Milan's East Coast Adventure

Milan spent 6 days without mom and dad with his cousins and grandparents on the East Coast while mom attended a wedding and conference

 

Here he is with his cousin Keshav

First time roller skating!

Riding a trolley at the trolley museum

Making his annual pilgrimage on the Metro

Milan had a great time bonding with his family and can't wait to do it again!

Kirin at 11 Months

Can't believe this little guy is one month away from turning 1

Thinking deep thoughts

Modeling poses

More matching clothes

We had a visit from grandparents and I'm not sure who laughed more

 

This clip shows Kirin laughing so hard he almost falls over

Photo shoot

Our new tricks these days are climbing things and talking on the phone (though not always into the receiver)

More baby giggles

Milan at 4 Years

We remember when outgrowing the quilt seemed so far away it wasn't worth thinking about.  That day has come and gone!

Kirin got ready to celebrate his brother's birthday and couldn't settle for less cute clothes

So glad these boys put up with matching outfits (at least for now)

Serious gearing up for blowing out the candles

 

After finally blowing out the candles, Milan devoured a few pieces of cake (which he had been looking forward to for weeks)

Like last year, we sat down with the birthday boy and asked him a few questions for posterity.  At times tautological and other times just plain false (carrots?  really?), it is again a good reflection of Milan's personality.

This kid is growing up to be one swell little person. 

Kirin at 10 Months

Anyone who has ever tried to take pictures of a 10 month old knows that sometimes you can't get always get the poses you want

Fun in the park and a first haircut!

Brotherly antics

It turns out both Milan and Kirin have restaurants named after them in the bay area

Fun at home

We had a splendid Father's Day starting with a 5K run at Stanford 

(Note:  each of us pushed a stroller, though Sunil probably could have pushed both and still made it through the course)

Milan did his first 200m fun run.  He stopped abruptly halfway through because he was tired, and after several seconds of standing around shot out for a strong finish.  His preschool teacher happened to be there and took the following video

 

Here he is with his medal after the race!

Kirin's First East Coast Adventure

We took a trip to the east coast over Memorial Day weekend, and it was Kirin's first trip across the country.  Both boys were scooped up in their pajamas early in the morning to catch our flight.

They then wreaked havoc at their grandparents' non-childproofed house..

while we attended Sunil's 15th college reunions!

Upon returning, Kirin and mom spent some more time in Maryland

while Sunil and Milan spent time in Virginia with cousins.

We then reunited and took lots of silly pictures of the kiddos

 

 

More silliness in action

Here is Kirin meeting Sonal fai for the first time

and the return flight home.