Here Comes the Son: August 2005

Josh gives this blog two thumbs up.

Mama said knock you out

Judy Garland Ruby Red Slipper Bandit Apprehended

"Caught you red handed, Imelda!"

Made in China

Congratulations to Daddy's cousin Mike and his wife Jen on their new son Sam! I guess he's Joshua's second cousin.

Mama's pearl

Baby, Baby, where did our love go?

Wait a minute! Books suck! I want a DVD, Daddy!

Here's the little man browsing through a nice picture book.

Look who's sitting up! Yes, he looks like a frog, but I say it's progress.

Joshua's future wife???

What do you say Josh? How about the Mongolian Cow Yogurt Super Girl?

The little guy is practicing to sit up! Sometimes he does pretty well....

...and sometimes not so well.

Josh is wiping his own mouth after a delicious snack.

Joshua is now eating his first foods! Some mashed Gerber banana coming up.

Josh enjoyed the tram ride back to the car.

Leaving the Getty. Buh-bye!

Although Joshua enjoys a litle Rembrandt now and then, he's really looking forward to a future Monet exhibit.

Here's Josh overlooking a nice view of West L.A.

Water, water, everywhere

Josh is admiring the unique architecture of the Getty.

Today I took Joshua to the Getty Center in West Los Angeles! Here we are about to ride the tram.

A snake for Josh?

Baby who finds snakes charming

SHAILVEE SHARDA

TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ SUNDAY, MAY 29, 2005 11:27:10 PM ]

LUCKNOW: Snakes can give the jitters to even the strong-hearted. But a two-and-a-half-month old baby, Fatima Abidi, who has not even learnt to say "mamma" plays with live snakes.

A snake is let loose near her. She grabs hold of it, and in a minute, the creature wraps itself around her neck.
"I did not detect even an iota of fear on her face when her father wrapped a snake around her neck for the first time. She perturbed me. I was very scared. But I knew the snake was non-poisonous. So I did not oppose," said her mother Rumi Abidi. Explaining how all this happened, her father Ali Hasnain Abidi said, "I was showing a snake to a friend and explaining details about it. As I held it in one hand, Fatima was cradled in my other arm. I noticed her trying to grab at the snake. I wrapped the snake around her neck and she started playing with it."

Her mother said Fatima is very fond of cats and dogs as well. "She reaches out and grabs the tail. I think she is a special child," she said. The parents attribute this behaviour of the baby to the animal-friendly atmosphere in the household. They have been working for rehabilitation of snakes for the last six years. "Normally, we have more than six snakes in our house at a time. The number increases in winter," said Ali adding that not all snakes are poisonous. He said that the snake is called rough-scaled boya snake which lives in crop- bearing fields and survives on rats.