He walks, he bites

So...if you're in charge of a baby during 24 hours (7 days a week!) and he's finally sleeping his afternoon nap, you would (choose one):

a) cut his fingernails (because they're the longest they've ever been since he was born and you finally found his scissors, which you were hiding from him in the first place)

b) cook and then eat (since you don't even remember if you had your lunch anyway)

c) blog

I will let you guess which one I chose :)

Today was a fun day ... I think I will mark the calendar as the official day when 'Fabi gave his first steps'! A couple of days ago, MasalaDad (Ishan) and I witnessed Fabi's vey FIRST step. It was a very small and quick step...I guess you can call it a 'practice step'. The next day, Fabi did the same thing but this time he managed TWO quick steps and then MasalaDad witnessed THREE of them. Today I was lucky enough to see him walk FOUR steps and I'm very sure that if he continues at this pace, he will be running a marathon by the end of the year. I tried to capture some walking action on video and all I managed was this 7-second video of two steps. Good enough!

Fabi and I went to 'Center One' (Vashi's Mall) today and while we waited for MasalaDad to pick us up, he managed to make a few friends charming them by waving 'bye-bye'.

We came home and MasalaDad and I took turns feeding him. Today's menu included a 'chapati' dipped in cow's milk* and he seemed to enjoy it very much. After he ate his dinner and while we MasalaParents were eating, he played around with his favorite toy (a tennis ball) often stopping for additional pieces of 'chapati' from his Dad. To my surprise, he also stopped by my seat to BITE me -- I mean with TEETH!

Fabi has been a late teether, but I expected his lower 'Central Incisors' first and then the upper ones. But today I have a little mark on my right hand (near my thumb) that clearly shows the work of Fabi's upper 'Lateral Incisors' --- they look like tiger teeth!

Un avance en cuanto a mis logros culinarios**:

• Hace unos días hice 'Arroz con Leche'. Fabi se tomó el agua de arroz y yo me comí el arroz azucarado y con canela.
• El otro día compré varios plátanos maduros pensando que eran bananos. Así que aproveché para hacer empanadas de plátano con frijoles molidos. Se me olvidó tomar una foto de las empanadas...me quedaron muy grandes y más bien parecían tamales, pero el sabor sí me quedó bien, gracias a las instrucciones del libro 'Costa Rican Typical Foods', de Carmen de Musmanni y Lupita de Weiler (2001). Todavía tengo la mitad de los plátanos, así que mañana hago empanadas de queso. El Tío Fernando de Fabi me antojó con esa sugerencia!

Update:

* As I was re-reading this post I realized I used the expression 'cow's milk'. Why didn't I just say 'milk'? Maybe to indicate that Fabi's weaning out of maternal milk?...or maybe I've started to use 'Indian English'? You see, some people here also drink buffalo milk, so it's common to indicate the type of milk you 're refering to.

** Se me olvidó contarles que siempre que cocino algo, me quemo. Esta vez salí ilesa...hasta que decidí probar las empanadas...y me quemé la lengua! :(