the emotional roller coaster ride on the path towards being a doting father...
the phase of realisation of the dream Anuj never dared to dream of.. A complete family
The big day arrived and Anuj rushed to the hospital with Anu. On the way, he did call Dr. Adi and requested him to reach the hospital, which Adi agreed to and immediately left for the hospital. Adi did ensure to call Anu's gynecologist and share some emergency tips with her, incase they might due to her previous medial conditions.
When Anuj reached the hospital with Anu and Mukku, Devika was already present with Adi. The doctors immediately rushed Anu into the labor room and asked everyone else to wait outside.
Anuj was impatiently walking down the corridor, unable to rest and just yearning to see his Anu. In the meantime Adi di come out to speak with him and later on asked if he would like to be with Anu in the labor room.
Without a second thought, Anuj rushed into the room and hurriedly looked for Anu. He rushed towards her and clasped her palm tight in both his hands, softly kissing her hand, not bothering about the hospital around.
He didn't leave Anu for a second. She was in labor for 12 hours and Anuj was just there by her side, pampering her, caressing her forehead and trying to keep her calm, however he was in panic from within, but very smartly, he did hide his condition from Anu.
Finally, Maansi and Mann were born, the two cute angels to complete the #MaAn family. Their joys knew no bounds. Anuj was overwhelmed with this double blessings and tears of happiness rolled down his cheeks as he held his babies in his arms for the first time.
Anu said in a teasing voice : Papa, it would be triple duty now as you will have to manage Anu and two babies. To this Anuj replied with a proud smile, I am up for all the challenges and will take care of all the precious pieces of his heart.
Back home, from hospital, Anuj was on his toes always. he did arrange to wok from home and also arranged everything a way where he could spend more time with Anu and help her to take care of the new borns,
However, to be honest, it wasn't an easy task. To allow Anu to rest maximum, he , GK Kaka and Mukku had taken up the task of looking after majority of the things for babies. Days were manageable, but nights were challenging.
At times, Maansi would wake up, start crying and Anuj would be with her, feeding her baby food, playing with her and then singing lullaby for her. Once she would fall fast asleep, Mann would wake up and Anuj would be repeating same with him with all the love and affection.
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By the time Mann would fall asleep, Maansi would wake up and this continued in circles. Anuj would go crazy with sleepless nights and Anu would at times tease him. However, Anu was very understanding and she would take turns to look after the babies, so Anuj could rest and look after his health.
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#MaAn being the most understanding couple, took nice care of the babies and also supported each other in raising the babies, creating most memories with them during this phase of their first year.
Anuj did capture every moment, the first time the babies sat, stoop up holding things, their first steps, their first teeth, every moment.
He did capture the moment, when for the first time Maansi said her first word : Papa and Mann said : Mumma. Anuj used to tease Anu, Maansi is my daughter and Mann is your son. However, they both loved both the kids equally and promised to raise them with same standards and inculcate same values that have been used by the elder Kapadias to raise Anuj and Mukku. At times, Anuj's eyes would shed a tear, missing his parents. He knew for the fact that they would have been the happiest grand-parents and would have raised the twin siblings in a much better way.
