Nightswimming

Brought both girls in the pool tonight! We all went swimming, mommy, daddy, grand-papa and grand-maman. The pool is nice and warm during the summer. Anjali enjoyed it (despite the spit-up!), but Chaya was hungry, so she was a little cranky.

Daddy and Chaya

Daddy and Chaya

Daddy and Chaya

Grand-papa and grand-maman

Uh oh.. Chaya's not having fun anymore!

Grand-maman and Anjali

Daddy and crying Chaya

Mommy and Chaya

Grand-maman with Anjali, mommy with Chaya

Playmat fun together!

More fun on the playmat, together this time! The girls still don't really seem to notice or care about each other.. I guess they've been together for so long that it isn't anything exciting or surprising for them. ;)

Dog sitting again

Our dogs with little Buddy

Crazy Lucy

Beecho sleeping by a baby

Adina, Bessie and Lucy begging for peanuts (literally!)

Tucker and my parents' dog Wood

Girl friends Lucy and Bessie

Fetch time with Sonic, Bessie, Adina and Maverick

Playing in the pool with Sonic and Bert

I started taking dogs in today again. Starting slow, only one dog is staying overnight for a few days.. and then my regular daycare clients will start coming back again. Thankfully, my parents are still here to help ease into the transition. I'm not sure how it will work with the babies, hoping for the best. I would've loved to wait longer before starting work again, but we need my income, even if it's a lot less than Prosanta. It helps me to pay some of the bills and I pay for the groceries, and other things we need around the house. I also have to start paying off my credit card, I've been using it these past 3 months I've been off work.

Chaya and Anjali are smiling!

Chaya's first smile!

 The girls have started to smile! Chaya was the 1st one to intentionally smile, at mommy, while I was talking to her. She did it twice in a row, so I knew it was a real smile! What a beautiful thing to see your babies smiling for the first time. Chaya hasn't done it very often since then, she did smile right at grand-maman right after, also caught that on camera. Anjali has smiled at us a few times too, they weren't as big smiles at Chaya's first, but they are still cute little smiles. It's so nice to see.

Happy girl Chaya smiling at grand-maman

Anjali smiling at grand-maman

Anjali smiling sideways

Chaya (left) and Anjali (right) having fun on their playmat

Anjali's funny smile

Anjali's shy smile

Anjali sort of smiling

The girls enjoying their playmat

Bessie also wants to go on the playmat!

Chaya and Anjali are focusing a lot more on moving objects now, and are looking at us in the eyes a lot more, which is nice. Chaya is a big fan of.... ceiling fans! :) She's always staring at the ceiling. I setup their playmat for the first time, and put them on it. They seemed to like it, looking at the moving toys. I took a few videos and photos. Here they are.

Chaya

Chaya on her playmat

Chaya

Anjali in grand-papa's arms

Anjali

Anjali's a little hungry

Visit from grand-maman and grand-papa!

Me and my parents in New Orleans

Prosanta and my dad fishing, with Chaya in a sling

 My parents are here visiting from Montreal, staying with us for about 3 weeks. It's been a huge help having them around, helping with errands, cooking, chores, and of course the babies. My dad was very anxious to finally meet them in person. He loves holding them after they feed, to burp them, and have them sleep in his arms. We've been taking the girls to lots of places, restaurants, stores, visiting daddy at LSU, even went to New Orleans.. Having a great time.

Sleepy Anjali in New Orleans

Drunk Anjali on Bourbon St.

Grand-maman and Chaya

Took the girls to Chimes restaurant

Dinner at Chimes

Grand-papa giving Anjali a bottle at the restaurant

New Orleans: cigar time!

Cigar and huge ass beer time

Grand-papa holding Anjali (left) and Chaya (right)

Mommy and Anjali

Trying the wrap my mom made me, with Anjali