I made this blog to share the lives of our identical twin girls Chaya and Anjali, born on May 9, 2011. We are so happy to finally have our own little family, after 7 years of trying. After 2 cycles of intrauterine insemination, and 3 cycles of in vitro fertilization, we are proud parents at last!
Valentine's day photo shoot with 9 month old girlies.. Anjali has the black skirt, Chaya is in the red.
We decided to go on a family Valentine's day date! ;) We took the girls to dinner at Chili's. Didn't want to go to a "fancy" date place, in case the babies were loud, didn't want to bother people on their dates.. ;) They were good and we had a good time.
We decided to take the girls to their first ever cajun dance! Prosanta and I used to go twice a month, we met some nice people there, learned how to do the cajun waltz and cajun two-step. They have a live band that plays cajun music, it's a lot of fun! We stopped going when I was pregnant when my back started to hurt, and hadn't been since we had the babies for obvious reasons... But now that they're a bit older, we know they like music, we decided to give it a shot! Wasn't sure if they would have fun, if they would think it's too loud or too crowded, but they did so well! They took turns taking little naps (it was from 8-10:30pm), but when they were awake, they were happy and content. We had a great time, and our friends finally got to meet them! Here are a few photos and a video of daddy dancing with sleeping Anjali in his arms. Happy Mardi Gras!
Now that the girls are a bit older, they are able to feed themselves, and they love to eat! Chaya is a bit more enthusiastic about feeding herself, Anjali seems to get frustrated sooner when she keeps dropping that same little piece of green bean, or noodle. It's so much easier to give them food and have them eat, I just sit and watch. They still love purees though, so I usually give them some in the morning, I often mix lentil, greens, and some fruit in there. They recently tried some steamed salmon and Chaya LOVES it! Anjali likes it too. They love everything they eat right now, it's fun trying new things. We are still waiting to introduce eggs, dairy, soy and nuts, but they can now have wheat (and mommy too, yay!). Here are some pictures and videos of their food adventures!
Daddy giving the girls pieces of pancake
BROCCOLI, I WILL EAT YOU!
The girls eating broccoli.. Anjali trying to steal Chaya's.
