Look who is 9 months old and a baby "puja"

Our little Munchkin was nine months old on Saturday.  

She never stops; is always on the go.  Can stand for a few seconds on her own but still not confident enough to take that first step.  She has also learned how to grind her teeth which is nasty; it sounds as bad as nails on a chalkboard!!!  She is up to 19 1/2 lbs and is going to be tall, so she takes after her dad's side in that aspect.  Her having those six teeth make her look so much older I think?

On Saturday we also attended a "puja" which is a religious blessing for Our Little Princess' soon to be new brother or sister.  It was only a short puja, so it took just under 2 hours!!  It was very interesting, despite the fact I didn't really know what was happening.

This was done in a house, the priest is sitting by himself.  A married couple had to help with the ceremony.  They were "praying" to the Indian Deity Ganesh  I honestly don't know the ins and outs of it all.  It involved various things, including flowers, holy water, fruit, rice, different spices and oil.  At one point we also got a blessing and a piece of fruit.  I was praying and hoping it wasn't going to be a coconut.......pleased to say dh and I got a pomegranate each, as at least I know what to do with that.

I was surprised at how relaxed it was, as people were moving around and talking while all this was going on.  I didn't put my sari on as this happened at 7 am!!!  It was apparently an auspicious time to do the blessing?  I have enough trouble putting my sari on at a regular time never mind trying to do it at that time of the morning.  Also as this was a last minute thing I didn't have time to go out and buy another "Indian" outfit to wear.  Everyone's sari's though were gorgeous as always; and yes dh and I were the only non-Indian people in attendance.  However we know everyone and are treat as part of the family which is really nice.

They had a traditional breakfast after this ended and as usual I did not like it, because even breakfast can be spicy it seems!!!  Dh ate his though, but he isn't as picky as me.

Of course our Little Princess was there:

She is growing that fast and is so bright.  She was 19 months old last week.  Her new brother or sister (I am thinking brother) is due the middle to end of September and is already a footballer!!  Total different pregnancy to when she was expecting our little Princess.

Had a day out on Monday.........

DD, Little Princess, her mother and I were invited for lunch at dd best friend's mother's home in Penetang.  Never been there before, took about an hour and a half from our house.  We took the scenic route up there via Wasaga Beach and came back home via Hwy 400.

We were spoiled as this was what we had for lunch; there was homemade turkey burgers, homemade bread rolls, potato salad, pasta salad and in the mason jars (funny after yesterday's post) was dressing with vegetable crudites.  We got to take the little flower arrangements home, as they were made especially for us.  Wasn't that so nice of her?

 Here is our little Princess, who was as good as gold all day.

 Then dessert was placed on the table, this was the box it was in:

I am sorry about the orientation of the photo, dd best friend had made this.  Didn't she do a wonderful job?

 Again sorry about it being upside down, but you do get a good shot of the "boobs!"

We had a super time; wished we had gone sooner, as we had such a good time and I didn't feel as though we stayed very long.

Update on dd quilt....

As we have had some rain I have been making an effort to get some quilt blocks sewn for dd quilt.

I have 20 blocks more or less done.  They are to trim and square up and borders to be attached.

The borders will be orange so it will "pop."  I hope dd will like it, I think she will.

Dd is doing well with her pregnancy and is nearly 15 weeks along.  The morning sickness seems to have passed (touching wood) and the heart burn has kicked in.  Only another month or so until we will find out if she is having a boy or girl.  So I want to get her quilt done this month before I start on the baby quilt.

I found this site called Wall Pops and think it's really neat: