We bought a house! (actually, a condo)

We are now the proud owners of the bottom floor from this remodeled Victorian mansion. The developers ripped everything out and made each floor a separate condo. 2 bedroom, 2 bath, 1259 square feet, and cost waaaaaay too much money.

We are now in a new neighborhood called NOPA (north panhandle). I don't think that is an official name, but it makes it sound better than old Western Addition. We are sad to leave Noe, but excited to be in a new place close to lots of friends.

This was not an easy process. As many of you know, we have been looking for a new place for almost 8 months. We must have seen over a hundred places during the time (a lot of San Francisco inventory is crap). Then, after we finally find a place, the mortgage market collapses with the fall of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Fortunately, it all worked out.

We are incredibly excited...and now officially are rooting for a housing recovery. We hope to have all of you over soon!

Road trip

Roshan officially completed his first road trip. We drove down from San Francisco to Los Angeles so Roshan can finally meet all of the family friends in Pasadena and Irvine. Both families threw some great Roshan welcome parties. It was quite a turnout. Roshan met almost 300 people in a single three day period!

Roshan also just turned 6 months old. A few new milestones:

• He can sit up now for over 20 minutes without any trouble. Although, it still ends with a "timmmmmmber."
  
• Favorite foods: Peas and Green beans. Must be the Deshpande genes.
  
• He's a screamer. Uh oh.
  
• He found his toes. It is a matter of time until he shoves them in his mouth.
  
• Roshan has discovered the ability to rip out flowers and leaves. Those are definitely Chandra genes.
  
• Roshan got his first laptop and cell phone. It was only a matter of time.
  

Roshan 6 months from rishi chandra on Vimeo.

Roshan turns 5 months old

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Roshan turns 4 months old

Yes, we're back! Sorry for the long hiatus...the last few months have been quite busy (and my general laziness overwhelmed me). BUT, I am not back on top of it. You should seen a string of new and existing posts coming your way!

In the meantime, here is the latest video for Roshan's 4 month birthday.


Roshan 4 months from rishi chandra on Vimeo.

Roshan turns 3 months old

Yep, I'm late again.

A few more milestones:

• He started laughing on a consistent basis. But if people were always making strange faces at me, I would probably laugh too.
  
• He made his first trip to Google. Sadly, he could not enjoy the free lunch. But then again, I guess all of his meals are free lunches.
  
• He has now visited Sonoma over four times in the past two months. He loves the free booze.
  
• He has gotten a lot stronger. He can pretty much hold his head up and kick his legs. It is only a matter of time before we get the soccer ball in front of him.
  
• He recently started to sleep 6-7 hours a night! Of course, I've probably just jinxed us by even mentioning it.
  
• He found the TV. I'm not sure there is any turning back now.
  
• His favorite toy is now the mobile. There is something about four stuffed animals moving in a circular motion over his head...he thinks it is hilarious.

Some more pics! Trouble accessing the video? See the pictures here.


Roshan turns 3 months old from rishi chandra on Vimeo.

Roshan Meets the Aunties and Uncles

Oops. It has been over a month since the last post...mostly due to a crazy April. But now that we have a break, we have a new video!

Over the past three months, Roshan has seen an amazing set of Uncles and Aunties from all over the world, from Australia to India to England. It is clear he is going to be a completely spoiled...he already has enough clothes to last him through his first year! Thanks to all of you for your continued love and support. Here are a few highlights:

Most offensive gift
Bharat Uncle and Kavi Autie, with the racist octopus. For some reason, the people at Baby Einstein decided to make the voice describing rainbow colors to have "white" be much more cheerful than the word "brown." I guess it could have been worse...they didn't even include "black."

Most comfortable holding a baby
AB Uncle, who surprised us all with his past experience. Sorry Wendy Auntie, you were a close second.

Least comfortable holding a baby
Too many people to name

Most likely to teach Roshan bad words
Archana Auntie couldn't keep a lid on it. (Don't they cane you for that in Singapore?)

Most ambitious teacher
Ed Uncle, who spent a few hours trying to teach Roshan 2+2 while babysitting. Roshan ended up sleeping through most of the lesson.

Mostly likely to get pooped on.
Sandy Auntie, after Roshan decided to pull a "Triumph the Insult Dog" in her arms.

Most likely to steal our baby
Grandma Gail (Emily Auntie's Mom), who threatened to do so many many times. We have now installed cameras all over the crib, just in case. :)

Below you will find some pics. Apologies to those we didn't have pictures for...you will definitely make it in the next video installment! Trouble accessing the video? See the pictures here.


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Roshan turns 2 months old

Sorry, I didn't have time to finish this video in time for Roshan's real birthday...but better late then never.

Some interesting milestones:

• If it isn't obvious via the photos, he is a LOT bigger now. He has almost doubled his weight since birth.
  
• He is almost able to hold his head up on his own.
  
• He still does not sleep through the night. But last night, for the first time, he slept for 5 hours!! This warrants its own blog post.
  
• He is starting to recognize people. For the first time he will cry when unknown people hold him. Finally, an advantage to being the parent.
  
• He found his thumb to suck for the first time. Normally, this could be considered a bad thing. But given that it calms in down (especially at night), I'm all for it.
  
• He continues to be the cutest baby in the world...as I am told from unbiased sources.
  

Enjoy the video!


Roshan 2 months from rishi chandra on Vimeo.

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