Snow day(s)

Seattle has a huge snow storm right before we left for Miami.  We were housebound for about a week.

As the video shows, Luca was at first unsure about the snow but then grew to love it.

Chicago Trip

Last month was very eventful - we went to Chicago to celebrate Papu Kaku's (now Dr. Papu Kaku) graduation from the U of Chicago.

Here is Luca exploring around town.

A picture with the graduate.

Uncle Ian's Visit

Thanks for visiting, Sook-Sook!  We hope you move to Portland soon so that you can play with us more often.

Happy Birthday Luca!

When Luca was born, Christina and I talked about making an annual video to record the highlights of the past year for our family.  We are all at home together, snowed in, and decided to finally get around to finishing up this project.  

This past year has given us so many moments of pure joy that it became impossible not to indulge ourselves in memory and nostalgia.  Every picture and every video of Luca with all of the people who love him managed to leave us with big lumps in our throat and we couldn't bring ourselves to leave anything on the cutting room floor.   As a result you have two versions of the annual video.  So here it is...

Luca, Year 1

(Mom's version)

Luca, Year 1 

(Dad's version)




Untitled from Agnish Chakravarti on Vimeo.

Thank you to all the people who have figured so prominently in making the first year of Luca's life such a fun and memorable one!

Love,

Christina, Agnish, & Luca

Who's Your Grand Daddy?

Luca was obsessed with his grandpas...
Is Grandpa Gong Gong?



Or is he Dadubhai?

Thanksgiving Dinner

For some reason, I can't get the chronology of the pictures correct, so these are in reverse order.

Thus, here is Luca after his first Thanksgiving meal. Like the rest of the family, he changed into his bathrobe and regretted over-eating.


Our first Thanksgiving as a little family!



The paternal family...



The maternal family...

A lavish spread...

Thanksgiving Dim Sum

To demonstrate the gluttony that occurs when our families get together, we made the very unwise decision to begin Thanksgiving with a big Dim Sum lunch. Luca had a great time with Dad, Tai Po, Thamma, and Gong Gong. He also had a good time with Mom, Popo, and Dadubhai, but we're not pictured.

random pics

Dazed and confused after a particularly rowdy ride on Rody:




Luca's idea of heaven--warm milk and many balls.




Caught on a night when we realized that he didn't know how to sit down once he pulled himself up on the fridge. What a cutie!

One Teaser Photo

This is a very busy week for me so I will be way behind in posting all of our Thanksgiving and Family visit photos---here is just one picture taken by my dad of all of Luca's adoring female fans (Thamma, Mom, Tai-Po, and Po-po).
ps. Happy Birthday Agnish! We love you.

PEPS Birthday Party

All of the PEPS babies are starting to turn 1, believe it or not.   So we decided to have a group birthday party on Nov 9th - just about the midpoint of everyones' birthdays.

We were all at the Little Gym, which has preschool classes near our house.  The babies had fun using all of the gymnastics equipment and eating appropriately-sized cupcakes...we can't believe how quickly 12 months has passed...