The first Noel

Babies' first Christmas ever! We were quite excited to give them their presents... of course, they didn't really know that they had to open them, we helped a little. ;) Anjali was quite fascinated by the wrapping paper, she thought that was an awesome present! Chaya was actually a bit scared of the first toy they got, once we turned it on and it started to make noises and have bright lights all over. They got lots of fun new things to play with. Prosanta and I had 2 doggie stuffed animals made for them at the Build-a-Bear store, and we got them each a little shirt. They are really cute, we hope they cherish them forever. My dad gave me a bear when I was little and I always loved that bear.

Chaya wasn't in the best of moods on Christmas eve and the days before, we think she's getting some new teeth soon. She's been quite cranky especially in the evenings, and has been getting up often at night. We were hoping for their 2 front teeth for Christmas, but no such luck. Not yet.

Christmas videos

Videos of the girls on their first Christmas

Photo shoot with Anjali

Anjali at 7 months old.. she really had fun on the couch!

Looking like a little devil

Ooh.. very charming miss Anjali!

Visiting Santa! On visite le Pere Noel!

We took the girls to see Santa at the mall.. even though we knew they probably would cry. And they did. Both started crying right away when sitting on his lap, then Anjali stopped and kept looking up at his face, and Chaya kept crying. We had a good time, I guess it's more for the parents at this age! ;)

On est alles voir le Pere Noel au centre d'achats avec les petites! On savait qu'elles pleureraient probablement. Les deux ont commence a pleurer aussitot assises sur les genou du Pere Noel. Anjali s'est arrete, et elle le regardait tres serieusement, et Chaya continuait de pleurer. On a eu bien du plaisir, c'est surtout l'fun pour les parents a cet age-la! ;)

Prosanta, sa mere, et Chaya

Mommy and Anjali

Happy Anjali!

Smiling pretty girlie

Chaya (left), Anjali (right)

Waiting to see Santa...

Grandma and Chaya

Annemarie & Anjali, grandma & Chaya

Prosanta & Chaya, Annemarie & Anjali

Anjali & Prosanta

Anjali & Prosanta

Chaya eating mommy's chin

Anjali, Annemarie, Chaya

Anjali, Annemarie, Chaya, Prosanta

The final destination on Santa's lap

Anjali feeds herself!

Anjali has started feeding herself little pieces of food! The food sometimes gets stuck on her hand and doesn't actually make its way to her mouth, but she keeps doing it every meal, it's so cute! She likes soft pieces of cooked apples, pieces of bananas, brown rice and these little puffy rice things I just got them. Chaya has tried, but she's not quite ready for pieces of solid food yet, they often make her gag and then vomit, and it makes her upset. So we will only be doing purees for her for a little while longer.