It all started off when Archana told us about Kesini's birthday party on February 21. We were'nt sure if we could make it. Then we received the invitation about two weeks prior to the party and after we read the invitation we almost made it sure that we would go to the party at whatever cost. The invitation was cutely written, we felt that Kesini herself was asking us to come and attend her birthday party. We wanted to surprise Archana and Sunil but unfortunately for some unknown reason we had to tell them that we were coming and that was when all the excitement began on both sides. The plan was that Priya would finish her classes at 12:30pm and we would leave for LongBeach in the 1:50pm flight. We would reach LongBeach at 3:10pm which would make us be in time for the 4pm party. The party was a grand success and we have to admire and appreciate Archana's creativity in pulling off this party to a grand successful one.
Date(s): February 21, 2004. Album by Karthik Nagaraj. Photos by Priya and Karthik. 1 - 15 of 65 Total. 1797 Visits.
toooooo good - no words to express it- anyway i dont know you - i'm sure that you will not be know me- i think you can become a wonderful cameraman- you are technically very good - would like to meet you at least once - anyways to introduce i am the brother of archana"s hubby, anyway go on dude- actually the reason why kesini looks so chweeeeet - i am her uncle and her mother has 1000$ smile. - praveen, Fri, 12 Mar 2004 2:54PM
The pictures were excellent and the comments made them thoroughly enjoyable. I am not sure what Karthik's profession is but if he were to turn to photography or cinematography he can be sure of one loyal fan. Thanks to Karthik I have got this opportunity to see Kesini. BTW, I am Kesini's uncle, Sunil's elder brother. My entire family loved the pictures. - Arun Balasubramaniam, Sun, 7 Mar 2004 2:06PM
I would like to thank my pretty wife, Priya to have edited the comments and made necessary changes. The reason why this album is good is because of her too... - Karthik M Nagaraj, Sun, 7 Mar 2004 1:52PM
Great pictures. Kesini looks adorable! - Naveen, Sun, 7 Mar 2004 9:32AM
excellent,I enjoyed very much, very creative one.realy felt like attended the party.thank you archana for sending the album to us - Annam, Sun, 7 Mar 2004 3:18AM
Thanks a ton Karthik, since we have personally attended Kesini's birthday. We are Kesini's uncle and Aunt from Dubai(Archana's brother and wife). We just loved the thoughtfull explanation for each of the pictures. Lovely job. We thoroughly enjoyed it. Vinodh and Gouri. Happy enjoying everyone watching them - Gouri Lakshman, Sun, 7 Mar 2004 12:35AM
Hi Karthik, I'm Archana's friend who got to see these cute photos. It was like as though I was physically present to see the party happen. Gr8 work!!! - Deepa, Sat, 6 Mar 2004 10:04PM
Guys, check out Kesini's 2nd year birthday party album. It is a multimedia album with videos here and there showing Kesini's cute actions. Please wait until the video completely loads and then play it. While downloading, the video will stop and play. The album by default is in thumbnail mode so please click on the first picture and you can navigate from there. Enjoy folks ! - Karthik Nagaraj, Sat, 6 Mar 2004 5:16PM
enlarge 49KB, 800x617 1 This was the wonderful and very expressive invitation that persuaded us to confirm our travel to LongBeach. We were very moved and felt as though Kesini personally was inviting us to her Elmo Birthday Party.
I'm gonna let Kesini take over from this point on and guide us along the pictures and videos of her birthday party. Ok Kesini its Party Time!!!!
enlarge 56KB, 800x600 2 Hi all! Its me Kesini - I'm the birthday girl and I'm the one turning 2 today. Thanks for coming to my Elmo party. I just loveeeeeee Elmo ! Thats why my mom arranged this Elmo theme party for me. Look, my dress is also red because Elmo is red in color. Is it not thoughtful of my mom? Thanks mommy.......
enlarge 60KB, 600x800 3 Those are my red, blue, pink and white balloons which my dad got for me. The party was at the Clubhouse which was decorated marvelously by my mom and me. I'm waiting for my little friends to come...Why are they taking so long? I had asked them to come at 4p.m.
enlarge 64KB, 800x600 4 Thats me and my appa(dad). People say my appa is very friendly and very nice. I agree with them. Also, I LOVE MY APPA VERY MUCH!! I have a great time playing games with appa.The party hall is all set to welcome my friends. Lets see who comes first to my party?Hmmmmmmm....i am not able to see... Oh! its Priya aunty and the big guy - Karthik uncle. He is well-known for carrying his tripod, camera, and camcorder where ever he goes. My friends at San Jose gave me this piece of information about Karthik uncle. You can see his tripod already set on the right side. I think he was the one who took this picture. "ALong with the girl, the dad also lo..." "Sunil,
Please put on some weight.
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enlarge 61KB, 600x800 5 Thats Halia - my good friend and neighbor. Thats her mom behind her. Halia is looking pretty with her Elmo cap. She is all set to have fun with me, my other friends and of course ELMO!Hey Halia, LET's PARTY!!!!
enlarge 90KB, 800x600 6 Ok here is the party table - I would like to call it the "Elmo's world on a table." You can see the Happy Birthday sign hanging in the back, the Elmo puppet that sings Happy birthday, heart shaped cookies, Elmo cake - in fact I got 2 of them, one was an Elmo picture cake, another was an Elmo face cake. Other yummy things to eat were the samosas with sweet and spicy chutney, sweets, chocloate pretzels, chex party mix, oatmeal cookies and oh of course i have to tell you all that everything was served on an Elmo plate. Elmo napkins were also used by everybody after the food.....Did'nt I say," It's all about Elmo this time?"
enlarge 87KB, 800x600 7 Lets take a closer look at each and every item on the party table. Lets start with the Elmo picture cake that my mom ordered. It reads "Happy Birthday to our Elmo Kesini." Does'nt the cake look delicious? I have to tell you all that my mom is very creative and she does many things to make me happy. I LOVE YOU MOMMY! I loved the cake. My favorite Elmo is saying Hi to me. Hey Elmo, thanks for coming to my birthday party.
enlarge 101KB, 800x600 8 Thats the second Elmo cake that aunt Joan baked exclusively for me. Thank you aunt Joan for baking such a wonderful and delicious cake for me. My mom told me that you baked the cake just before my party - thats incredible! And yeah - yummy chocolate cake - I just love it.
enlarge 89KB, 800x600 9 Look at the Elmo plates!Everybody had to eat in the elmo plates. I think everybody enjoyed the food and loved the cake.
enlarge 82KB, 600x800 10 Hey there, my dearest Elmo,can you pleecchhhhhhh sing Happy birthday for me? Ok Kesini, here I start...Happy birthday Kesini, Happy Birthday Kesini.......Thank you Elmo! Thank you! Thank you for the enchanting birthday song.
enlarge 57KB, 800x600 11 Elmo balloon - The big uncle had to tightly hold the elmo balloon as it was shying away from the camera. Adults think kids don't observe anything. I'm just 2 years old but I observe a lot of things around me, especially - uncle karthik with his camera, camcorder and tripod........
enlarge 4.15MB, 800x545 Download MPEG 12 Karthik uncle shot this video of mine as he found me and my actions adorable.Watch me and decide for yourself........
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enlarge 3.04MB, 800x545 Download MPEG 13 Priya aunty is carrying me in this picture. I think she is explaining some game to me.
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enlarge 60KB, 800x600 14 Thats Priya aunty - remember Karthik uncle I introduced before? His wife. I have not yet gone to Karthik uncle as he is very busy taking pictures and videos of my party. So I went to Priya aunty. She is nice and cute and cuddles me. Oh before I forget, am I not looking cute with my Elmo cap and fur coat ?
enlarge 38KB, 800x600 15 My pal - Halia. We both were eating cookies and coloring Elmo with our crayons. Look at Halia's face smeared with cookies and samosa. I'm no less either...
