Kara’s Korner

Kara’s adventures continue with her first flying experience this morning on an American Airlines flight from Dallas, TX to San Diego, CA. Kara Joy will meet her special aunt Shawdi Joy for the first time! Natalie is very excited too…And so am I! She fixed me special Indian lunches and dinners to last for 5 days (all in the freezer). Yum Yum! But, this is also the first time that Kara will be away from her daddy for soo long. I miss her already! and Natalie too! But I know that they will have a great time.

Pics to follow in the next few days…

It seems like the last month has flown by - how is it possible that our tiny baby is already sitting up, rolling over, laughing, talking (sort of), unfolding the laundry, and taking complete control of our lives?!

The past week has been filled with her growing personality and accompanying antics!

See for yourself by clicking the pictures below!

2007-07 Almost 5 months

Kara’s growing up so fast, and its hard to keep up!  Lately she enjoys eating cereal, being tickled, laughing, singing, swimming, standing while holding onto things…what’s next? College?!  We’ve expanded our archive to now include "mini-videos" of Kara’s progress - the quality isn’t very good, since they are just on the regular camera, but it does give you an idea of how incredibly cute she is  and what our days are like!  

If you want to see pictures of her week, click on this picture!

Week 21

To see videos, click on the picture below!

Week 21, July 24-31

Another week has passed, and Kara is no less amazed by the world around her.  Its as if suddenly the lights have come on and she is noticing everything.  And everything she notices must be touched, tasted, and explored. 

Have a look!  Click on the picture…

Week 20, July17-24

There are so many new things to discover around me now!  New activities and new toys, being 4 months is so much fun!

Click below to see what I’ve been up to…

July 10, Week 19

We came back home just in time for a very exiting week - you can see and read more about it by clicking the picture below!

Life as a 4 month old, Week 18

Finally we are back home after two long weeks of driving and beautiful breathtaking scenery. It is truly beautiful in Colorado. But before I offend any of my Texas friends - It’s better in Texas! And as they say, everything is bigger in Texas - even Kara!

 Now FOUR months old!  See how much she’s grown!  Click below…

Bigger Kara!

On our way back to Dallas we took a detour to visit the Roberts family vacationing in their 100 year old, 2 room log cabin in Chama, New Mexico.

See more of Kara in Chama by clicking on this picture…

Chama

From here we drove to Taos and saw the Taos Peublos. It reminded me (Ashish) of an old fashioned village in a small Indian town. The mud walls and the thousand year old traditional lifestyle is so similar to an Indian village. And when I say Indian, I mean the REAL Indians.

See more pictures of the "native american" village by clicking on the pueblo…

Taos Pueblo

Finally we were on our way home.  We enjoyed our trip immensely, but we were ready for life to return to normal.  Kara was ready to be done with her car seat.  Through beautiful mountain roads, and flooded cities we journeyed back to Dallas.

Click on Kara to see pictures from our drive home…

Please take me home!!!

Our next stop in Colorado took us further north of Denver and west of Boulder to a little town called Erie (pop. 40k) where Matt and Julia (Natalie’s younger sister) live. 

Among many other adventures (see below by clicking on the picture) we visited the Rocky Mountain National Park and drove up to 14,000 feet above sea level.We stopped to enjoy some breathtaking views and hiked some of the way up with Kara in the snuglie.

Click to see more…

Boulder

Our time in Colorado started with a visit with Shallu Maushi (Ashish’s aunt) and her family. It was a joyous reunion for the aunties and for the most part all Kara had to say was "I like the weather around here much better, lets move to Colorado!" We had a great time with the Gaikwads - Anil, Shalini, Soni and Teja! We went for many walks to the park, up to Manitou Springs, rode the cog train up to Pikes Peak, looked around the haunted castle, had a tour of the Summit ministries campus, and ate lots of delicious Indian food cooked by three experts!  

See more of our visit by clicking the picture below…

Colorado Springs