My Nephew Nikhil

Nikhil Gautam Kohli was born on March 14, 2003, the son of my sister Rosy and her husband Robin.  This is a picture of him at 7 days old, right after he'd come home from the hospital.  Unfortunately, there were complications during the birth and he had been in an incubator for a week before my sister could bring him home, but when she did - boy, was he a beautiful baby.  

As I've mentioned elsewhere on this site, I was fortunate enough to spend the summer of 2003 with my sister and brother-in-law and new nephew while on my internship with Merck Frosst in Toronto.  Because of this, I was able to watch the little tike grow from a newborn into tiny tot with an adorable little personality.  This is him at 3 months.  

It really is incredible just how fast babies grow.  After leaving Toronto at the end of August, when Nikhil was 5.5 months old, I didn't see him again until mid-October, when he'd grown significantly.  After that I didn't see him until the Christmas vacation and his 9th birthday on December 14th.  This is during that trip.  Isn't he adorable?  Go on, you can say it, it's ok.  

This is Nikhil during the same trip, enjoying his first experience with a Christmas Tree.  Needless to say, he found all the little ornaments and baubles absolutely fascinating and promptly tried to put every one he could get his hands on straight into his mouth.