So onto the remainder of 2013, since May, we were in a bit of a whirlwind with so many things going on. The biggest and most time consuming was the pretty much re-construction of our house! We ended up ripping up the driveway and re-doing and expanding it, building a barn, rebuilding our back walkway and then changing mommy and daddy's bedroom, bathroom and the entire downstairs area, and changing the front deck. It really took us almost 9 months. One day, you're going to get to go through this Rohin. All I can say is -- it's one of the most stressful things to go through. Right up there with new jobs, marriages, etc... But we are happy it's done and so that's my biggest excuse for not writing more timely blog entries.
I'll start with our india trip. We left in June to go for three weeks to india and the Maldives. We got to meet your family from mom's side of the family -- which was lovely. We stayed in Kochin first and had fun visiting Ammuma's sisiters and aunties. It was so fun getting to know them. We also took time and went to do some adventurous things like going to a river and helping to wash elephants -- which was so fun. You really were such a good boy and were great on the airplane and were really curious about the environment that we were in. You also were very brace and went and petted the elephants that were being bathed in the river.
We also went to a resort where they took us on a boat to view the
backwaters of India and viewing how people live in rural areas. You all got to look at fish and see how they
live -- and even saw what old Kerala homes look like. You even got to the drive the boat! The next part of the trip, we
went to the Maldives and landed on a little strip of land in the middle of the
Indian Ocean. We hoped a boat and you
all loved being on the boat as it took us to our resort. The resort was lovely and served western food
-- so you all refueled up again. You and your brother and sister had
a blast playing on the beach, in the ocean and the pool. Our little house was only 20 ft. from the
water's edge -- it was stunning. After 4
days of sun and fun, we tralved to Trivandrum and stayed at Thatha's
house. We visited some more friends and
family and then went down to Kovalam for 2 days. Our hotel was unremarkable and it was cold
and wet the first day, but the second day we went to visit a Taj resort and the
pool was awesome -- you and Aeowyn and Talin spent the day climbing the little
island in the pool and jumping in. We
would have your life jacket on and you would just float around the pool. It was so fun.
Xmas was also fun, we had all our family with us. For Xmas, you had lots of great presents from
Santa Clause, including a volcano, remote control helicopter, remote control truck, etc... This is the first year that you wrote your own Xmas list. Xmas day brought lots and
lots of presents, which you loved. You wanted to play with the water bottle rocket and the volcano.
Daddy and mommy are so proud of you Rohin.
You're really an amazing boy. You're now playing piano so nicely and reading books to your family now. You love your new school and are so cute on how you dress up in your suit for school. You also are quite the chatterbox on the cellphone now and when daddy travels, you use mom's phone and call me. I love when you hear something that is exciting to you -- you say (yeaaa). It's a
pleasure being your daddy my big boy Rohin and mommy and daddy love you so much!
Shot from the Maldives:
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