Having a Parti!

We went to visit Grandma, or Asher's great-grandma @ Parti! :) (I'm really not sure if I'm spelling that right, but I couldn't find any English-Romanised Hindi dictionary to double check the spelling).















I love seeing Grandma carry Asher because she just looks so happy :O) And it's always precious to see the contrast - a woman full of life experiences and a little boy just starting out in life; wrinkled hands tenderly holding small uncertain ones. The look on grandma's face when Asher was holding her hands was truly priceless :) How wonderful to be a great-grandmother! What a blessing :)


Asher just a little taller than Grandma's knee









The visit was made also to catch up with Jon's cousin, Sheela, who was in town for a couple of weeks :) Asher didn't give too good an impression the first time they met at Jon's dad's place haha. He was hungry and thus a bit grumpy, so when she carried him he fussed quite a bit. He was better after his tummy was filled though :) This time around, Asher was well-fed from the start, and from his smiles, I'm certain he enjoyed bouncing on Sheela's lap and being carried around :) I'm actually really really impressed with how she was so sure in her handling of Asher! Many of my friends around the same age are hesitant to hold Asher, and generally just 'green' in their manner. Her confidence in carrying, bouncing, lifting and playing with Asher was refreshing indeed, and lovely to watch! It's no wonder Asher enjoyed her company :)










All that carrying and playing, plus another feed, put Asher in a contented, sleepy mood, and towards the end of our visit he could barely keep his eyes open! :) It was adorable to watch him straining to open his eyes to see who was talking to him. But in the end, sleep prevailed, and he nodded off before the last picture was taken...zzzzZZZ...