Happy Birthday, Thatha! We miss you!

Yesterday was Thatha's birthday!  Nisha celebrated with a quality video call with Thatha and Paati in Paris.  We miss you guys!  Here is Nisha with her annual celebratory signs for Thatha... yay!  

Park outing with everyone

     We went on a family outing to the park to enjoy the few overlapping days that no one was at work.  It was so much fun!

There was definitely an asymmetric distribution of weight on this rocking horse.

Dave still has yet to learn that big kids can't go on small slides...

Ben Mama refuses to accept the limitations of a 16-month old body as he attempts to propel Nisha up the climbing rope ladder!

At the end of our day, Uncle Mark (a.k.a. future-babysitter-in-training) read Nisha a story

Ben Mama and Gita Chitti visit!

      Ben Mama and Gita Chitti have come to visit from Boston on their first vacation from residency, and they are thrilled to be here!  They missed us all a lot.

Here is them on the plane, busting at the seams to see Nisha shortly!  (and Uma, Dave and Mark too, of course).

Nisha recognized them and smiled when they first got here -- it was a beautiful moment!  Luckily, Gita Chitti did not spout a whole bunch of tears, which has been known to happen in the past! :)

The gang is all here - woo hoo!

Nisha made it a "point" to be clean when Gita Chitti gave her a bath...

Thank you for the beautiful dress, Auntie Anna!  Nisha felt like such a little hipster in it.

Vacation in St. Louis!

     It has been a while since the last post!  We have been busy with internship, fellowship and daycareship.  Much has happened including lots of fun with Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Lesley and lots of other loved ones from St. Charles!  We were thrilled with our vacation last week in St. Louis.  Check out some of these pics from the good times!  

We got to see Grandma Pat and Aspen (isn't he cute?!)

Grandma Wetter, Aunt Jean and Aunt Millie were there too!

Grandpa Steve provided transportation around the St. Louis Zoo

We went to a Cardinals game (Uma insisted that black was a team color!)

We had a hair-raising time at the Children's Museum!

For anyone missing Nisha (including me, at work.)

The new puppy!

Awww!!

Aspen's first appearance in Rochester!

Nisha at her first visit to a pet store. Overwhelmed by all the sights!

Zoo trip!

We went to the Como Park Zoo in St. Paul. This was actually Nisha's 2nd trip there, but last time, she slept through the whole trip! This time, she got to see some animals!