Joy of Motherhood !!

Julie.. Its not that I was seeing pregnant women for the first time but Ju was something different..with her peppy walk and clear laughter(not to miss that she munched some eatable every half an hour!)

 Like every woman, she had her little troubles during the while, but I would still talk to her for hours together & forgetting her stuff...she would rather dive deep into my stories and cheer me up for the day :) The last few weeks went in discussions like how to click the baby, me explaining the concept of using a basket..definitely not the ones like Mango & Guava walas use - i.e what Ju imagined !!

Basically..she doesn't like knowing about anything around(general knowledge), all happy by just grabbing something to eat after her household work and crash to bed.The only time she appeared a bit sharp(sharper) was these 9 months or so...(to our surprise) :-p



Her weird imagination of the final day was actually awesome...that she would play rock music in her mobile and increase the excitement level of the doctors - it would obviously then make their hairs stand straight like Porcupines! On the actual day..to her disappointment, the nurse looked very boring and there was no music inside the labour room...these were all updates sent by the crazy girl just before her delivery ;)

When I actually rushed to see the baby next day morning (June 16th), I was overly delighted to watch the little one yawning...trying to open the tiny winy eyes, seeming to get irritated. I must say that I couldn't stop remembering about Ani...the day in 2007 and I really wished I had this Canon beast, we could only click through mobiles back then! Getting back here...the little boy's lips were the best, with a small pout, neatly shaped and looking very much like Auggie(Ju's better half)..Some babies appear so obvious in resemblance(to mom..or dad) and some..people keep associating their looks to every single person in the family but when they start growing up, they don't look like anyone but themselves, quite an interesting subject to research huh!

Auggie seemed to be more excited than Ju - his heartfelt smile and happiness was reflecting all over the place. Ju was as cool as expected, but at least I didn't want her to be almost running around in the ward - like an athlete(thats what she claims!). I was initially lost in the mood of watching the most beautiful and tender being around....and got into conversations with people there when I remembered about the pictures(photography) plan that we had discussed earlier. 




It was actually a very tough thing to hold the camera above the baby's head and still not to get diverted by the softness of the scene...but concentrate on the aperture/ISO. After all, the woman in me was very will alive!

I managed to click a few good pictures and not wanting to disturb the baby more, rushed back...but... didn't miss visiting them the next day (couldn't afford to miss to enjoy the scene of the baby boy yawning). I don't think he would be a cranky one cause when the chief doctor came to take a look at him...and pushed away his warm clothing, he went "waaaaaaaaayn..." for just a few seconds and when wrapped back, got quiet like a sleeping doll - aah the cute little smile too ! Babies look the best when they are babies...if you know what I mean...as they are, all innocent, new to the world...blinking at people, watching at things with curiosity...I don't mind writing even a hundred lines more about it :)

I promised Ju that I would visit her sometime for better photographs...as the baby gets used to lights and people and food - our creative juices would flow in composing the pictures with the best use of properties. I was thanking Ju at heart for giving me the space to explore my Anne Geddes side...anyway, not to worry with Ani (also) being my in house child model ready to pose anytime...perhaps I could work on my concept ideas and get them into frames in near future. 

Note: Ju says that becoming a Mother is the best feeling any girl can have...these days!!Hope this statement helps her grow up and get a change to her comical, funny and childlike version to an extent ;)

Hopes & Smiles.... San :)