Diya Finally Starts Walking

Actually she has been able to walk for awhile now. She would take a few steps occasionally and walk from one chair to the next, but as soon as she fell down she would crawl because she could get around much faster that way. Well, this week she finally decided to start walking full time. She is still a little wobbly but she is getting better every day. She has already started to run away from me! As soon as she started walking she got mighty feisty!!! I guess she figures that if she does all the work to walk over to get something then she doesn't appreciate you taking it away from her. Let's just say that there has been a lot of screaming around here lately. The girls have also started fighting because now Diya can keep up with Isha. All I can say is that life is going to get even harder now!!! Diya hasn't gotten any more teeth, but her vocabulary keeps growing. Her new words are baby, bear, oh boy and bye-bye. She is a babbler and I love to have "conversations" with her. She gets so animated. She is still eating like a champ, but tiny compared to all the other little kids. Having Diya in our family has made us all feel complete!! Having two little girls is the BEST!!!

How can you not love this naughty little mess?

Isha Gets Her Orange Headband & Tiger Patch

Isha had her second testing for her orange headband and tiger patch and she did great!! Here she is with her teacher, Mr. Coakley, getting her orange headband.

A few action shots.

BLOCK!! KICK!!

SIDE KICK!!

Her next test is in December and she will be getting her yellow belt.

A Visit From G & G Oberoi

Grandma and Grandpa Oberoi drove all the way from Texas to come and visit. The girls had lots of fun playing with their grandparents and being spoiled rotten!!!

California Pizza Kitchen

My mom's group had an outing at the California Pizza Kitchen where the kids were given a tour of the kitchen and then they were able to make their own pizza. A little sauce and cheese! Isha was so proud of her pizza, but I think that Diya ended up eating more of it than Isha did.

A big smile for the chef. All of the people in the kitchen were great with the kids. It was fun to see them working together to help the kids with their pizzas.

After we finished making pizza we got to visit with all of our Richmond Mommy friends while the pizza was cooking. They even brought out pizza and drinks for all of the mommies!! What a treat.

Fall Festival 2010

Every year our neighborhood had a fall festival and it is always lots of fun. My sweet little girls in the pumpkin patch. There was a petting zoo and the girls had a good time visiting with all of the animals.

Diya LOVED this donkey. She just kept squealing every time we went to see him.

Diya also loved the bunnies. She didn't want anyone else coming near them and if they did she would scream at them. After checking out the animals we washed our hands and then had pizza and cotton candy and then played a few games.

Isha had her face painted. This was the first time she had ever had it done and she loved the finished product.

It is so much fun hanging out with these two girls. It was also fun to hang out with all of our neighbors.

A Day At Colonial Williamsburg

All of the kids in Isha's preschool class get a chance to spend the day with "Emma Bear". The assignment is to take Emma Bear outside and explore nature so we decided to head to Colonial Williamsburg to enjoy the day. Isha and Emma

Checking out the cannon.

We walked through a small bamboo forest and we found this old tree stump. It was nice and shady here which was nice since it was a warm fall day.

There was no way that Isha was going to stick her head in this thing, but she did let us put Emma in the pillory.

We had such a great time hanging out with Emma and after our adventure moms homework started. I had to take pictures and write up a summary of what Isha and Emma found. We also collected lots of leaves, walnuts, flowers, rocks, shells and sticks that Isha shared with the class. Her teacher said she did a great job and that she got a lot out of the experience. We are so proud of our little girl.

More Professional Pictures

I took the girls to Portrait Innovations to get some pictures of them together, some for Diya's first birthday and some of Diya in her baptism gown. After lots of wardrobe changes, a little crying and once again more money spent than originally intended here is what we came home with. Diya in her Indian dress complete with bracelets and bells on her ankles.

My two little Indian princesses!!!

I hadn't planned on getting any of Isha by herself, but the photographer was taking her picture while I was getting Diya dressed and how could I say no to this? I can't believe how grown up she is looking these days!! Her hair has gotten really long and she gets prettier every day!

Diya in her baptism gown.

And finally the birthday girl!!! I loved this strawberry dress. It was perfect for a summer birthday baby!

We didn't buy any of the pose with the block because Diya spent most of the time climbing on it.

I still have pictures from early summer that I need to send out. I am so sorry for being such a slacker. I promise to get them in the mail soon and just think since I waited so long now you will be getting twice as many pictures.