai' (a warm like creature with hundreds of legs) found near her. In a split second, even before I turn my head, Kirthik with No Fear took the insect in hand and squeezed it to dead.

'இளம் கண்று பயம் அறியாது'

This incident remembered me the advertisement for HSBC Bank.

Children's or Adult's Park?

After planning for a month, we took Kirthik to Guindy Children's Park yesterday. Though, the level of excitement was not as high as he had at Dhaba Express, he still had his time watching birds and playing 'thoori'.

It is not big 'Zoo' but has enough for kids. Birds, especially Parent & Love Birds, are the attraction here. Hyena, the animal that I have seen only on Discovery, has its cage here.

The most annoying thing in the park was the so called lovers hiding behind the shadows. If nothing is changed in future, I may not accompany my son to this place again.

Kirthik's - B'Day Today

A year has passed, it still looks like yesterday. My memory is still fresh to remember the rare expression on Hema's fact when she was walking to the Operation Theatre - fear, expectation, relief, doubts at same time. Today, I could see only happiness.

We have decided to cut the cake at home by 10:48 PM to match the time of delivery. Considerly the delay it might cause for officer goers, we preponed it. With friends around, the party went well than expected.

Our wishes and prayer will all be with you forever, Bobbily.

The moment captured on Darling's Camera.



Kirthik's B'Day Party

Excitement!!!

Mummy's visit to Chennai made the last weekend a busy one, especially on Saturday. Kirthik has accompanied us almost everywhere. His presence at ECR Dhaba after lunch was a special.

He was tired of long travel and was sleeping when we reached the dhaba. Though, he didn't enjoy the food, he still had a great time. He has got an opportunity to see many new things. The level of excitement that he showed on watching the birds, rabbits, fishes etc made us very happy. We were thrilled to see him feeding rabbit's.

We have decided to take him to places like children's park every weekend. He will get excited on seeing new things and we will get excited on seeing him happy.

Beginning of a long Journey!

He balances himself and takes his steps using his tender legs. It looks like he has drunken. :). The hurry in reaching the target fast forces him to take quicker steps. Eventually, he loses the balance and fall on ground.

Though, it is just 4 - 5 steps together, he shows a great smile of achievements. The pride of learning and the joy of growing are visible on his face. He has to learn the art of balancing.

The life long journey has began!!!

Welcoming Monsoon!

There were several things happened around me in the last few days to make my life more exciting like Hema & Kirthik was back to Chennai after a month long trip, Monsoon is back and bye bye to summer. Ironically, we weren't excited.

Due to changing climate, Kirthik fall sick. He vomited everything he consumed almost immediately. Even after visiting a Pediatrician, things didn't get any better. We were worried and definitely missed elders for their wise advise.

The mystery continued for couple of days and he is getting better now.

The First in many !!!

I'm back to blogging after a week long vacation. We travelled back home after about five months. More than me, Hema was more excited as she has planned to stay there for a month.

With lot of things happening everyday on my small world, I have like to recollected as much as I could.

First Bite : It was me who got the privilege of feeling the pain of Kirthik's first bite with his newly grown teeth.

First Travel : For the first time, Kirthik is in somebody's custody and we were travelling for a whole day. He felt uncomfortable for couple of hours but then back to normal.

First Visit : Hema visited our under house at Avanashi for the first time. Kirthik was just born when we book that house. So, didn't visit the place at that time.

First Sleep : We were able to manage to make him forget his 'Thottle Thukkam'.

First 'Mottai' : It was not just for Kirthik, even to me it was the first 'Mottai' that I could remember. Rest were out of my memory.

As Hema stayed back at home and I'm back to lonely days. Will be missing them for all the fun and joy in life.

Move Along

Hema & Kirthik came back to Chennai when he was just 4 months old. Since then we were staying alone here. We didn't expect any of our parents to help us in growing him up as we understood their stand and commitments.

We are visiting our hometown after 5 months. He was grown up seeing only our faces. When he was exposed to new people when my relatives and friends visited our home in Chennai, he moved along with them with no difficulty. He still feels comfortable with strange faces around.

Kirthik is still not tested with new locations. We have a fear on how well he can adjust to a new surrondings. We are going to expose him to entire different environment that noisy and crowded, breezy and hot. We wanted him to win this challenge with ease.

The fight against 'Kathiri'

The Kathiri is already set for this year and the mercury is raising high and has crossed 42 degree Celsius.

Kirthik is now fighting hard to beat the heat of his first ever summer. Without even knowing that he is in middle of a big fight, he still enjoys his babyhood. Hema didn't wait for the Pediatrician's advice to feed him with cooling catalysts.

I'll be feeling relaxed when he leaves to Avinashi/Gopi when the kathiri shows its vigorous face. We expect the climate there to be relative good.

Sick and back...

Kirthik has developed cold and was not feeling well from Thursday. He didn't had enough food and sleep. Our pediatrician advised us not to worry about cold, as it happens to all kids at this age.

We were worried to see him suffering. On Saturday, we decided to go for a drive in the evening, as we were locked at home for the entire day. Kirthik enjoyed the drive as he saw new people/cars/bikes.

After the drive, we felt a difference in his activity. He was recovering from his cold and becoming active. On Monday morning, he was back to his own naughty. I finally saw a smile on Hema's face. That bring me a great relief.

We decided to take him out on every weekend. This is the age when a kid loves to watch/listen everything that he saw/hear. Taking him out will help him learn more and keep him engaged.

'Son'nie Walker....

It is only two months since he started crawling. We can't resist our self watching him on a walker.

On the weekend, we had the walker cleaned and washed for his use. After completing all her work in the morning, Hema put him on the walker. Since, it was his first experience with a walker, Hema took an extra care. To her surprise, he started moving around as if he used to it with no fear. After tasting the first blood, he was not ready to come out. He had his lunch sitting on the walker.

Unfortunately, I was in office when all these lovely thinks happened. Luckily, Hema recorded all these on our digi cam.

Baby's Day Out

It is been two months now that Kirthik is in Chennai with me and Hema. We never took him out apart from taking him to a Pediatrician. Kirthik is not comfortable yet for long stay away from home.

Thangai & Priya treated us at Taj Connemara for their Marriage. As I don't want hema to miss this occasion and she doesn't want me to miss either, we have no option other than taking Kirthik with us.

We are all set with milk bottles and nippers. Thanks to Sidd for taking us in his car. Kirthik enjoyed his first trip. We enjoyed the lunch.

Kirthik used to go to bed once in every 2 hours. So, when the lunch was about to over,he felt sleepy and tired. But we managed to keep him engaged.

Once back home, he had good rest as if he organised the party single handedly...:)

Dad, I am growing...

It is a great experience watching kids growing especially new born. It gives lots of pride if that baby is your own son/daughter.

Kirthik is now 6 months old and he has already started exploring the adventures of his life. He can turn his body up-side down with no strain. He can't lay down idle at one place even for a min, he has started rotating and trying to crawl. But

Who thought them the step-by-step approach to learn walking?
Who thought them the games to play when they are not sleeping or crying?

I'm not bothered about finding answers to these questions. As a proud father, I am going to enjoy every moment of his childhood...

Today is the day...

After an anxious wait for more than 5 months, it finally happened today. Everybody in my family were waiting for this day. Expectation reachs its high whenever I was dressed to leave.

When I was about to leave home to office today morning, kirthik had a strange look at me as I had my helmet on. I took him to make him comfortable. Within a min, he peed on me and drenched my dress. Though this was not the first time, but first time when I was ready to go out.

A moment to cherish, A moment to remember, A moment to laugh...