The Krishnans

Monday, March 26, 2012

Beautiful Day!

Have I mentioned we are loving this Spring/Summer weather in March?!?!?

Her little head-band is from Mexico. So cute!

We're getting out more!

Headed to a wedding (and we sat in the hall until the reception because one of us has a tendency to randomly scream :) )

Monday, March 19, 2012

Sweet, little Juliet is 6 months old today! That's HALF A YEAR!!! Wow. She has reached some major milestones this month. First of all, she has started sitting up really well just in the last few days. This makes grocery shopping/outings much easier because she can sit in the cart and I don't have to lug her big car seat in. She has gotten the hang of eating solid foods and now eats about 3- 5 ice cubes worth of food for both lunch and then again at dinner. Her favorite foods are prunes and bananas, but I have yet to find a fruit or vegetable she does not like. She still nurses about 5 times a day. Her first two teeth came in. They are on the bottom middle. The teething didn't seem to phase her one bit. And my personal favorite milestone is that she has started sleeping through the night!!! For a while she was sleeping from 8pm to 7 am, and just recently she has been sleeping from 8pm to 8am (and I wake her up!). We are ALL happier now that we sleep for long stretches of time. :) This month she has reduced her separation anxiety and is much more willing to let strangers (to her, at least) hold her. She also reaches her hands out to be held when she is around someone she knows. So sweet! She loves to be naked, or at least have her socks off, so the Spring weather has been perfect! She has really been noticing our animals. She LOVES to watch them and reach out and touch them. Also, Juliet has this huge smile that she makes when she is either really happy or cheesing for the camera (she already seems to know that is what she is suppose to do), and when she makes it her eyes practically disappear!

I would describe her as: observant, inquisitive, happy, interested, sweet, shy with strangers, and fun

Heritage

My mom grew-up on a Tobacco Farm in VA. Her town is a classic representation of the type of small towns you see in the movies and hear about in country songs. My mom has all these random sayings that she uses often that are clearly from the country side. I guess she has always used them but I'm really starting to notice them now that she says them around Juliet. I hope Juliet holds on to this part of her heritage, because it totally makes me laugh!

A few that come to mind:

"Scat, Miss. Cat"
My mom says this when Juliet sneezes, instead of "Bless you". For awhile I didn't even realize she was saying actual words. I just thought she was making sounds. Don't believe me?...trying saying it really fast.

"Shoot a monkey"
This is what you say when you make a mistake, forget something, etc. We have a lot of dead monkeys around here.

"a fright"
As in, "your hair is a fright, Juliet". This means crazy or messy.

Saturday, March 17, 2012

Fun with Stella

Juliet got to see her best little friend, Stella (who is a Doll Baby!). They have grown so much since the last time they were together. Stella is a few days older and was once a slightly bigger baby, but Juliet's chunkiness has now surpassed Stella's. They were sweet together and Stella was nice to tolerate Juliet who kept trying to grab her shirt and hair. :)