Dining Out

Vennela has been throwing up the last three nights, once every night, after her 9pm feed. She likes her mom so much, she always throws up on her mom:) Waits for Swapna to pick her up and then and only then she throws up on Swapna.

Took the girls out to eat this evening, to Lahori Kabob, their first time out eating. Well, they weren't eating, they were watching while we ate. Scott and Robyn came along. Shruthi slept through the whole thing, but Vennela woke up and started crying in the end. It wasn't bad.

There was a tragic accident on I-66 ramp this evening, a tractor trailer filled with Budweiser beer flipped over, spilling the beer bottles down the hill. The whole area smelled of beer. At least it wasn't good beer.

Waterlilies

We have the unofficial weights, ~11lb & ~12lb. They both are still gaining weight at the same rate.

We went to see the waterlilies today at the aquatic gardens. Cool place. It was very warm and humid. Shruthi slept through the whole thing, but Vennela was awake now and then, sleeping whenever we were moving and awake and checking out things whenever we stopped.

New Strategy

Swapna came up with a new strategy to get the girls to sleep early, after their 9pm feeding. She gave them both a bath at 8:30pm. And of course, both girls were wide awake after that;) They finally fell asleep around 11:30pm. So much for new strategies, our girls are night creatures;) They are sleepy during the day time and are wide awake during night.

I think we scared off Robyn with last Sat's incident. She hasn't shown up to feed the girls ever since:)

New Pics

I posted pics from last two weeks on Fotki.

Vennela was being her usual fussy self this evening, guess she was hungry. I took her out to the back porch to watch the thunderstorm and she was happy! The lightning and thunder didn't scare her at all. She was busy, turning her head all over the place, trying to follow the thunder and lightning.

Busy Weekend

For the past few day, both girls have been sleeping through the night. They are finishing their milk without even waking up. Both girls got into a rhythm these days, they are happy and quiet from 10:30pm to 3pm. They start getting fussy around 5pm. It's a mystery why they get fussy in the evening. They are fine if we take them out for a walk or put them in the hammock.

It was a busy weekend. Deepak, Ponnu and Arya stopped by Sat for lunch. They are moving to IL on Tues. Sad to see them move from the area. Looks like everyone we know is moving away from DC. Robyn stopped by to see the girls in evening, I immediately handed off one of the girls to Robyn and headed out to Costco. We thought it was going to take about an hour for the whole trip, didn't take into account the lines in Costco on a Sat evening;) It was two hours by the time we got back home. Poor Robyn, she was still waiting at home for us. NRao and his family are also waiting for us. Haven't seen them in a while. His son, Sri Harsha is almost as big as NRao.

We took the girls out to see Margaret on Sun. Margaret seems to be recovering well from her surgery. Got to spend only about 20 minutes there, had to make it back home before the 12pm feeding time.

Shruthi started doing pushups, late in the evening, instead of going to sleep.

Pedialite

Shruthi gave us a little scare today. She threw up all her feeds from 3pm - 9pm, three times in a row. She looked all tired and sad. We called our pediatrician and he asked us to give her Pedialite and try different formula. She did fine with the new formula. Not sure if we have to continue with the new formula or continue with the old one.

The transformation is complete, I sold the Miata;) It was sad letting it go, had it for 12 years exactly.

Picnic

We took girls out for their first picnic Fri evening. We planned to go to Ohio Dr, by the river, but the road was closed, so we ended up on the other side, by the Tidal Basin, overlooking Jefferson Memorial. It was a nice, pleasant evening. Everyone enjoyed it, except for Shruthi;) She hadn't been feeling well for the past two days, think she has a cold. A few minutes after she finished her feed, she threw up everything, all over me. We made it back home just in time for their next feed.

Roy and Cassandra stopped by this afternoon. They stayed till the evening. I impressed Roy with my baby handling skills. Cassandra was good with Vennela, she made Vennela stop crying and made her sleep. She almost had an accident, I thought Vennela was gonna throw up on Cassandra, but it was just a small burp:)

Outdoors...

Our girls like being outdoors. They will be quiet and staring at random things if we take them out into the back porch or into the front yard. We just have to watch out for the mosquitoes.

Both girls had fever by Mon evening, because of the shots. Vennela wasn't that fussy, but poor Shruthi was just beat. Aunty said that Shruthi cried so hard, they hadn't seen her cry so hard, ever. Seeing Shruthi cry so hard, Swapna started crying too;) We gave the kids Tylenol. By night, their fever went down. They slept fine during the night and by yesterday morning, they are back to normal. Now we know what to expect for their next batch of shots.

Remu, the new nanny is good. She is good with the babies and seems to be flexible. The only problem is the language, she speaks only Hindi;)

2nd Month Doc visit

Went to the doc's for 2 month check up and vaccination shots. Doc said they are doing well, gaining weight. Vennela still has the cold, Shruthi seems to have recovered. Both recovered from their ear infections. Shruthi is double digits now, she weighed in at 10lb 8oz and 22 inches long. Vennela is at 9lb 8oz, 21.5 inches long. They are still maintaining their 1lb difference.

When it was time for the shots, Shruthi had a big dirty diaper and it was leaking, courtesey of new diapers from Costco;) We haven't gotten used to the new diapers yet, hopefully we will get there before there are too many accidents. They got four shots each, two in each leg.

New nanny, Remu started today. She is from Nepal. Swapna says she is pretty good with the kids.

Chaos

If you think our girls are always cute and happy, check this...

Nanny

Teja, our nanny started on Tue. Everyone realized by the end of the day that this will not work out. She has no idea how to handle little babies. She is nice and does whatever she was told to do, but she is not cut out to be a nanny, and she knew that too. We told her when we hired her that the first week will be an evaluation period, for both of us. So, yesterday was her last day.

We interviewed another nanny yesterday - she is from Nepal. She has some experience taking care of kids. Hoping this would work out.

Vennela was being fussy past few days, not finishing her milk and crying for no reason. Swapna took both girls to the doctor yesterday. Diagnosis - Vennela has ear infection;) He gave antibiotics for both of them. Not sure why he gave the medication for Shruthi, she doesn't have the ear infection.

We have to do another trip to the doctor on Mon, for their two month check up and their first set of shots.