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!
Monday, March 11, 2013
Friday, February 15, 2013
Day at the park
| Anjali eating apples |
I'll start by posting some cute pictures of the girls at a park we went to a few weeks ago. They had so much fun, not at the actual playground, which was tiny, but walking around the park, playing with leaves, and running around. They love being outside, and their favorite thing to do around the house is pick clover flowers. Chaya often comes running saying "Maman!" with a flower for me.
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Je sais que ca fait TRES TRES longtemps que je n'ai pas ecrit ici, excusez-moi.. Je procrastinais chaque jour, et me voila finalement. Les filles ont presque 22 mois, et elles sont plus droles et plus amusantes que jamais. Elles apprennent de nouveaux mots chaque jour, aiment nourrire leurs poupees, et font semblant de parler au telephone.
Je vais commencer par partager des photos d'une visite au parc, il y a quelques semaines. Elles ont eu beaucoup de plaisir, pas vraiment en jouant au parc tel quel, mais en se promenant partout dans le parc, en jouant avec les feuilles, et en courant tout partout. Elles adorent etre dehors, et leur activite preferee dehors c'est de cueillir des fleurs de trefle. Chaya vient souvent en courant vers moi en disait "Maman!" et elle me donne une petite fleur.
| Les filles qui tapent du pied sur la table |
| Anjali "cachee" derriere un arbre |
| Running and laughing |
| Chaya thought it the funniest thing ever to throw leaves on Anjali's head |
| Anjali |
| Anjali qui se sauve de Chaya |
| A plane in the sky |
| Chaya running with some leaves |
| Sisters |
| Chaya examine les feuilles |
| Chaya lance des feuilles sur Anjali |
Saturday, February 2, 2013
Mardi Gras 2013
Mardi Gras is parades, beads, king cake, music and fun! This year it was fun to enjoy it with the girls, they loved getting all the beads and stuffed animals at the parades! Their daddy always gets very excited at parades, he wants to get as much stuff as possible, you should see him jumping up and down at every float that goes by, yelling at them to throw him the best biggest beads, or stuffed animals for his girls.
Mardi Gras, c'est les parades, les colliers de perles, le gateau du roi, la musique et le plaisir! C'etait tres l'fun cette annee d'en profiter avec les filles, elles ont beaucoup aime recevoir tous pleins de colliers et de toutous aux parades! Leur pere est toujours tres excite aux parades, il veut avoir le plus de choses possible. Vous devriez le voir, il saute devant chaque char allegorique, en leur criant de lui lancer les plus beaux et plus gros colliers, et les toutous pour ses filles.
Mardi Gras, c'est les parades, les colliers de perles, le gateau du roi, la musique et le plaisir! C'etait tres l'fun cette annee d'en profiter avec les filles, elles ont beaucoup aime recevoir tous pleins de colliers et de toutous aux parades! Leur pere est toujours tres excite aux parades, il veut avoir le plus de choses possible. Vous devriez le voir, il saute devant chaque char allegorique, en leur criant de lui lancer les plus beaux et plus gros colliers, et les toutous pour ses filles.
| We went to one parade in New Orleans, the Krewe of Pontchartrain |
| Anjali |
| Chaya |
| The family at Krewe of Pontchartrain |
| Avec les filles pendant la parade... Anjali admire son nouveau petit singe |
| Prosanta qui demande des toutous! |
| Prosanta watching a float |
| At the Krewe of Mutts parade in downtown Baton Rouge. A Mardi Gras dog parade! Everyone brings their dogs, it's very popular and very fun! |
| Avec Anjali sur mes epaules, et Willi et Adina |
| Walking back to the car |
| Avec Anjali, a la parade Spanishtown, la plus populaire a Baton Rouge. Tout le monde s'habille en rose ce jour-la. |
| Snack time! |
| The family at Spanishtown parade. |
| After the parade, walking to the car. |
| Daddy playing with the girls before driving home. |
| I made some whole wheat King Cake for the first time ever. It's a popular cake eaten before Mardi Gras. The girls really liked the icing on top. ;) |
| Having some King Cake on Mardi Gras. |
Sunday, January 20, 2013
20-21 month photos
| Trying on mommy's shoes |
| Playing |
| Anjali hugging Chaya (love it!) |
| Kissing in the bath tub |
| One more kiss |
| And one more.. |
| Silly girls (Chaya left, Anjali right) |
| Avec papa au parc |
| Snack time at the park |
| On "aide" papa |
| Playing in the puddles |
| On joue dans l'eau! Chaya turquoise, Anjali rose |
| Walking with daddy |
| Family photo on Valentine's day. Prosanta put on those glasses without me even noticing! ;) |
| Chaya qui peinture |
| Painting! |
| Playing on daddy's iPad |
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Montreal during the holidays 2012-2013
All my New York photos are on Prosanta's computer.. but here are some of our visit to Montreal for Christmas and New Years.
| Dans les escaliers chez grandmaman et grandpapa |
| Grandmaman avec les filles |
| Grandpapa a finalement pu prendre Anjali, et elle s'est meme endormi! |
| With our good friend from university Fabienne |
| Anjali enjoying a cupcake made by my friend Sabine |
| Grandmaman avec les filles |
| At the biodome, with Anjali on my back |
| Au biodome, grandmaman avec Chaya dans les bras |
| Chaya (rose) et Anjali (mauve) |
| Visiting my grandma |
| Chaya (pink) and Anjali (purple) |
| My dad with Chaya |
| Having fun in the snow, daddy pulling them in a sled |
| Anjali ate some snow and liked it! |
| Daddy getting his exercise pulling the girls! |
| Les filles dans la neige |
| Ma niece Salome et ma belle-soeur Liette |
| With my niece Salome, Anjali and my brother Eric |
| Mes parents et Salome |
| With sad Anjali |
| Salome and Bessie |
| Chaya et Salome |
| Notre souper avant le depart, de la poutine! |
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