Back from NJ

This past week we took a trip up to NJ to visit Amamma, Appachen, and Aunt Sil. We drove up Fri night (6/13/08) and Sat, Dada took the train back to MD because he was traveling all week for work. Mama, Stella, and Desmond stayed behind in NJ for the entire week and had a blast spending some quality time with the grandparents and Aunt Sil. In fact we were too busy having fun to even remember to take pictures...sorry! Dada came back on Fri (6/20/08) and we all drove back home this past Sunday.

This was the first time we had ever been away from Dada for this long. But luckily, we had Amamma, Appachen, and Aunt Sil to keep us company. This marked the first time Dada had ever been away from his son and Des sure missed his Dada because upon Dada's return, Des just laid on his belly gazing up at his Dada, completely mesmerized. It was soo cute and sweet to see!

Dada remembered to take a few pictures when he returned to NJ. Here are a few shots of Des crawling over to get the camera while wearing his green and yellow turtle polo shirt...one of Mama's favorite shirts she bought for him.

Other highlights from our time in NJ include a trip to Chili's during which Des had serious anger management issues because he couldn't have our food, Stella playing in the big blow up pool Appachen bought for her, sitting outside on the deck enjoying the beautiful weather and getting our daily dose of sunshine, Stella going for walks with her grandparents to the bridge that went over a creek, Des getting his first taste of real, sliced up bananas and mangoes...he loved them both, and just enjoying Amamma's pampering and delicious homemade Indian food .

Our last day in NJ, Appachen remembered to bring out Aunt Sil's old electric keyboard and the kids had a blast with it, especially Stella.

Stella playing the keyboard, while Desmond tries to sneak in there. Poor guy, every time Des would come near the keyboard, Stella would push him away.

The two best friends horsin' around!