Our smiley boy at two months

Charlie continues to charm us with his sweet and laid-back personality and sunny disposition. He has become quite a little smiler, and his two-month photo shoot was a delight.

 

 

He recently has let us hear a few laughs, as well. Our new goal is to figure out new and replicable ways of making him giggle - what a wonderful sound!

One of his favorite people to smile at is his big sister; he's incredibly patient with all of her affection. She asked me yesterday if Charlie is the cutest baby in town - she sure thinks so! This is her favorite picture from this month.

Katie had her two-month pictures in this little overall outfit (see them here), and it was neat to do a photo shoot of Charlie in the same outfit. They still have quite a resemblance, something Katie is very proud of.

Charlie at one month

We took monthly portraits of Katie during her first year and we loved watching her progress each time. We're hoping to do the same for Charlie, so we went this week to capture him at this moment.

We were so excited to catch some expressions that reflect his cute little personality. Along with some props from the photographer, it turned out to be a successful shoot!

 

 

A few extra holiday photos

In our plan to create a holiday card/birth announcement this year, we took Katie and Charlie back to the portrait studio when he was eight days old. We were able to get some cute shots, even though he slept most of the time.

 

Introducing our little turkey!

The newest member of our family, Charles Fawcett Krishnan, "Charlie," was born on Thanksgiving morning. We gave thanks for his healthy arrival and Anne's short (three-hour) labor. He weighed 7 lbs, 2 oz. and was measured at 19.5 inches long.

Charlie immediately impressed us with his easygoing attitude and his big appetite. He's definitely a growing boy; at almost five weeks, he now weighs in at 9 lbs, 11 oz and 23 inches long! He's now cooing and has started smiling occasionally, too. The photos below are from when he was three days old.
 

Charlie has captured the hearts of our family and friends, especially big sister Katie.

  

Katie is actually the family member he looks most like right now. To compare Charlie with Katie at a similar age, here are her albums at one week, two to three weeks and four to six weeks. (Poor Charlie - he's already getting short shrift as the younger child, but we're trying!)

We were blessed to have Anne's mom stay with us for three weeks again this time, taking care of all of and keeping our home running.

Since Karen returned to Florida, Sriyesh's parents have been absolutely wonderful at taking care of us, as well.

Life goes on with a 4-year-old, particularly at the holiday season. Katie was happy to be able to introduce her little brother to Santa, and he was kind enough to sleep while we put together her gingerbread house this year.

 

Celebrating the holidays also gave us the chance to introduce Charlie to far-flung family, including the Edwards side of the family and his great grandmother.

It was really cute to see them together.

  

Charlie has been a wonderful holiday gift for our family. Best wishes and happy holidays to you and yours!!

Catching up in 2012

With Baby Krishnan #2's arrival in just a few days to weeks, we wanted to be sure to share our last photos as a threesome. Then, after our long hiatus, we'll look forward to sharing more postings about the new little guy!

Katie has grown into a sweet and spunky 4-year-old who loves princesses, books and being an animal scientist. She is so excited about her little brother and is looking forward to being a big sister and a big helper.

 

 

 

 

Christmas is coming...

Katie is delighting in the holidays this year and, just like Halloween, we're finding Christmas is even more fun with a two-year-old.

We started celebrating this year by decorating a gingerbread house. (Thanks, Thatha and Achi!) Katie took responsibility for decorating the roof, and she did a fantastic job. She spent about 30 minutes very carefully placing all of the candies then, in the end, covered them all with coconut snow. Luckily, we caught the pre-snow house in the video below.

Around the time we decorated the gingerbread house, Katie started noticing that other people were decorating the outsides of their houses too -- and she loved it. We drove circles around the neighborhood checking out all the lights one night until we got to our house and she asked Mommy and Daddy, "Why our house not pretty?" Shortly after, our house was lit up, as well.

We then moved on to decorating the Christmas tree. Katie was a huge help, although most of the ornaments did end up on on the bottom third of the branches. To our surprise, she has left the tree alone and only occasionally pulls off the ornaments to play with them. In this video, there's a little hanging and a little playing. Her requests for "Help, help!" always make us laugh.

Midway through, we stopped for a dance break to one of the songs on Anne's favorite Christmas CD - John Denver and the Muppets:

Happy holidays from the Krishnans!