Our Luttapi Babies

For D and S

To say that the Dad has a delectable sense of humor, is an understatement. I wouldn’t compare to his standards, but my attempts have sure yielded some effort J One of my fav personal jokes were our nicknaming our yet-to-be-born babies - Luttapi and Kadalundi. In short, Luttu and Kundi. ( Go ahead and laugh, we had cracked ribs for a while, before it got stale ).

True to our word, after our err-ehem-ehem struggles of conception, when we had our first news of D, out came her nickname till birth - Luttu. Got to be quite a favorite among the Rest of the Cast, mind you both.

And before we knew it, with a bang came news of S. Totally unpredicted, and we weren’t even trying. Seriously. But boy what a surprise was he. And in keeping with the tradition, aptly named for the 9 months that he was inside – Luttu2. Honestly, though I’d joked about it, just din't have the heart of calling him Kundi ;)

D, you were still quite young to understand when S was kickboxing inside me. But you kind of got the message that there was a baby inside my tummy, even got you calling him Luttu2. And you learnt to respond as well, when asked whats in mummys tummy, with an adorable reply – ammede vayattilu Luttu2 inde.

Thankfully you transitioned immediately after he was born, to calling him your Aniyan baby and Aniyan vava, rather than embarrassing us with Luttu2, or pointing to Ammas tummy again ;) conceding that I’d not lost pregnancy weight immediately.

Well, heres the beginning of our saga J and cheers to a life full of adventures, my lovely Luttapies.

Love in abundance,

Ma