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Trip to M-town!

Sunday and Monday we went to M-town :) I was a really hard trip on me... (it was REALLY hot... and being hot and preg hasn't really worked out well for me)... but it was a great trip!!

We got to hang out with S&S (our worker friends in the city) - and that was great :) We spent the first day with Jaya & Mayank and their family... for some reason I don't have any pics, but we had fun :) We ate and talked and had a lot of fun :)

Then on Monday, we went to the Kumar's house (the family we used to live with). It was UB's (the youngest boy) Birthday! We were at language school last year during his birthday, so we thought this would be a goo time to come and visit... We also missed the other kid's birthdays(Shakshi & Puru) this year because I was sick and on bedrest.... SO... we had a bunch of Birthday gifts to give out :)

We gave the boys a gift, plus something funny... We gave Puru a fake mustache so that he could look like his dad :) haha! (see the pic below)
We gave UB an eye patch... you can't really tell from here, but the eye patch says: "I'm a one-eyed pie" - haha!
Mr. Kumar had some new sunglasses and thought Adam should pose in them.
So, in typical birthday tradition here... you have to feed each other birthday cake when you cut it...
They also put a tikka on UB's forehead.
Afterwards some neighbors came over and we got to hang out with some other people we haven't seen in a while :) In the pic below, the girl on the left is Shavangi. She was my first language helper when we first moved to South Asia... next to her is Shakshi - she's grown a foot since we were last there!!! She's so tall!!!! (I think I look funny in this pic, and I don't even look pregnant - haha!)
At the end of the evening, Mona had a girl come and do Mehndi (henna) on our hands. It's for fun to celebrate the national holiday that takes place tomorrow :)
It was a fun trip :) We have been missing our M-town family :)
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Emily said…
You're right - you don't look pregnant at all in that pic, let alone 22 weeks!! But in the second pic, Jellybean shines through. :) You look so great, even if you were miserably hot. Looks fun!
3:04 PM
The Agarwals said…
I second the comment from e-rob! You do look amazing for being so far along! That pregnancy glow is beautiful on you! Love your outfit and earrings too- you are one stylin Momma!!
10:41 PM
Jeremy's fam said…
I love birthdays! The henna looks so cool.
8:22 AM
Alicia said…
I love that suit...so cute..and jellybean definetly made an appearance in that last photo!!
8:19 PM
jrob said…
Looks like a fun time. Glad to have y'all back!
12:08 PM
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