• mdbumit
  • you could fit your entire binky in your mouth sideways
  • you would throw your HME all the time
  • you liked to hit Thatha with his walking stick
  • you would pretend to need suctioning to get out of doing something you didn’t like
  • You loved to be outside watching any kind of construction, you would sign “men, working”
  • You would dance with one finger pointed in the air
  • how after a bath I would wrap you in a towel and you would climb into my lap for a hug…then run down the hallway naked!
  • Every time you were prompted to type your name on the leap pad, I would say “what does that say, mom?” you would laugh and type an “m” before shaking your head no and typing k-i-r-a-n
  • you loved to swing
  • when we would read to you as a baby, you would impatiently sit with one hand in the air because you wanted to be the one to turn the page
  • you found a button on your talking computer which said “checkers.”  You thought it sounded like “Sekhar.”  You would press the button and point to dad, smiling.
  • You had a friend named Tendi, who took a different bus to school.  You liked to wait for her to get off her bus every morning before going inside.  You would help her with her bag, while mom or Kathy schlepped all of your stuff.
  • how you liked to do the huge floor puzzle of the Hungry Caterpillar every morning at school.
  • Your mad face
  • Winner winner chicken dinner
  • How mad you got when you were a baby if Mom’s arm was blocking your view
  • How you would push your red cart down the hallway when you were learning to walk
  • How you would roll all over the house before you started crawling
  • Waiting at the window for Ed to show up in the school bus
  • Always picking Dad when asked who was going to wash your face
  • How you loved to bowl
  • How you would always come over and join in when you saw mom and dad hugging – but only for a few seconds, because clearly one of us had to come and play with you (so we’d get the quick double pat on the back).
  • How we’d say/sign Mama, Daddy, Kiran, 1-2-3.  Mama, Daddy and Kiran are a family
  • How you’d suddenly decide it was time to stop cuddling and get off dad in the morning and go and find the DVD that you wanted to watch.
  • How you’d drive dad crazy by wanting a “different” DVD every few minutes while we were on a long-distance car trip.
  • How much you loved your friend Kathy
  • You loved playing in water, pools and the ocean.
  • You knew more signs than mom or dad
  • You would ask for a bowl of daddy’s cereal and then proceed to feed it to us
  • Mr Potato Head always had to have black eyes and blue shoes

We miss you so much baby.  We wish you were here.  It is as unbelievable today as it was three years ago that you are not with us.  We will be having some strawberry and peach soy yogurt in your honor.

Love,

Mama, Daddy and Ravi