Pavan with Lakshmi...

Samantha with Medha and Ravi.

Maavayyagaru and Sarat enjoying the snacks..

Jogi and Murali...

Ravi sharing his pongadaalu with Roshan

Medha with her Pedanaanna pointing the way to a good time...

A stylin' Tarun...

Madhu and Tarun with Pankaja in the background..

Mamata with Roshan. The kid's hair is so cool - reminds me of a young Zakir Hussain.

Sami making sure the two stay put on Lakshmi's lap..

Maavayyagaru with Medha

Pavan continues to slobber even as Rajani-atta holds him..Pankaja, Jyotakka and Vijaya are in the background...

Medha and Pavan in their finery...Yes, he's wearing a Pancha/Dhoti, not a pajama.

Annayya discovering that Pavan is ticklish...

Rani also found out that Pavan is ticklish...

Ani and Suni showing that they are truly "gifted".

Pankaja all bundled up just prior to leaving for home...

Samantha wondering why Vijaya-aunty is stressing so much...

Shravan giving an ANR pose

Sunila (with Medha), Kavya (with Pavan) and Anita (waiting on her gifts)

Rani and Vijaya warming their behinds considerably near the fireplace...

Vini and Meera

Madhu also wants to get some of that heat that Rani Rao and Vijaya Rao were keeping for themselves...

Anita and Maavayyagaru. She loves that robe (she got it for Christmas) she wears it every day. Every day!

Athamma and Medha. The one in black is the younger one....

Dizzy Gilespie was making an appearance in Jersey.

Medha extremely happy to be celebrating her first christmas (note the tag line on her pajama)

Medha peering out from her play pen...

Pavan put in his jail, er, i mean Play Pen. Mamata and Ravi were so kind to loan Roshan's to us while we were in Jersey.

Rajani and Radhika...

A radiantly smiling Radhika. actually, is there any other kind of Radhika..?

Mavayyagaru with his grandkids...

All the cousins (minus Vivek, Silpa, Vishnu and Sidhu)

The twins with Vini and Anita

The Busy Bee next to the Box Of The Busy Box...

Ashok with Medha

Pavan showing some love for his Bujamma. :-)

Medha raising the roof with her Bujjamma! Bhangra in da house!!!

Vasu and Lakshmi with Medha and Pavan...

(L to R) Veena and Nikki with Medha and Pavan

Thanksgiving!

Hello all,

It was Thanksgiving two weeks ago, and Medha and Pavan took their first trip aboard an aircraft. They were kind enough to take us (parents, grandparents and aunt) along with them. We went to Seattle (actually Poulsbo, WA) to spend the week with Niru and Ranga. And the lil pup Roshan. It was a lot of fun. A lot of food was eaten, and a lot of rest was taken. Mostly by yours truly, of course.

Niru and Ranga's home is simply fantastic. Nice and bright on a 3 acre lot, it sits adjacent to rainforest like hiking trails. It feels really like you're in the woods. And Roshan is such a well behaved dog, I never heard him bark.

As for the kids, they saw their Dr. O'Malley just before they headed off to Seattle. They logged in quite healthy on the scales.

Medha: 20 Lbs, 15 Oz (90th percentile); 29 inches tall (90th percentile) ; 44.25 cm head circumference (50th percentile)

Pavan: 23 Lbs, 2 Oz (90th percentile); 29.5 inches tall (90th percentile); 45.75 cm head circumference (75th percentile)

See below for some of their recent pictures from their trip to Seattle...

Pavan totally posing for his picture...

Medha and Pavan in their Thanksgiving finery

Hey Pavan, what's up lil buddy?

Y'know Gramps, i'm chillin.

Wheeeeee! This laundry basket sure is a lot of fun....Now where's the accelerator again?

As always, Pavan spends more time with the box than with the toy itself...

Medha with her Niru Pedamma.

Pavan freshly bathed, hair combed and looking very sleepy while hanging with his Ranga Pedanaanna.

Medha conducting her laudatory research on the migratory patterns of slow moving carpets in lands close to temperate rainforests and National Parks..

The kids riding their ponies ragged...