Rollovers

Not the SUV kind. Vennela started rolling over last week. I wasn't home when she first did it, had to take my mom and Swapna's word for it. But yesterday, I have seen her rollover three times! Shruthi is trying ot, but is getting stuck halfway through. Swapna is waiting for when Shruthi starts rolling over, so she can eat her Bobbatlu:)

Swapna had a cold and cough the last two weeks, she is over it now. We were worried that the kids would also get it, but they did surprisingly well, no cough and cold, no matter how hard Swapna tried:)

Passports!

Both girls got their passports today. It was very quick, we applied for their passports only last Sat. Their passport pics are really cute:)

Empty House

Everyone left, almost. My in-laws went back to India on Thus and my dad on Sat, mom is still here. House looks empty, sort of. I think Shruthi misses them, she has been a little quieter and cranky for the past few days.

Niagara

Girls got to spend the whole day with their mom. I took both sets of parents to Niagara Falls for the day, left at 6:30am, and got home at 11pm. Swapna got to take care of the girls by herself for a whole day. She said both girls did great, no complaints, ate, played and slept.

Don't know what all the fuss is about Niagara Falls, wasn't impressed at all. The whole place was tacky, to put it mildly. The best part of the whole trip was Sarada's 'perugu vada':) I wanted to eat Buffalo Wings, since we were in Buffalo, but didn't get a chance;)

They took the girls shopping today, to Costco and WalMart. Apparently they liked being in the store, kind of - Shruthi fell asleep and Vennela was busy checking out all the toys.

4th Month Doc's visit

Took them to the doc's office for their 4th month checkup and vaccine shots. Shruthi is at 14lb 9oz and Vennela is at 13lb 5oz. Doc says they are doing fine, in the 50th percentile for their age group.

They got their second set of shots today, four each. We had a new nurse, looks like we were her first patients, ever;) She took a long time to give the shots, and for the fourth shot for Vennela, the needle got bent. So, she had to go and get another set, all the while Vennela was crying hard, not pausing even to take a breath. Don't know about Swpna, but I was close to tears. Both girls had a little fever. Shruthi seems to be doing better than Vennela, but both of them are beat. Hopefully they will get over it by tomorrow morning.

Anna Prasana

Swapna's dad is here too, so girls have all four grand parents here. Girls are getting spoilt.

We did a puja(Rudrabhishekam) for the girls in the temple today. They were very well behaved for the whole duration of the puja, all one and a half hours. They finished their milk and fell asleep. Eric and Lis came for the puja, brought along Leo. Leo was great, he was quiet all through the ceremony.

Don't know what it is with our girls' pujas and storms, today it was Hanna, dumped too much rain, around 6 inches of rain today;) Last tie when we did tha Naakaranam ceremony, we got hit with a massive thunderstorm, with hail and tons of rain, lost power for a while.

Well, the new bottles did the trick, both babies are doing fine with their feedings these days, without complaint. Shruthi is getting very chatty, very sociable, wants to talk to everyone.

Checkup

Girls had their first check up with a developmental specialist today. She says both girls are doing fine, right on schedule. She is puzzled by their not wanting their milk. She doesn't think it's reflux or acid. She suggested we try different bottles. Got some Dr. Brown's bottles this evening. Let's see if that makes a difference.

Tree guys cut down the Oak tree in the back yard today. Looks a whole lot different now.

Arboretum

Went to the arboretum yesterday. The weather was perfect. We got to go check out the Bonsai exhibit. Some of the bonsai are amazing. As usual, girls had a lot of fun. They even took a nap in the park.

They did well on Sat, got up to 20+oz but yesterday and today, they are back to normal. They are not at all interested in feeding. But they are playing well and seem to be fine. Not sure what's going on. Swapna says she will talk to the doc tomorrow.

Vennela loves the red balloon. I brought out the balloon yesterday and her face lit up like a 1000 watt bulb:)