Diya Gets Her Ears Pierced

Diya went to the doctor today to get her ears pierced. She looks so cute with her earrings! She did a great job. When Isha had hers pierced she was screaming even before she had them done because she didn't like being held still by the nurse. Diya was just happy as could be and had no problem being held down by the nurse. The doctor said that it made it hard for him to do it with her just sitting there smiling at him. I already had a stomach ache, but when they did the actual piercing and she started crying it made me cry. It is such an awful feeling to know that your child is crying because of something you decided for them. Poor Diya!!

As soon as they were done they handed her to me and she stopped crying almost immediately and a few minutes later she had her big beautiful smile back. Diya is such an easy going and happy little baby. She looks cute with her newly pierced ears. I am glad it is over!!

Baltimore

Last week we spent a few days in Baltimore and we all had a great time. We took the girls to the National Aquarium and Isha loved the dolphin show. She also likes seeing the "Nemo" fish. She kept calling the sharks "naughty fish" and she enjoyed watching the divers feed the rays. We watched a movie in the 4-D Immersion theater. Boy was that interesting. Diya was hungry so I thought that would be the perfect time to feed her. Well, stupid me, I didn't realize that 4-D meant we were going to get sprayed with water, poked in the back by the chairs and have bubbles floating all over. Poor Diya was screaming and I felt like the worst/dumbest mother ever. Luckily we all survived. We spent Friday at the Port Discovery Children's Museum and Isha had a blast. She had fun playing in the balls and making art projects in the art studio.

I think her favorite part of the museum was the water works area.

Friday night we had a great diner at Amiocci's in Little Italy and then walked across the street to Vaccaro's for some gelato and cannolis. YUMMY!!

On Saturday we went to the Baltimore Basilica and took a tour and then headed down to visit with Jai's cousins in Fairfax and then a stop in Fredericksburg to visit with some friends.

We did lots of walking in the rain, but it was fun to be out and away from home for a few days. But traveling with a baby and a preschooler can be a little stressful so it was nice to get home and relax!

Happy 12 Week Birthday to Diya

It is hard to believe that Diya is already 12 weeks!! The time is going by even faster this time around, which is really hard because I don't want my baby to grow up so fast!

I absolutely love these girls. I am thankful every day to have two beautiful daughters!!! Diya finally fits in her outfit today so her and Isha were able to were their matching clothes from Grandma Louise. They have matching pants also, but Diya had a massive blow out this morning. Luckily we had these yellow pants which matched. While I was cleaning Diya up this morning I could hear Isha getting into something in the other room. When I went to check on her there was 20 feet of Christmas wrapping paper unrolled in the guestroom!!! Once Diya is mobile I am in so so so much trouble!

I love Diya's smile, especially her dimples!!!! Nothing melts my heart like a smile from one of my favorite girls.

Catching a little nap in the car seat. I love how peaceful she looks when she is sleeping.

Another nap in the car seat. When I went to check on her I found her headband across her eyes. I thought that it had just happened because she was wiggling around, but when I pulled the headband up there were marks where it had been sitting. I guess it had been there for awhile. Oh well, it didn't seem to bother her.

Happy Halloween

We had a fun night of trick or treating. We only went to 10 houses, but that was enough candy to make Isha happy! Here is my little Halloween princess. Isha didn't like the hat so she just wore her Halloween headband when we went out trick or treating.

Diya was an adorable little flower!! I love this picture. I put Diya in the Moby wrap and after a few houses she was asleep. Her head was drooping and someone said she looked like a wilted flower. Poor little baby.

Isha's preschool class had a Halloween party on Thursday, so Diya and I went to school with Isha to help celebrate. Her Isha is waiting with her teacher, Miss Manisha, to start music class.

Isha is laying back relaxing while her teachr, Miss Kim, reads a spider book to them. Their theme for Halloween week was spiders!!

The best part of the party...SNACKS. They had oreos that looked like spiders and cookies that looked like witch hats.

Diya's First Photo Session

While my grandma was here we took the girls to get their first professional pictures together. The pictures of the girls together didn't turn out to well, but we did get some cute ones of just Diya. We had a few problems with the session. First our photographer wasn't very good. Isha was having a hard time holding Diya up and the girl just kept taking pictures. I finally had to ask her if we could prop Diya up! They also had a really pretty fall background that she never used. I should have asked for it but I was so stressed out that I was just trying to get the pictures done and over with. I really need to get the names of the good ones and request them!!

Our second problem was that Isha was being totally corny and was making funny faces while Diya looked like she was ready for a boxing match!!Our third problem was that Diya was hungry. I brought a bottle for her, but I should have given it to her before we started because once she got mad it was all down hill. Oh well, live and learn I guess.

There will be more chances in the future to get some good pictures of the girls together, but for now this one will just have to do.

I love Isha's cheesy wink in this one!

One final shot of Diya. It isn't the best picture but I love that you can see her beautiful blue eyes!!!

A Visit From Great Grandma Carol

Diya got a new toy the other day and Isha loves it almost as much as Diya does!! Diya is getting to the point where she likes to be entertained and is no longer happy just laying around looking at the ceiling. Every time we lay her down Isha has to come over and snuggle up with her little sister. It is really sweet.

My Grandma Carol came to see the girls. She has made a trip out from Washington every year since Isha was born. The girls are so lucky to have a Great Grandmother in their lives, and especially one that can come to visit with them.

The weather was beautiful while my grandma was here so we took the girls to the park one day and it was great to be outside in the beautiful Virginia fall weather. Diya got lots of time with Grandma Carol which was great!

Isha must have gone down the slide 100 times while we were at the park.

Just The Girls

Dad has been out of town this week so it has just been me and the girls at home. Last night we made a pizza and watched the BSU football game! Go Broncos!!!

Isha helped me chop the olives for the pizza while Diya hung out in the bouncy seat and supervised.

Yesterday the fire truck came to Isha's school! Here is a picture of her class with the fire truck and fireman. Of course, since I was there, Isha had to put on a show and pretend to be scared and she refused to get in the picture.

The girls are getting a little daddy time!

This is what Isha does anytime I tell her to smile for the camera! She is a dentist's dream but a camera happy mom's nightmare!!!! I love Diya's smile in this picture.

No smiles in this picture, but at least you can't see Isha's tonsils!!

We have been getting lots of care packages in the mail since Diya arrived and Isha has had a blast playing with all her new toys and wearing her new clothes! Here she is trying her hair bows out on her ankles. Silly girl! Grandma Louise sent her lots of Halloween hair bows so we will be all ready for Halloween this year.

Once again here is a "smile" from Isha!

We are doing great and adjusting to being a family of four. Things are pretty easy most of the time. Isha is definitely trying out the "terrible twos", but she makes up for it with her adorable facial expressions, funny antics and hilarious conversations. I love being the mom to two adorable and wonderful little girls!!!!

Two Months Old

Diya had her two month check up today and she is doing great. She now weights 10 pounds and 7 ounces and is 22 1/4 inches. She has gained a little over one pound and grown a full inch!! She is still in the 50 percentile for height and weight.

Poor Diya also got lots of shots today and I had to watch her get them. Usually they give them to her while we are talking to the doctor, but they were busy today and hadn't gotten to Diya by the time I was done, so I was brave and stayed with her. It is the saddest thing. The poor baby got two shots in each leg and her little face turned red the instant the needle went in. It made me tear up to see her so unhappy.

Diya is also developing perfectly. She is smiling all of the time. My favorite is when she gets up first thing in the morning she always has a big smile for me. What a perfect way to start the day.

She is doing great at holding her head up and she is cooing all of the time. So far her eyes have stayed blue!! We are hoping that they stay this way. That way we will have one brown eyed beauty and one blue eyed beauty!

This was supposed to be a picture of the adorable booties that Holli made for Diya, but instead it looks like Diya is waiting for a flood!! I will get a better picture of the booties to post at a later date!

Sisters

Isha and Diya are doing great!! Isha loves her little sister. She is very gentle with her and she enjoys talking to her and giving her lots of hugs and kisses.

Diya is doing great. She had started to outgrow most of the newborn clothes and she is getting much more vocal. She is "talking" a lot and is also spending a little more time awake every day. One of the best things is that she is starting to focus on stuff and is good at giving great big grins when she sees us.

Jai's parents have been her visiting the last few weeks so Diya has spent lots of time snuggling with her grandpa and Isha has been playing with her grandma.

Such a sweet little face. Diya still has blue eyes and I am starting to wonder if they are going to stay that way. I guess we will just have to wait and see.

Isha has a new favorite phrase: You've got to be kidding me!! She says this all the time. It totally cracks me up when she says it because it is so darn cute. She is such a nut, I have no idea where she comes up with this stuff, but I love it because she always keeps us laughing. Isha is really enjoying school and so far I haven't had any calls from her teacher so everything must be going well. The other day they painted pictures and Isha told the teacher that her picture was a "masterpiece".

Isha's First Day Of Preschool

Today was the big day, Isha's first day of preschool. We did the carpool drop off and there were no tears, at least from Isha. I have to admit that I was a little teary eyed as I drove away. It is hard to believe that she is so grown up. The kids have a folder that their teachers use to communicate with the parents and today they wrote that Isha had lots of fun and a reminder for me to do my homework. We have to make a page with pictures of our family to put in the class book.

I have no idea what she was doing in this picture. She is one crazy little woman!!!!

Diya's One Month Check Up

Diya went for her one month check up and she now weighs 9 pounds and 4 ounces. That is more than two pounds heavier than when she left the hospital! She is 21 1/2 inches tall. She is in the 50 percentile for both height and weight. Her doctor gave her a clean bill of health and we will go back when she is 2 months old.

You can see her extra little chin in this picture.

Diya is spending a little more time awake these days and holding her head up so that she can check out her surroundings. She is also smiling a lot. Occasionally she will let out an adorable little coo. It is so fun to hear her sweet voice.

Once again she has that deer caught in the head lights look! This picture was taken right after her bath and you can kind of see how curly her hair is.

Sisters

Here is a picture of Diya after her bath this morning. Luckily she likes the bath because she gets a lot of them. She spits up a ton so I am always having to give her a bath so that she smells good. This is the cute little onsie that her Uncle Jamie sent her. It has a lion on it and it says THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT perfect for a baby whose Momma is a Borah alumni!

Isha loves her sister. Any time anyone looks at Diya or talks about her Isha is quick to tell them that Diya is HER sister!!

Ahhhh...nap time for both girls = a little peace and quiet for mommy!

The other night we went over to Adam and Laura's house for dinner and Laura's parents were also there. This was their first chance to meet Diya.

Isha and Diya with Laura, who is due to have twin girls in 8 weeks. That means that there are 4 kids on that chair!!

Doing what she does best. Unfortunately there were a couple of days this week that she decided she felt like being a night owl. One night she didn't go to bed until 12:30 am and then the next night was even worse! She finally decided to go to sleep at 2:00am!! Luckily last night she went to bed at 11:00 pm which was great. I don't know if it was luck or the gripe water that I gave her, but either way it was really nice to get to bed at a decent hour.

One nice thing is that once she goes to sleep at night she is out! There have only been a few times that she has woke us up at night. If I didn't wake her up to feed her I bet she would sleep all night! Once the doctor gives us the okay I am going to just let her keep on sleeping at night!!

We go back to the doctor in a week for her one month appointment so we will let you know what she weighs in at!!!