mere naam

Roz maa aake mere bare mein pata nahi kya kya share karti hain… to maine socha saare credit unhe ho kyon mile. Lemme come and tell you about me. Direct main hi batati hoon naa mere bare main. Par pehle lemme introiduce myself. Aap soch rahe hoge main kaun? Main main hoon.. yaani Devaangi Mehra..waise ghar waale aur baaki chahne waale mujhe pyaar se bahut saare naamo se bulate hain maslan nanu and naani call me pari, dadaji calls me kandheri laal, good girl, Devaangi, daadi ki pucha hoon main to badi daadi calls mein gudiya (BTW she is able to pronounce my name now Jkabhi papa ki chuski hoon main  to kabhi unki aatanki . Maa ki puchu,pucha, bacha, bittu singh, chuski, Devaangi Mehra , aatanki, sher singh aur naa jaane kya kya ( maa ko mat batana par mujhe lagta hai that she is confused regarding my name ki mujhe woh  kya bulaye J tabhi to mere itne saare naam rakh diye hain), maa ki side ke cousins( sanjana didi, anant bhaiya, Nandini maami, pooja maami) all call me angel, Hans uncle calls me Mehra saab( seriously ab mujhe Civil services ke bare mein sochna chahiye saab sounds really royal ;-)) and the list goes on… I m sure at this rate, if not every month then atleast every 2 months a new name will get added to this list J

Introduction- Devaangi's Arrival in this world

Having started so late to record Devaangi's growing months, i have so much to write that do not know from where to start. so i'll try and do the simplest thing...i'll start with an introduction of Devaangi, some details about her birth and the fast forward to the present...  while recording her magical moments of present i'll gradually add tit bits from the past few months as well......

so here we go......

Devaangi was expected on 24th Aug 2011. She however choose to give us  surprise and arrived early on 18th Aug.. a day engraved in my memory forever... the day Devaangi came in this world and made me a MOM!!! the whole experience of bringing Devaangi in this world has been so wonderful thanks to the people around me.... we'll have more about those 9 months in the posts that will follow.

Going back to 18trh Aug 2011, we were supposed to reach the hospital at 7:30 am. however we left home close to 730 :-) as usual and managed to reach hospital by 7:45. It was a planned caesarian and i was to be rolled into the OT at 9am. Chetan drove me to the hospital Fortis La Femme GK and maa and papaji followed us there. My parents had already reached the hospital..

i am a little finicky about the number 9. When the doctor asked us the previous day whether i wanted to deliver the baby on 18 or 19th Aug, I opted for 18th as it totaled to the number 9. In the hospital also during admission there were 3 vacant rooms out of which one was room no. 108. while the receptionist was trying to figure out the room to be allocated to me, i was secretly hoping it to be 108 and that was precisely the room that was allocated to me. God has his strange ways of listening to me...

The next one hour went in preparing me for the operation with hubby clicking photos n recording baby's heart beat..

I was rolled into the OT at 9am with hubby besides me...our daughter came few minutes past 9:30 while her parents were holding hands and were waiting to hear her first cry....

the moment we first set our eyes on our bundle of joy we realized that our world had changed forever from that moment onwards...

hubby went out to inform every one of the baby's arrival while i was being cleaned up and stitched. the baby in the meantime was moved to the nursery for routine checks and that was where her grand moms saw her for the first time with daadi being able to see the thick mass of hair on the back of baby's head first... Daadi's first reaction was baby has good amount of hair!!!

by the time i was rolled back into the room my little princess was there to welcome MOM...even before Devaangi was brought and placed next to me (i couldn't hold her for couple of hours due to anesthesia effect) comparisons about who she resembled has started...

the first person outside the family to be informed about Devaangi's arrival was kopal shukla who had called me up from office to discuss a presales that were working on before i went on leave.....

we used the following sms to announce of Devaangi's arrival

Tiny pink nose,10 tiny toes. Guruji's little angel is here, making ever moment dear...With Guruji's grace we gratefully announce the birth of our little daughter.

Devaangi was a cute little baby who did not make too much noise in the hospital nor did she gave me sleepless nights there... actually the credit for that also goes to the nursing staff of fortis who were always there to take care of the baby and also guided me to hold and feed the baby....

we stayed in the hospital for 2 days and were discharged on 20th Aug which was a Saturday...

Devaangi came home with dadaji and daadiji while her parents and naanu and naani followed in their cars.
Devaangi was welcomed at home by badi daadi..... her naanu n naani spent some time before leaving for their place..

Devaangi went for her first outing the same evening with mom dad n daadi to Guruji's bade mandir to seek his blessings!!!

This blog is all about the apple of our eyes -our little daughter Devaangi...

Devaangi means like a goddess and true to the meaning of her name she is actually God's gift to us who has totally transformed our lives!!!
This blog is all about the little things that Devaangi does, her talks, plays, activities and pranks....