Miracle Maker Milestones

Dear Miracle maker,

You are almost nine months old now. That’s as many months outside of me as inside. Makes me feel a little queer but immensely proud too.
From being a lil Rajma (the first time the doc showed you to me in an ultrasound that’s what you looked like, a small rajma bean inside a big empty bag) you have now grown to be almost two feet tall. From being unable to turn on your side you can now climb up tables, chairs, infact even things that are not meant to be climbed, like fabrics.
When Dadda and I first got to know about your quite entry into our life, the times were turbulent and they continue to be so…but your smile which changes from innocent to wicked to naughty to ‘know it all’ keeps us on our tracks. You are as much a Miracle maker now as you were when inside me. Before you were born we didn’t know what gender you would be, you see the laws of our lands forbid it cause some Goddess worshippers can’t tolerate it when girls are born into their families. I am hoping that by the time you are old enough to read and understand this, the law would not be needed any more. So coming back to what I was telling you, since we didn’t know if you would be a boy or a girl we kept looking and debating on names for both.
However we didn’t fix on any one name for a girl, till the time we got into the car to drive to the hospital. That’s when we decided that if it’s a girl we will call her Aarini meaning an adventurer.
So it happened that on 24th feb you were born and our Aarini arrived.
Since we named you Aarini we had to ensure that you travelled a lot and were a fearless adventurer. Hence the first step was to organize a passport for you. Your Dadda did all the paperwork and in less than two months time we had your passport in hand.
The next step then was to plan some trips. The first trip had to be to visit your J didi. And we took you to Bangalore the moment you turned six months old. You behaved admirably through the trip and the flight apart from a nasty five minutes during landing, when as a first time mom I had no clue about what to do while you screamed in agony as your ears got blocked.
Your first meeting with J didi was so beautiful and both of you took to each other so instantly that it brought tears to our eyes. We had anticipated and dreaded this moment for so long.
The full five hours J didi was allowed to stay with us she kept holding on to you. Even helped me clean and feed you and I felt so very blessed. Your Dadda’s beaming face was telling its own story.

The next part of our plans was to ensure that you have a visa stamp on your passport in the same year as of your birth. Of course the long term plan is to ensure that we can do it every year. You can call it a selfish plan too since both Dadda and I love travelling ;)
So we debated and checked locations and of course budgets for where we could go. Eventually we decided on Sri Lanka – it seemed to promise everything, sea, mountains, heritage, history, shopping and relaxation at the same time. It also happens to be on my list of must see places. We have got our tickets and are scheduled to accompany you on your first international trip in December. I am hoping this trip is the first of many, many such trips and that you can truly do justice to your name by travelling a lot both within the country and outside.
Signing off with loads of love and kisses,
Mamma