A Good Weekend

The YMCA was having an event for kids so we stopped by to check it out.

Isha said she wanted to ride the pony so we waited in line and I thought that she would chicken out when it was her turn, but she was brave and she hopped right on.

She loved going for a ride.

She also got to give Clifford (or Clippord, that's what Isha calls him) a big hug.

She doesn't look to excited about sitting in the fire truck, which is funny because she loves when we see one. She always asks me if we can "catch it down". After our busy morning we went to our favorite lunch place that we go to every Saturday. This was the first time that Diya sat up in the high chair. It was great until she leaned her head forward and banged it on the table. Maybe she isn't quite ready yet.

Diya's Photo Shoot

I figured it was time to take Diya in for some pictures. My intentions where to get one of the two of us together since I did this with Isha when she was little and one of Diya by herself. Well I ended up leaving the studio with way more than I bargained for, but how can you say no to a picture this cute: After the photographer was done taking her pictures in the clothes I had brought she had me leave her in just a diaper and she put her in with all these cute props. When I saw how cute they turned out I had to get this one too.

She was just too cute!!!

I wanted to get six months pictures but we didn't make it in until she was 8 months. Oh well, close enough.

The pictures of the two of us together didn't turn out as well as I had hoped. They were the first ones we did so it took her awhile to feel comfortable.

We had lots of fun and Diya did a great job. No crying and I had tons of cute pictures to choose from.

Allergies

Poor Isha has had horrible allergy problems this spring!!! She had been dealing with a stuffy nose and lots of sneezing for a few days, but was starting to feel better, when I decided to let her go to the park. When we came home from the park I put her in the tub and wiped her off to get all of the pollen off (this was during the few weeks when literally everything outside has a yellow/green glow from all the pollen) and when she woke up this is what I found.

Her eyes were so swollen that she could hardly open them and her whole body was covered with a rash. I had never seen anything like it. We went to the peds office the next day and they said she had cellulitis around her eyes so they put her on antibiotics and we gave her claratin in the morning, zyrtec in the evening, and benedryl for in between problems.

Even with all the meds and all the sneezing she still managed to keep her spirits up!!!

Spring Break

Jai's cousin Parul came down and spent her spring break with us. It was great to have her here with us and we can't wait until this fall when she will be living in Richmond full time for school!!

Isha's preschool had Charlie the drug dog come to the school and give a presentation. There is nothing more entertaining than watching a bunch of preschool kids ask a police officer a million crazy questions. Parul was a trooper and came along with us. We also spent some time looking for prom dresses and lots of time coloring and playing with play-doh. I hope we didn't bore her to death, but the girls really enjoyed having her here with us.

We even got an afternoon visit from Maneesha. We all sat around watching Isha dance which was hilarious because she always has this mad face on while she is dancing. She is one sassy little three year old!! Watch out! Diya and her daddy. She loves to snuggle up with him and it is so cute because she always crosses her little feet. Nothing sweeter than little baby feet and toes!!

I also attempted to french braid Isha's hair. This is much harder than it looks. I need to practice more often so that I can get better. Isha was a great sport and she sat perfectly still so that I could braid her hair. She let me do it twice which was pretty impressive!

I should have taken a picture of her after we took the braids out at the end of the day. She had some serious 80's hair going on!!

We didn't do much for Isha's preschool spring break. We just hung around here and went to the park and played at the fountains at Stony Point.

Happy Easter

Our two beautiful little girls on Easter morning all dressed up in their Easter dresses.

A big squeeze from Isha. I sometimes have to remind her to be gentle with her little sister.

Isha and I went to church with the neighbors and Diya stayed home and took a nap. I wish we could have all been there together, but I didn't want to ruin the Easter service with a screaming tired baby.

Isha got lots of special chocolate from For The Love Of Chocolate in Carytown. She ate a ton of candy that day, but your only a kid once so we let her indulge. Diya enjoyed her puffs and yogurt melts.

I love this picture. It looks like the are showing each other what the Easter bunny brought them.

Adam and Laura got them matching outfits for Easter. They looked so adorable!!!

Here is a collage of Isha and Diya's first Easter. I dug out the Easter bunny outfit so that I could get a picture of Diya in it also. Isha was only 3 months on her first Easter, while Diya was 7 months, but they both managed to fit in it. Diya only wore the outfit for a picture because it was way to warm to be wearing long sleeves and pants this Easter.

The ears did get a little smashed in the box, but Diya didn't seem to mind. We colored some eggs and Isha did a great job finding all of them. After a nice afternoon nap we went to Adam and Laura's house and had a wonderful dinner outside to celebrate Easter.