A year ago...

Remembering how things were so different a year ago.. at this time, we were anxious and very excited about getting up early the next morning, and heading to the hospital, to finally meet our 2 baby girls! I barely slept that night, with the excitement, stress, but also I barely slept every night towards the end, I was so uncomfortable, and the peeing, my god the peeing. ;) And I almost forgot, I also got this pregnancy rash called PUPPS, which made my whole belly, as well as my arms, legs, and back VERY VERY itchy! Like I needed something else to make me even more uncomfortable.. I was so HUGE, my back was killing me, I could only sit up or stand for about 30 minutes at a time.. I had to lay down, but only on my right side. I think baby Chaya had descended by then, and with each Braxton-Hicks contraction, she was pressing up against something that she shouldn't have been touching. ;) Probably some nerves I guess. It's funny, I was SO big, but at the time, I didn't see myself as being that big, I had imagined having a much bigger belly than that. But now that I look at pictures, I think to myself "YIKES! That belly is HUMUNGOUS!" ;) If I had been any bigger, I might have burst! Boy do I NOT miss that belly...

The girls at 11 and 12 months old

Anjali, Chaya

Heading to the bath tub!

Naked girls going to take a bath

Anjali, Chaya

Chaya, mommy, Anjali

Carrying Anjali at Festival International in Lafayette

Daddy and Chaya at Festival International

Anjali, Chaya

Chaya, daddy, Anjali

Chaya, mommy and Anjali in a bouncy thing at a neighborhood party

The girls LOVED it!

Anjali

Chaya

Anjali

Anjali

Chaya practicing her walking!

Anjali silly face

Anjali loves doing this

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! BONNE FETE!

We had a lovely time at Chaya and Anjali's first birthday pool party today! We invited a few friends with their kids and babies, everyone swam, and had a fun. Thank goodness the weather was nice, because our air conditioner broke on friday, so it was pretty warm in the house! The girls loved going in the pool, we brought them in yesterday for the first time this year, they really love being in the water... which makes mommy very excited for all the summers to come!

I made carrot cake for the party, and also some vegetarian chili and cheese quesadillas. Some people ate when they got here, some went in the pool right away.. after a while, we did the cake. We gave the girls each a cupcake, they wanted to touch the candle. Sang "Bonne Fete" to Chaya and Anjali separately. Chaya went right in, with no hesitation, first for the frosting, then she ate the whole cupcake, and then tried to get to Anjali's! Anjali took her time examining the cupcake, then started eating it as well. They had frosting all over their faces.. I must say the cake turned out pretty good. I made a cream cheese buttercream frosting, and decorated with some store bought tubes of icing, which I won't be buying again, all you could taste was coloring, and made everyone's teeth pink and purple! Not to mention the babies' tongues.. Didn't have time to color my icing different colors for designs. Oh well, next year I will try to plan earlier!

Thanks to all our friends for the wonderful presents! We got some bathing suits and summer outfits, old school Fisher Price clock and record player, rocking moose, musical bath toy, electronic book, more bath toys, blocks (which they already had, will probably get some books instead), and some cool cars! Happy to have some new things to play with! Mommy and daddy had already gotten them some cute animal pillows to sleep on, and new swim diapers. We will give them their presents from their aunt and uncle from Montreal on wednesday, their actual birthday.