Jatin

Feb – Early March 2022

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February has been a lot about getting back into a routine post all the holidays and making sure we’re all making time to celebrate each other and enjoy life everyday. We’ve been getting our fitness game on even more and have been taking walks at our favorite et park and found a new beautiful hangout at Chatswoth park as well. The month of love…but for us every day is a reason to love and be grateful for this beautiful thing called life.

Love is in the air ❤️ Nick and I had some lovely dates to the palisades and Malibu and park evenings to just recoup and enjoy some quiet time. Jatin gifted me a ostrich beanie baby which is creepy and cute all in one! Aanika cuddled up with her daddy briefly before pouncing on him like a baby tiger! Crazy and In love. That’s our family! read more

Jatin’s 14th Birthday

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Our handsome, intelligent, warm and caring first born turned 14 this week! We couldn’t be more proud of this stupendous guy. He’s such a hard worker, has the most affectionate heart and exudes goodness in everything he does. We love you Jatin!!!

His birthday fell on a Tuesday morning which is a late school start so we got to have waffles at home for breakfast and I did my usual mommy birthday interview before he was off to school. read more

Jatins 8th Grade Culmination

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Our handsome, funny, sweet Jatin graduated from middle school today! We officially have a high schooler! Hard to imagine! He insisted that he needed to get over a 96% on every final class report card and of course graduated with honors! We’re so proud of him. He got to play with the band in person for graduation. He wore Nicks dress shoes and socks!

Gundara Pixel Disney family

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If we were animated as a Disney / Pixar family here is how we might look! Aanikas face is already designed like a beautiful princess so these look pretty spot on! Courtesy voila al artist app!!

Jatin’s 13th Birthday

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Our baby Jatin is officially a teenager!! And what an amazing young man he’s turning into. Besides his voice changing, his limbs have officially stretched and he super lean. He loves working out daily with Nick and enjoys Anime and Manga. He is sweet, sincere, loves to take interest in others old and young and has a heart of gold. He’s an awesome big brother and such a loving son. We are blessed to have him as our kiddo and can’t wait to see what the next years bring.

He started his day with pull-ups with his dad and the agreement was in between each set he would get to open up a gift! The highlight was clearly the limited edition One Piece watch that Nick had preordered months in advance!

He and Aanika had some chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast!

It was a Monday so we all went about our day with virtual school and work. Then Nana and Nani joined us for cake time. I had fun spending Sunday making his 3 layer chocolate cake with buttercream frosting.

After cake celebrations we took Jatin out for dinner for the first time since March. We went to Gus’s Barbecue. It was lovely!

Happy 13th to our beautiful Jatin. Love you.

Jatin School Photo April 2020

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During Quarantine we’ve been looking through old photo albums and found one of my school pictures from 1989. When we looked at it couldn’t help but immediately see Jatin in the picture! He was a good sport and let me photograph him for his “quarantine school photo” and make a comparison.

Jatin’s 12th Birthday

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Jatin darling turned 12 this year! One more year til his teenage years hit! Thank goodness for his amazing, sweet, easy going temperament. Love him so much. As usual be requested a birthday party at home with two requirements: chocolate chocolate cake and an arcade tournament! The morning of his birthday we had the family over for breakfast before heading to Maya’s wedding and the following weekend we hosted his party.

Party Highlights:

Key players: Jatin, Mark, Charlie, Andrew, Risley