D Cheeks!!!

I have been attracted by D Cheeks and envied for them, tried so many times punching in the cheeks of my hubby , poor him. but very few people are adorned with dimples. The blessed, have a gorgeous smile and show signs of elegance and beauty. I am proud Aditi has a few, always to entice.

I noticed her dimples when she was around one month and my reaction was hey!!! She gets dimples on her cheeks. I was very thrilled.

Research says that dimples are visible indentations of the skin, caused by underlying flesh, which form on some people’s cheeks when they smile, also shows that dimples are genetically inherited ,but I am not very sure from where Aditi inherited them??

Dimples are considered attractive and dominant and seems to carry different believes with them.

Babies commonly have dimples, but sometimes these disappear or become less noticeable as the muscles lengthen with age. Obviously, I will never wish to happen that as Aditi’s dimples are very unique and cute, specially with her smile. Its like ice cream with a cherry top.

The name game....

Namkaran is the traditional Hindu Indian practise of naming the baby child.
Nama literally means ‘name’ and karana means ‘ to make to effect’.
The Namkaran is held at home or in a temple where the father of child whispers the name in the child’s right ear.

An Indian name is unique, traditional and ethnic drawing from the years of Indian tradition. The naming of the child is the most critical Samskara(rite) or scripture based rite of the Hindus. Hindu names are hence chosen with great care and caution, after consultation with elders, holy books, priests and the stars. Friends and relatives are invited to celebrate the Namkaran ceremony.

When it came to naming our baby we never wanted to follow cycles of popularity because, What’s hip now might be the Mildred of future !!!

From my experience I feel that there are other factors which helps in deciding a name like: how the name will be spelt?, will it be shortened?, Does the name suit your child as a baby and adult? The reason I am saying this because I was very keen for “ Juhi” as my baby name, but had to forget about it when couple of people said it sounds like Julie!!!!!!!!!!! And it will get shortened to “Ju” which is very much in vogue in this part of world.
Keeping all in mind we stepped to the perfect choice of choosing Aditi for our daughter.
Aditi means “ Mother of Gods”.

For Aditi’s namkaran ceremony we did not have anyone from immediate families (really missed everyone) except Mummy (Aditi’s Nanni). Being in this foreign land we decided to go with both the countries tradition. Small pooja was organised at home in the morning with only four of us and of course Panditji (Priest) and threw naming ceremony ( a namkaran ceremony is called naming ceremony in English culture) party in the cold chilly evening of November month, where every invitee came to share and be part of our happiness. I think which ever you choose is a very special way of celebrating the birth of your child and welcoming the new arrival into the family and the wider community. Both ceremonies are unique occasion for everyone to feel involved as they pledge their love and support for your child’s future development.

In the album below I share few pictures from that beautiful evening and take this as platform in thanking every friend and relative from here and miles away to be part of our happiness and joy.