Milan in Mexico

Milan is working on filling up his passport, this time by traveling to Mexico

We accompanied several friends to a beautiful house with a beautiful view near Puerto Vallarta

Milan enjoyed his pool and beach time and even posed for some pictures

He also had lots of fun with his buddy Kavya

Here's the whole gang!

Milan at 31 Months: Milan goes to India!

Milan crossed the ocean for the first time this month on the way to India

Our first stop was Dharampur where he had lots of cousin fun with Keshav, who had also traveled far and wide

Here we are trying to jump for the self-timer after watching the sunrise

While riding the rickshaw, Milan saw a camel! ઊંટ (uunt) is now his favorite Gujarati word.

More cousin fun

Notice the tippy toes

On the way back, Milan became an expert flyer, mastering both the art of sleeping on planes and in-flight entertainment

It's a good thing, because the traveling isn't done:  next stop, Mexico!

Milan at 30 Months

Milan spent the holidays on the east coast and had lots of cousin and family time!

First, he spent time in Maryland opening tons of gifts and bouncing away on a bounce house

He took many joy rides on the Metro, his first subway experience

 

Here's almost the whole U.S. contingent of the Shah family on Christmas day!

(only missing one person)

His next stop was Virginia where he got to bond with his cousin, Keshav 

(and by bond we mean fight over all of the toys)

He took a train ride in the mall...

...and got to ride the carousel.

We are looking forward to more bonding adventures with Keshav on our next stop:  India! 

Stay tuned!

Milan at 29 Months

Milan had a book about cable cars from the library so we took him up for a ride

We spent the evening decorating gingerbread men and gingerbread trees

Milan posing in front of the Christmas tree

Thanksgiving in Phoenix

Milan met his grandparents and Rahul mama in Phoenix this Thanksgiving!

 

Milan could have spent hours throwing rocks in Lake Pleasant

 We also drove to Sedona and saw beautiful rock structures at sunset

Milan at 28 Months

Joy riding the Caltrain 

Trying out his new balance bike

 

Say cheese!

Caution:  this one's a little PG rated

 

Monster Milan

Milan had no trouble getting in the Halloween spirit this year in his monster costume

He first paraded around the yard at his school with his friends

He also got lots of candy trick-or-treating and now wants to eat candy for breakfast, lunch and dinner