One More Balloon

Mom got them a big red balloon yesterday. Should have seen the girls, they were giddy, too excited, won't stop laughing:) Our girls don't need toys, all they need is a balloon:)

Update

Vennela is doing much better today, is back to being her usual demanding self, active, screaming and playing. Shruthi still looks tired.

Swapna is away from the babies for the first time, out on a business trip in Roanoke. She will be back tomorrow. Don't think girls are missing their mom that much:)

My parents came in late last night from CA. We have a full house! Girls look so much different than what they looked like two months ago, when my parents last saw them.

Both babies lost weight in the past couple of weeks;) Dresses that used to be a tight fit aren't anymore. I hope the docs figure out what the problem is.

Doc's visit

Swapna took the girls to the doctor. Doc says the girls probably have acidity. She gave them some medication. We started the medication this morning and they seem to be doing better. Let's hope it works. Poor Vennela looked all beat yesterday. She looks a little better today.

Vennela is at 12.5Lb and Shruthi is 14Lb today. We thought Vennela was catching up to Shruthi, guess not;)

Elephant's BDay

Took the girls to the zoo yesterday. Waipang came with us too. Zoo had an elephant special. It was one of the elephant's 60th b'day. It was very cool, we all had fun, not sure about the girls, they just slept through the whole thing;) Zoo was packed with strollers and kids, it looked as if having a stroller was a prerequisite to get into the zoo.

Both girls are still not doing well with their milk. Vennela was really bad yesterday, didn't even finish half her regular amount. We have to check with their pediatrician tomorrow.

New Schedule

Swapna started the girls on a new schedule, feedings every four hours with 5oz each time. They seem to be doing fine today. Let's wait and see if they can keep this up.

Silver Balloon

Girls have a new favorite toy, one of those shiny helium balloons:) They both are transfixed by this shiny, floating thing. We tie the balloon to their leg or hand and they are happy just looking at that thing:) Both girls are starting to smile and laugh now, but it's still random.

Swapna had both girls dressed up in boys clothes on Fri, for Varalakshmi Vratham. They did the puja and everything:)

They have been fussy about their feedings for the past 10 days. Not sure what happened. They used to complain and scream even if we were a few minutes late with their milk, but now even 30 mins after their feed time, they don't want anything to do with the milk. I hope they get over it and get back to their normal schedule soon.

New Crib

Vennela got a new crib today, another hand me down, got it from Madhu & Rajani's. Hope to get it fixed and set up by the weekend.

Arboretum

Has been a slow week, not much going on on home front. Girls have been to DC last two weekends. Took them to the Potomac last Sun and the Arboretum yesterday. Man, they are just happy and excited if we leave them laying in the grass. Luckily, this Aug has been very unusual, instead of the usual hot, humid and hazy weather, we have been having wonderful weather, ordered specially for the girls:)

Shruthi is getting to be very talkative these days. She keeps chatting away about who knows what. Girls are still sleeping through the night, still not getting up for their 3am feed.

Eric, Lis and Leo stopped by yesterday. Leo is cool, he was just happy, playing by himself. He loved the swing. I guess Eric has to get working on setting up a swing in their yard, quickly:)

Uploaded new pics, the first picture is one of the girls(can anyone guess who it is:) dressed as Gandhi, with a pacifier:)

I will start my new job tomorrow, should be busy busy for the next few weeks.

Girls have been sleeping through the night this whole week, not waking up for their 3am feed. Since I had part of the 3am shift, I'm off the hook! We all look a little less tired these days:)

Shopping

Swapna took the girls shopping, to Toys'R Us Fri evening. Apparently, both girls didn't like being inside the store, screamed all the while they were inside the store. So, they like going outdoors and to restaurants but not stores!

Madhu, Rajani and their kids stopped by yesterday. Kavya had too much fun feeding the babies, shw didn't want to leave. Rajani was complaining that our girls don't have any jewelry on. Sorry, my kids don't need any jewelry, they are beautiful just the way they are:)

Babies went to their first birthday party this morning, to Shiva's son Aditya's first. They were asleep by the time we got there and slept for an hour, all through the noise, commotion and kids running around. Woke up after an hour and were happy just staring around. They were good for about 2 hours before their patience ran out.