February 18, 2012

Raghav's 1st birthday

The day: Raghav's mom decorated the house with baloons a birthday banner and rangoli outside the door. Raghav received very nice gifts:
- a pram from Krupa and Seenu Sr.
- a walker from Seenu, Sudha
- a dining chair from Sasi, Madhu, Amma and his little sister
- an Amazon gift card from Bharatakka and Bhanu bavagaru
- a birthday cake from the Singampallis in California


He also got a lot of mails and phone calls wishing him, blessings from elders and a special greeting from his brother, Arjun.

Raghav wore a new dress given by his babai. He did puja with his mother, refused to eat the nice payasam she cooked. In the evening, he had a virtual birthday party: Lavanya (Neeraj & Gauri's daughter) was feeling sad that she was missing Raghav's birthday- so she invited her friends to her Pune house, we all got on Skype, and then while she cut a cake which said 'Happy Birthday Raghav', all the kids sung Happy Birthday to him on Skype....and then they all enjoyed the cake and pav baji made by Gauri. 

Here, Raghav cut the California cake a bit later and we all had a piece of it- it was delicious. He then went with his parents to eat guacamole at Chipotle (a restaurant here).   

All in all, a good day for him and a very memorable milestone for us. On the weekend, we are going to visit a Ramulavari gudi here in Plano. 


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