Sanjay Alexander

Day 1 - Sanjay fast asleep

Day 2 - Snuggling up to Mommy :)

I'd like to introduce my little baby brother Sanjay Alexander. Pretty cool name huh? I call him 'thambi'. It means little brother in Tamil and Sanjay when he's a little older will call me 'Anne' which means big brother.

So who would like to know the birth story about how Sanjay got here about 2 weeks before his due date??

July 20, 2010 - First we have to start talking about the day before Sanjay got here. Aya and Ayya who were supposed to be here on Monday got delayed due to a slight misunderstanding about a visa or something like that. They flew in the following day instead (Tuesday). That was the day where the mid-west had the really really bad storm. Mommy was already stressed out about the storm and driving to the airport. I heard Mommy telling Daddy that driving was really bad and the visibility was almost non-existent!! I fell asleep in the car as I was tired and Mommy was driving really really slow. Poor Mommy!

Finally after arriving at the airport. I think we drove for almost 1.5 hours. Usually it takes about 40 minutes to get to the airport! We get to the airport tired and exhausted. I know Daddy was a little worried as we kept receiving calls and text so often to make sure we were doing ok. This is when we find out the flight is delayed and because of bad weather the flight has been diverted to St Louis and waiting there for the weather to clear at Kansas City. I was so bored that I think I made Mommy stress out even more. Hey! I am after a hyperactive 3 year old with too much energy. There isn't much to do at the airport anyway.

I think we must have waited about 3 hours before we heard anything. I think Mommy was almost in tears. I know I wasn't helping the situation at all. Finally there was some good news. The flight had left St Louis and would be in Kansas City really soon. Yay! I was getting tired and I think Mommy was tired too.

Aya and Ayya arrived safely and all the luggages also arrived on time surprisingly. Next thing you know we're heading home really hungry. The weather wasn't too bad driving home. Phew!

July 21st - Sanjay's Birthday. Mommy wakes up as usual in morning to head out to work. Aya and Ayya are already up and about. I think it's the jet lag. They have been in 3 different times zones in the last few days. Aya was already starting to cook up all of Mommy's favorite dishes which at the end Mommy didn't get to eat any. This is when I find out that Mommy has been up since 4am. I think she was having contractions. I think it was due to the stress the day before. I swear I didn't have anything to do with that :). Mommy has also been keeping contact with the doctor who I think told her to wait out a little longer.

About 10am, Mommy was ready I think to have Sanjay and called the doctor who as trying really hard to get a room for Mommy at the same hospital I was born but there wasn't any room at all so Mommy and Daddy were sent to another hospital. I think Mommy wasn't very happy at all with this hospital. I think Mommy had her mind set to have Sanjay at the same hospital as I was born. I think Mommy and Daddy didn't have any choice so they went ahead and started the registration process at the other hospital and got admitted. Just as the rest of the paperwork were being done. Mommy gets the message that there is a room available at the hospital Sanjay was supposed to be born! Mommy didn't really waste anytime and got dressed again and rushed to this hospital. Funny isn't it?? Well! I thought it was.

After all the trouble of admitting and getting discharged from one hospital and rushing to the other; Sanjay was born at 1.46pm. I was super excited that finally my little baby brother is here. Someone to play with and get into mischievous with. Daddy finally came home and picked us up so we could head out to the hospital to meet Sanjay. I was so excited. I even got to hold Sanjay for a few minutes. I've got so much more stories to tell but maybe another day another post right??