My friend Baby Jesus' birthday is coming up...

The New Christian

Nathan finally joined the Lord's army of love on 28th September, 2008. Friends and family from all over the country trooped to Mumbai to attend the ceremony and spend some
time in a sort of reunion around him...

Apparently, the Christening also attracted the attention of some Heavenly scribes.

As usual, my sources have managed to get a grab of this cover... wish we could see the rest of the writeup, but in God's way, all will be revealed... as His loved ones continue through this journey called LIFE.

Eating Out (not really)

Only just past his 2nd Month Birthday, and lil Nathan is becoming quite a man about town! After a tour of Newmarket (He slept thru Chaos??!) a few days back, it was time for eating out at a fancy Chinese restaurant. The occasion: Geoff's Birthday. So, off he went to Free School Street, in Mama's and Mamagran's arms; in a big yellow taxi... At Tong Fong, he was exceptionally well-mannered, he charmed the ladies and was as much the man of the hour as Uncle Geoff, who was also looking dashing and young... But Nathan managed all this asleep!! Imagine what he'd do with his eyes open! Anyway, all of us enjoyed the food... and Mama Sonali showed her skill with chopsticks!! ;) Nathan sweetly didn't complain that we didn't even get him a takeaway...

Nathan's First (Month) Bash!

On July 15, 2008, Mama Sonali, MamaGran Jeanette, Sonia and Bea gathered round to celebrate Little Nathan's First Month!! The bash was complete with a delicious cake from Cookie Jar (Which Nathan ceremoniously cut, by dropping his arm on to it, ) sadly the rest of us weren't invited - from the spy video here, it looks like fun!! Enjoy!!

The Tiny Traveller

He seemed quite unconcerned at the 1124 kms he had covered. Certainly, he looked as fresh as, well, a baby. Little Nathan is in Calcutta (Kolkata) and the world should know! Welcome to the city of Joy, home turf of Papa Nikhil, home to MamaGran and Papa Dan... enjoy your stay... Mama Sona, too :)!

Visitors on day one: Jacqui and Geoff, Farrell...

Get me to the Airport on time!

Mamagran Jeannette made it! But only just... After a mix up discovered a couple of hours before departure (with the name on her ID and in eticket) and the cheerful people at Indigo ("No, ma'am , you cannot fly, but WE can cancel your ticket, no problem at all! Should we? Should we? Can we... please...") a teleconference with Papa Nikhil, ("Cancel it. Just get to the airport and buy a ticket there,") and finally, the rain and the cabdriver who loved circles (wider the better,) which predictably wasn't too great for Mamagran's blood pressure. Anyway, we reached, and ladyluck's deputy smiled with a ticket to Nagpur available, 20 minutes to takeoff, and the helpful Indigo airport staff.

So, with the new ticket clutched in one panic-stricken hand and a pram for little Nathan as her luggage trolley, Mamagran strode - no, charged -through the gate security without so much as a nod - much less showing an edge of her ticket. The guards watched in astonishment - they were caught unawares at the late entry - and then simply threw their hands up in despair... they let her go. I hope she never becomes a terrorist in later life - if she pulls that act - be very afraid.

Baggage check in was uneventful... seeing a senior jumping up and down with such energetic vigour obviously shamed the usually lethargic Indigo girls to accompany all carrying and hauling, and they even deputed another staff member to lead see her through to boarding. Some minutes later came a call. Cool, relaxed and unworried, "I'm going to board... everything is fine." That's good - Mamagran needs her nerves for little Nathan.

Blue is for (Baby) Boys

Well, here it is - Nathan's blog in Nathan's favourite colour! Its only natural... blue is for boys, they say... so I just had to get down to uploading all the itsy-bitsy gifs and ugly code! But he's worth it, no? More improvements soon... and keep coming for daily updates of pictures by Papa Nikhil!!