Last Wednesday, we celebrated the 'Valaikappu' which typically means 'The Bangle Ceremony. In other words, it's a baby shower for the Tamil community.
This is a ceremony celebrated by the women folks in the family to 'shower' the pregnant mother with glass bangles, attended by family members and friends.
The highlight is when children are asked to pick a delicacy that the expectant mother keeps in a bag that's kept hidden wrapped with the end of her Saree. The majority shape of the delicacy picked by the children is believed to hint the gender of the baby.
Exactly a week later, yesterday morning, 18th June, we welcomed ... Him!
A bundle of joy and my future partner in crime as we add happiness to the family.
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