Baby woof-woof

One of the highlights, well besides my brothers big fun engagement party, was that Robin's parents got a new puppy while we were in India this December. They have always had Labradors so this one too is a gorgeous one month old beige Labrador puppy.

Tarana talks about animals all the time - woof-woofs, meow-meows, hathis (elephants) etc. She is very enthusiasm about them as long as there isn't a real one in her vicinity. When she sees a real dog or cat she actually gets quite scared and often climbs up into my arms.

It was really good for her to spend a week with baby woof-woof at Robin's parents place. We could all see her comfort level grow with each day.  She woke up every morning asking about baby woof-woof but on the first day she climbed up onto the bed the moment he came to lick her. By the last day she was opening the door to let him into her room and patting him gently on the head!

Robin's family is a bit legendary about taking their time to decide on a name. Baby woof-woof, as Tarana calls him, doesn't have a name yet and if Robin's tales are true it should not expect one till it decides to go to school!

According to Robin, he didn't have a formal name (well, everyone called him 'kochimon' - the little one) till the day he went to school. Robin says that on the morning of his first day at school, while his father was looking into a mirror and shaving, he called Robin and told him "you are going to school today so we need to give you a name". He gave him a few options and Robin, after 'Robin Hood' sounded rather romantic to our young Robin who happily agreed to his name!