Welcoming Second child

We are blessed with cute little baby girl last Jan 22. Now she is almost year old. So here is my condensed experience with Anagha, my little princess.

It was with mixed feelings I accepted the fact that our second kid is going to be a girl. We have had excellent experience raising first girl. We (me and Y) were both looking forward for Anagha's decision to come to this world. It was on the Jan 22nd morning 4:00 AM when that time came. Y called her CNM and Mary Jo advice her to reach hospital and she said she will be on her way to hospital. When we reached hospital it was six in the morning. Nurses did the routine stress test and admitted Y to the Maternity ward or rather a room. Me and Y with her operation gown walked around the hospital corridor for well over one hour. I was just thinking how it would have been with Ananya.

At around eight Y went to inside the room and rested in the bed. I just peeked outside through the window. Parking lot, road were covered with thin layer of snow. It all looked so good with white color everywhere. Y kept on talking on different things, I was just thinking about work, Ananya etc.

Finally Anagha was born at 1:35 PM. It was 12:05 AM in India. So she is Jan 22 in US and Jan 23 in India. We had argument on the name for long time. or Exactly for one day. As it always happens with married men, I had to agree for the name my wife chose. It is nearly six years since we married, so now I know the secret to happy married life ;-)

I called my in-laws, friends, Ananya to announce the news. Ananya was sounding very excited. But when she finally saw her little sister, she realized that now there is a partner to her love with mom and dad. And she didn't like that.

The day Anagha came home Ananya was even more upset. We tried to include her in every activity. But still little sister was getting all the attention, which big sister didn't like at all.

But it took Ananya nearly two months to come to terms with new person in her "family". But since then she really enjoys playing with her little sister.