Today is Maanasa's 3rd birthday. I can't believe that she is already 3, where did the time go?? My baby is slowly becoming a little girl. She loves pink already:) She is a sweetie, she loves her sister & shares everything with her. She rarely cries & laughs all the time. She is not shy, she talks to everyone, it is so cute to hear her babble away in tamil(our mother tongue) with english & german words mixed up. She loves to sing & dance, she can carry a tune quite well, she is a picky eater, she loves her teddies & wouldn't sleep without the 3 teddies in her bed. She is a chatterbox, not unlike me, lol. People used to tell me about terrible two's but we had only terrific two's:) We are so blessed to have her in our life.
I'm not feeling very well today ):so I bought a cake for her to cut in her krippe. She had a small party there. We'll be celebrating her birthday with some close friends on saturday. Here are some photos of the birthday girl:)















































































And a couple, when she was less than a hour old.

Time for my quarterly update,lol. Seriously, I've decided to blog more often, atleast twice a week, let us see:) Life is hectic but good. We had a great time in India, the grandparents totally spoiled Maanasa & Neha. Neha celebrated her first birthday with our family & friends there. Neha is walking or I should actually say, she is running, this girl never walks, she runs all the time, she is full of energy. It is amazing to see how different Maanasa & Neha are, since they are only 2 years apart, I remember what Maanasa did at each stage. Maanasa was also a busybody, always moving around, very energetic, but used to play quietly, but Neha is a live wire, she is super active and when she is excited she gives a ear splitting scream that actually sounds like a horse neighing, lol. Maanasa didn't like to be cuddled or held. Neha loves to cuddle. She would play in a place for a few minutes, then she will climb on my lap & cuddle for a few minutes before playing again. She is very friendly with everyone. We have a lot of friends in our area because of Maanasa & Neha. I was a little worried about how Maanasa will feel about Neha, but so far, she has not shown any signs of jealousy at all, she shares all her toys with Neha, even her prized possession, the Teddy bear,lol. She doesn't say anything when Sriram or I hold Neha, in fact she tells us to hold her & play with her. In turn Neha adores her bigger sister. She has a special smile reserved for her. In fact, Neha's first word was 'Akka'- elder sister.
I'll share some of my favorite layouts from the past couple of months.
That Special smile

















You at almost3

















Clap

















Piggies

spring has sprung:)

I can't believe that it is march already, Neha is going to be 1 in exactly 2 months, time just flies. She is holding onto things and walking now & just today she took a few steps on her own. Maanasa is busy with her playschool, she really enjoys herself there & she has a lots of friends, she has picked up a lot of German, she evens sings a few german songs. Finally it i becoming a little warmer now. This winter was horrible for us. All of us were falling sick again & again, so I'm looking forward to this spring so much.
Maanasa loves to see the printouts of my layouts, she sees the folder every day & will ask me lots of questions, of course the same questions, in the same order every day and I am expected to give the same answers, without missing a word, lol.



It has been a long time since I blogged, so I have literally 100's of layouts to be posted here, so I'll just post my recent favorites.

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