A busy weekend!

First of all, Uncle Carey came to visit. Carey hasn't seen Abhi since he was 3 months old so he can definitely see Abhi has grown a lot! Carey came in Thursday night and it was out to dinner from there. Abhi probably stayed up the latest he has ever been up - 10pm! Friday we chilled at home. Abhi showed Carey all the things he does during the day....walk around, empty drawers, make lots of noise, talk, play, eat, play some more, look at books, pull buster's tail, you get the picture. They also engaged in some good boy fun wrestling and dive bombing the teddy bear. Poor teddy! Keshav came home and we went out for Thai, one of the newest additions to Manassas, Zabb. It's not bad.

Saturday, Carey left in the morning. After that, it was on with the rest of our busy weekend. Abhi's friend Sachin, turned 1 last week and so we went to his bday party on Saturday afternoon. The kids played and had fun (see pic - that is Sachin on the Elmo couch) and we got to meet Sachin's dad Andy and some of their family and friends. We met Sandy (Sachin's mom) and Sachin in mommy and baby yoga back when the boys were still tiny. Now they are growing up fast and becoming big 1 year olds. We stayed all afternoon and ate and visited but early eve it was off to our next engagement...

We then proceeded to Lori and Bill's for dinner and it was off to the Dave Matthews Concert with them and our other friends Helen and Tim. That was after a diversion home to get necessities like diapers which I totally forgot earlier. Usually, I am over packed...not on Saturday, the busiest day we have had in awhile. Anyway, Abhi did not get to go see Dave this year instead he stayed home with babysitter Hayley ( and Ben Lori's kids). That was a wise decision since he is so busy. We could have never kept track of him!

It was a long, fun night shall I say so we had to do some sleeping in on Sunday. Even Abhi was very tired after all the running around we had been doing, missing some naps here and there, and going to bed late. Some rest and relaxation was needed for all three of us!

But, we weren't finished with our weekend as there was still a picnic Sunday afternoon for my old friend Jaime who was in town from Boston. It turned out to be a really nice afternoon and we went out to Burke lake and met some of Jaime's other friends in town. There were some other kids, food, and plenty of space for Abhi to run around for awhile. We had a great time and it was the first time Abhi met Jaime and forever even since I have seen her so it was well worth adding on to our busy weekend.

You might be wondering, when did Jeanine and Keshav become such social butterflies. We were wondering the same ourselves. Guess everything just came up at once.

(An aside...I have been trying to post this since Monday - Abhi is teething big time and that has been very time consuming over the past two days!) More soon...maybe an update on more teeth!

Enjoying the Summer!

We are enjoying the summer so much I haven't even made time to write on the blog! Sorry about that, here I am finally after a month. I will admit it was just as much out of laziness as being busy. Keeping up with Abhi is not for the weak! I feel like I collapse into bed every night. You know the energizer bunny? That is Abhi!!!

We made our spring trip to Kansas City and visited the grandparents and as many other family members and friends as we could. We went swimming at my cousin Heather's house and Abhi got to hang out with is cousin Grant who is a month older. It was fun getting the boys together. They didn't seem to pay too much attention to one another but did seem interested in this "other person my size." Of course, Abhi was not interested in a toy until Grant was playing with though....always the case. Too bad we live so far away and the boys can't grow up together.









Abhi got to ride on the tractor with Grandpa John and got to sit on the motorcycle with Paw-Paw. We went to the waterpark with Grandma and ran through water Nanny was spraying with the hose. He was poker-faced on the tractor and motorcycle but loved the water! So, he kept the grandparents busy and had lots of fun with them. He also explored and tried to eat lots of rocks, mulch and whatever else was available outside. Inside the house was an adventure too...always getting into something!

Shopping, as always, was on the agenda as was eating, and a trip to the Nelson Art Gallery sculpture garden (Abhi got to play with Sophie), city market, and the Power and Light district (a new part of downtown). Abhi continued with his love of swinging...we stopped at parks every chance we got. I even got to go to a country bar (abhi was asleep at home) with line dancing, 10 gallon hats, and the works...forced by a friend who was also being forced for a bday party. It was entertaining at the very least and no, I did not line dance! Ahhhh, the midwest!

But, anyway, we are back and settled in to the summer in Virginia. Now we enjoy and wait to go see the other grandparents in India in August! More posts to come soon about Abhi's summer adventures, I promise!