Happy Birthday Beckett

My little bundle of joy, curiosity, and wonder turns two today. A little stroll down memory lane is warranted.

Happy Birthday Dearest !

Almost 2

Can you believe that Beckett will be turning two in just a few days? I surely can't and am as wonderstruck, awestruck and clueless as I was the day I first saw her on the ultrasound, shaped like a cashew nut.

I feel like doing a 'flashback episode' post of everything that has happened since then but am too lazy to do that. 

Beckett is now learning to master her motor skills, understanding and expressing many more emotions, and the science of curiosity.

The other day after trying for the umpteenth time, she managed to jump successfully. 

It was a small jump, her feet must have risen just one centimeter above the floor, only for a few milliseconds. But for those few milliseconds she was in the air, both feet, nothing holding her - not the ground, not Mumma or Pappa or Naana or Naani or Baa, only she and the air, in a sly little rendezvous that would be their little secret. 

The romance of the moment, the unbridled joy of this accomplishment was not lost on her. She looked at my camera holding MIL (mother in law), guffawed loudly with glee, and uttered the most cute of 'aye, jump!' (दंप in her baby talking tongue) and basked with pride in the glory of her achievement.

This, along with the first time she smiled as I sung 'Ho gaya hai pyaar tumse', and the first time she struggled really hard to get something (my cell phone) and then got it (at the age of 8 months when she was just learning how to crawl) are some of my favourite memories.

I cannot thank MIL enough for capturing this memory. 

One of the other things that I'm really pleased about is that she now asks 'Why?'. Unbeknowst to her, she has learnt to ask the most powerful question ever. May she continue to persist on this path, always.

Pappa is a satisfied Man.