Cheruku family re-union in Philly

A new cousin(Arjun) was born on January 18th, to Smitha Attha. Chinna thatha and Nani came to see him, so we went to Philly to see him and meet Thatha and Nani.
Chinna Thatha became my new favorite thatha after my own thathas of course. I started playing with him instantly and we had fun all day. We took a lot of pictures.

Today, we started preparing for my birthday party. Mommy planned and bought stuff for making a pretty picture of me for the invitation.Thatha and Daddy helped Mommy prepare the setup while I played with Nani. The picture came out AWESOME!!!

What a week!

I took my first steps on January 25th. I walked 2 steps side ways in the afternoon with Nani and Thatha. Then, after Mommy came home from work, I walked 3-4 steps forward and then side ways. I walked 2 steps to show Daddy too.

And guess what, I am getting teeth. I am getting one little tooth at the front in the bottom. It is painful and all that but it is exciting too. I can now bite Nani's fingers when she feeds me ;-)

I have been doing a lot of dancing. Thatha has been inspiring me to dance, playing music, showing me some cool moves.

We had a sunny winter day this week, so Thatha, Daddy and me went out for an afternoon walk in our neighborhood.

I'm 11 months old! Yay!!

I've been watching planes lately, so Daddy decided to take me, Nani and Thatha to the Air and Space Museum. We saw a LOT of planes.We went to the Observation tower and saw a lot of planes land.
I have been learning to do a lot of things lately. I learnt to ask Nani and Thatha who called, when the phone rings. I say namaste to elders. I show how the plane flies.I learnt to sing. I learnt to dance. Everytime I hear a song, I start dancing. I even danced yesterday, while standing ont he sofa(balancing) and holding the iPAD which was playing the Hello Kitty song. Ain't that AWESOME!
Oh, I almost forgot Daddy and I went to YMCA for my second swimming lesson. This time we left Thatha at home and took Mommy. It was fun as always.

My hair ceremony in Pittsburg

Thatha, Nani, Mommy, Daddy and I started driving early yesterday morning to Pittsburg. We went to the SV temple and Prerana Pinni came there too. She goes to college in Pittsburg. Nani was holding my hair and Thatha cut some of my hair 3 times during the hair ceremony.
Then we all ate and went to see Pinni's home in Pittsburg. We met Pinni's friends and roomates. We saw Nick, Gabby and Pinni's light box that she made. That was so amazing. The lights change colors too. From there we went to see CMU, Pinni's college. Pinni wants me to study too. Daddy told me that it is a very good school.
We then dropped Pinni off and went back to SV temple for Bhogi Pallu. Another ceremony, since yesterday was Bhogi, the day before Sankranthi. Did I tell you that we were all wearing new clothes?
I had fun playing with other kids, there were a lot of them. I even bullied one. After that we went to the Sai Baba temple. I played with the bell in both the temples. It was so much fun.
We finally started going back and came back late in the night. I did get a little irritated towards the end of the day. I just cannot spend so much time in the car in a single day. I was tired.

At SV Temple