The Saggurti Twins

Saturday, November 06, 2004

Pavan has a great fall and trys to get someone to pick him up..

Prasad

Monday, October 11, 2004

Medha and Pavan are now 7.5 months old and are absolutely heaven to be around. Here's a shot of how happy they are for most of the day. I try to avoid taking pictures of them during the evening hours when they're hungy and/or sleepy....

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These kids know how to ham it up for the camera. Pavan shows the rest of the world how to do it.

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Pavan decided to take his temperature by himself. He is a hands-on kinda guy, y'know.

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Medha just woke up from a nap and boy! was she chipper. Yep, she loves her pacifier. We'll let her dentist worry about the effects... :-)

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Aaaawwww. Their first fight. Medha trying to take one away from Pavan. She was in the exersaucer but still managed to grab the elephant thingamajig that Pavan was playing with. Don't ask about the caps... Lakshmi has a thing for them. :-)

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Thursday, September 23, 2004

Get up! Sit up! Sit up for your rights...

We give this play time two thumbs up - way up! Yep, definitely up.

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Celebrate good times, c'mon!

We're ready to par-tay!!! All the desis in the house say "hey...", say "ho...."

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Medha enjoying her sitting time...

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Look ma, no hands!! Medha tries to upstage Pavan...

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Look ma, only one hand barely touching the ground....!

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Pavan sitting up and enjoying it...

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Pavan just after chowing down some rice cereal - happy camper

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Monday, September 06, 2004

Labor Day 2004 with the Saggurti Twins

Medha and Pavan enjoying their Mom's silliness. Lakshmi was making some funny sounds and clapping her hands. They loved it as this picture shows...

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Medha was running off to do something and Pavan is trying to stop her ...

What's Medha reading anyway?

Aha! Caught her! She's reading up on colleges. A few years early and a Berkeley Engineering (Lakshmi's Alma Mater) brochure too.

Friday, August 27, 2004

Visit's From India

Srikanth also came to visit, all the way from Bangalore. He was on an invited trip to talk about his eGovernments work, and it was hugely successful. It was hot today 89F and that should explain why the studly Pavan has his shirt unbuttoned.

My childhood buddy Satish came to visit - all the way from Vizag. Of course, he just happens to be my other childhood friend Deepalu's brother. Here he is with his neice Ruhi (deepalu's daughter).

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Pavan is trying hard not to crack a smile even as Medha is squealing to her heart's content...

Medha @ Bailey's Birthday

Medha wondering what all the hullabaloo is about. She and Pavan went to their first birthday party. She was bundled up in her burp cloth to prevent sunburn...:-)

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Here they are on their first trip to their grandparents' home. They're having a blast as you can see...

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Here's a recent shot of Medha sitting up nicely in her bouncy chair. She seems to like lining her whole face with cereal...

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This is what a close up of a rice-cereal mustache looks like...

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Thursday, August 26, 2004

More fun stuff

A lot more new stuff keeps happening every day. On Friday the lil' chaps turned 6 months old. On Saturday they both started sitting up quite regularly. Medha, in particular, sits up nicely in her bouncy chair. Pavan seems a little more "relaxed" in his approach to these physical activities. He does sit up, but occasionally.

Pavan, however, has started to make sounds. He makes sure Lakshmi isn't around and then goes "Amma, Amma". He has now made it a habit to say "daa daa" and "ba-ba" quite regularly. When i try to coach him to say Amma, Naanna, or Taataa he mimics my mouth movement with great earnestness. Medha isn't saying all these sounds but she does giggle and squeal when I try to teach her some sounds. She concentrates on her sitting up and crawling - she's up to a few inches of forward motion now.

It's quite a joy to see them do all this stuff.

The biggest thing for their parents, though, is the fact that they now sleep from 8 to 6:30 with only the occasional crying. Night time sleep is now again a part of our lives.

Friday, August 20, 2004

They're SIX months old now!!

They're 6 months old today (Aug 20th) and out of respect to the many athletes in Athens, they've decided to race. And they're off...

Pavan shoves his way ahead of his sis and gets ahead in the race...

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Medha wins! Medha wins!! She finally edges her brother out of the way and reaches the finish line...

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The inscrutable Mr. P.K. Saggurti

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Medha seems to be having more fun at the 6 month mark than the serious Mr. Pavan.

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Me @ the gates to the Chiang Kai Shek Museum. It's a fantastic collection of Chinese art. Definitely a must-see. The collection is absolutely terrific. And the surroundings are so green, it's quite breathtaking. If only it weren't so humid. But then, even that made me feel at home - the 85% humidity was just like Vizag.

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Interestingly, this drink is very popular in Japan and in Taiwan. The name sounds really appetizing, no?

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The world's tallest building is in Taipei. It's known as Taipei 101 and is smack dab in the middle of the city.

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Confucius and the confused...@ the Chiang Kai Shek museum

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The world famous jaded cabbage @ the Chiang Kai Shek museum...

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Yours truly at one of the night markets in Taipei.

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Inside the world's tallest building...

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It don't mean a thing if it aint got that swing...Pavan loves his swing time...Here he is doing his best Dev Anand

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A couple of weeks short of their 6 month birthdays, the kids posing off during their activity time...Medha's being all that with her butt enhancing diaper...:-)