Neela's 1st UT basketball game

We love living in Austin!! Now if you know us at all, you know we love to watch sports. When we lived in Dallas we took full advantage of going to watch the Mavericks and going to Cowboy games. UT football and basketball is the team to watch in Austin, so that is what we do. :)

Our friend Chad gave us tickets to the UT vs. Baylor basketball game. It was a great game! It was close score until the very end.

Neela had a fabulous time with her Daddy! (as usual :))


Neela was kissing my check, but I missed it. It was so sweet.


During the middle of the game, I took Neela to the restroom to change her diaper and on the way back this lady was tell me now cute Neela was which is normal, but this lady said she was sitting behind me smiling at Neela and Neela was smiling back so sweet. She thought it was the cutest thing ever. She was sweet to say that.

During the game when everyone was cheering and yelling, Neela would get startled, but then just kind of look around at everyone wondering what was going on. She handled it very well. :)

I love family time with my man and babygirl.

Neela's 1st Christmas

Neela on Christmas morning. She had no idea what was going on!!

It's funny how a 1st Christmas is such a big deal, but then again the kid never remembers it. hee! But the parents do....

Neela's first Christmas was pretty low key. Very different from our last 2 Christmas, Pre-Neela (India and Disneyworld). Due to Tim starting his new dog walking business and it booming and growing so quickly, AustinDogWalking.com, we stayed in at home instead of going to Lufkin like we planned, we stayed in our home. It was so fun, Tim's sister came down for a few days and Tim's parents stayed for like a week. It was such a memorable time of relaxing, EATING, laughing, EATING, and did I mention EATING. :) Christmas Eve we all did go to my parent's house for a celebration which was a great time of reflecting on the birth of Christ, the Savior of the world.

Neela loved all her gifts. She was engaged with her gifts, but as all babies she loved the boxes too. :) She was spoiled rotten by her grandparents and uncles and aunties. We stuck to the basics of what she needed, sheets, diapers, bottles, you know the usual. :) She didn't know the difference. :)

Neela will love to look back on her pictures of her 1st Christmas. :)







Neela lovin on that box.



Proud Grandparents.

8 1/2 months old!!

So this video is totally not as exciting for you as it is for Tim and I. Yes to you it looks like she is just sitting there doing nothing, but to us she is growing, exploring, and becoming more expressive everyday.

She does look so freakin cute!!



Ok, I know I have been totally awful at documenting Neela's life on our blog, but things change from this moment on. :) It's my New Year's Resolution. hee! She is growing so fast and is getting more fun with each passing day. She has been such a joy in our lives. She is 8 1/2 months old!! Wow!! Amazing!!

-We started feeding her solids at 6 months and she loved it!! I made all her baby food myself which has been just a joy to do. It doesn't matter moms if you do or not, but it was just a fun thing for me to do for Neela. She gets so excited when she sees her bowl and just starts flapping her arms hoping she can maybe fly to the food. :) She now is starting to eat a little food off our plates and it's so fun to see her face as she tries new things. She is lovin everything which has made our lives a lot easier.

-We have Neela at a set bedtime around 7:45/8:00pmish and she is out for the night. It's been great for Tim and I have time for ourselves in the evening to talk, read, watch tv, or just go to sleep. :)

-Neela has 2 teeth sprouting through her little gums. She has actually handled it really well. At night through the monitor we can hear her cry a little in her sleep and I think it's just her gums bothering her. But she is a trooper.

-In only week 2 of daycare Neela got in trouble. :) The teacher told Tim she was pulling the other babies hair. Oh my goodness!!! When Tim told me that I laughed so hard and told him I am putting that down in her baby book! :) She is so fascinated with hair. It's hilarious. She asked Tim how we discipline that and up to that point we didn't, so then we knew we couldn't laugh her being intrigued by hair anymore. My nephew, Sanjay, literally puts his head close to her when he sees her so she can pull his hair. So sweet. That is how much she loved doing that. But just to let you know, she has yet to get "in trouble" and is one of the favors at the daycare.

-Neela is not crawling yet, but loves to stand holding the coffee table. She gets so excited and does her "happy screams". It's so adorable.

Ok, so that's it for now. Tim and I have plans that I need to get to, but just wanted to do a quick unedited blog.

More of Neela to come!!! :)

Merry Christmas

Today a Savior is born!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family.

Proposal

Tim's wedding proposal was really creative. It was Valentine's Day 2006. We both worked full time so we decided to cook dinner together and then just watch a movie. He of course had different plans in mind for the evening, but me being completely oblivious to what the night held was in for a big surprise.

So I was suppose to be at his place at 6pm, but decided to freshen up by taking a shower and then started to cook the sides I was bringing. So I did not get to his place until 7pm. Whoops! :) So when I drove up to his place he pulled me into his house and gently told me to sit on the couch and watch this video. I had no idea what was going on because I did not think he would propose to me that night based on a conversation we had a few days before. So this video pops up. It was so sweet that I was crying and then at the end of the video, he gets in front of me and gets down on one knee and says a few sweet things and then proposes. So amazing!! So then we are hugging and then before he gave me the ring he makes me put on sunglasses just to be goofy. Then as he opens the box, this R&B song "Bling bling" comes on. It was so funny. Then we are hugging again and dancing to the music, Butch comes out with a video camera. He video taped the whole proposal! It was so great. I am thankful to have that on video.


I love him and am so thankful for the husband that he is.

So below is the video he showed me before he proposed.

Work in Progress

At our church we have been studying through the book of James. The name of our series is a Work in Progress. James focuses on our faith producing fruit in and through our lives.

Tim taught on James 5:13-18 which focuses on the power of prayer.

We need to pray in every circumstance because:
-God listens
-God moves

Click HERE to listen.

"Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise. Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.

Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops."
James 5:13-18

It's beginning to look alot like Christmas

This month Neela will 7 months old. Wow, how the time has flown by. I just can't hug and love on that girl enough!

So I attempted to take pictures of Neela during her 1st Christmas season!! Check them out!


This was the very first picture I took. She is such a natural. :)


Neela was very intrigued with the ornaments. Glitter!!


Perfect!


Just can't get enough of those Christmas balls!



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