Day 3: Fia and Mama special

I woke up early this morning having spent a very sleepless night. Mom couldnt sleep till 2:30 a.m. attending to me and later Dad fulfilled the duty. I was tossing and turning around. Finally at 5:30 a.m. , Dad decided to wake up completely and took me outside so that mom could have a bit of a lie in. I woke up everyone in the household thanks to my frenetic playing. But as soon as everyone was up, I decided it was time for me to go to bed and I stayed asleep till 10:30 a.m. when I was forcibly woken up.

We were initially planning to leave for Ghatkopar to see Yash, Harsh, Fia and Fua at 9:30 a.m. The plan was to have lunch there, and then go to Mama's place in the evening. But because Mom was lying in, we could only start at 11:30 a.m. Okay, admittedly I was also asleep, but that doesnt usually change schedule, does it ?

A smooth ride to Ghatkopar later (thanks to the wonderful Meru Cabs) we were at Fia's place in no time at all. Fia had taken great pains to prepare lunch for us and I was the first one to taste it in the morning. I gorged on the wonderful Shrikhand and chapati till I gave a satisfactory burp. Dad too let go of any sort of control and probaby over ate. The results were there for everyone to see .. when he took me upstairs to put me to bed , guess who went off to sleep ? I took it as a challenge to remain the last man standing - everyone who came upstairs were falling asleep one by one. The only one who gave me a run for my money was Fia. It was great to bond with her - we played with a ball, looked at the trees outside and made some real funny sounds. I showed my strength by trying to pick up Dad with a single finger, but then Fia didnt want her brother to be hurt, so she stopped me from doing so. It was a great bonding session, but ultimately I fell asleep. She won the contest hands down.

When dad awoke, it was time to prepare to go to Mama's place. Mama was initially going to pick us up - but his car was being repaired. Coordinating with Vikram Mama was challenging especially since he was *AHEM* with someone. Our choice of transportation was not available, so we had to settle for an ordinary taxi to go back. It was an interesting ride and thats probably the best compliment I can give. Finally, we reached Mama's place and just like at Kandivali, I felt right at home. I was running around the place playing with the ball and generally doing things I like to do. The highlight of the evening was the confident 5-6 steps I took on my own. Mom and Dad are confident that I would be walking before I reach home. Daada called up in the evening - he was feeling very lonely because I wasnt there. I miss you too Daada, but I am lucky that I had so many other people to play with.

Mama and I were like long lost pals. Mama has a good track record with kids and who am I to spoil that record ? We played a lot and I had my entire dinner in his lap. I am sure he got his small paunch after that - Dad believes that whenever I show love to people their weight increases. Hmmm.. that must explain why Fia has put on so much weight. Anyways, Naani as usual had made 2 desserts and I did justice to both.

It was a long and tiring day and yet very very satisfying. I slept early because we had a long day tomorrow as well.