Samiksha on the couch

Samiksha sitting on the couch in Vijayan's place. She use to sit with support and from yesterday she started sitting without support.

Playing on her mother's lap

Samiksha playing on her mothers lap. She likes to hold strings and she can play with it all day long. The next thing she likes is to hold either a piece of paper or a magazine.

With her uncle Vijayan

Samiksha with her uncle Vijayan. She enjoys the company of Vijayan & Thillai. She needs either Priya or Thillai when she feels sleepy.

With her Dad & Brother

Samiksha with her Dad & Yuvan. Yuvan not aware that it is a photo shoot looked confused.

What are you trying to do?

Samiksha enjoying her sleep mat. She sleeps in this mat during the day. She likes to role a lot in this mat. This is her second week with us and there is considerable growth. She gained almost 800 gms in two weeks and started moving a bit. The title is for the second photo :-)

Samiksha with her paternal grandmother

Samiksha with her paternal grandmother. My parents came to visit her and she enjoyed their company. Here she is laughing and posing for the camera.

Playing with her mom

Samiksha playing with her mom. It is really surprising with the way she got used to us just in a day.

Samiksha - staring at the camera

This B&W picture taken outside my apartment. Samiksha staring at the camera looking at what i am doing.

Samiksha - sleeping peacefully

Samiksha sleeping peacefully. We don't have to do much to make her sleep. All she needs is a cloth and thumb in her mouth :-)

Cute cry

Samiksha crying to be picked from the mat. She rarely cries and most of the time engage herself with some toys. She greets everybody with a nice smile.

June 11th - adoption ritual

The home where we adopted Samiksha had some rituals and priya is performing those. They decorated the craddle with garlands and after showing aarthi, samiksha was formally given to us.

First visit

Picture taken during our first visit to the home. Her name was Pooja and she loves smiling.

Samiksha - announcement card

Samiksha is our second child - adopted from an agency in Nanded, Maharashtra. This is the announcement card when we got her home on 11th June 2007.