Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

I tried all morning to get a cute St. Patrick's day photo of the Irish Iyers and finally decided to admit defeat...enjoy my attempts at capturing a picture of a 1-year-old and a 2 1/2 year-old together!




Nate jumped out right before the picture was taken.


Saturday, March 14, 2009

Riley's 1st Birthday Party!!!

The Princess and Prince waiting for the party to begin. The only way we could get them to pose together was to distract them by turning on the tv...they were both very tired today since we just got home from Rochester yesterday afternoon.

Mmmm...a cupcake!

Happy Birthday Rileybell!


Riley through the months and her cupcakes and cake!

Princess Riley Isabel Iyer - 1 year today!

Toby School Carnival

Our coop preschool had our annual carnival today ~ what a fun way to spend Riley's first birthday before paryting it up tonight (next post)!
Gramps, Riley, our friend Dez, and Nate in the Toby School bears!

Riley got balloons painted on her face in honor of her birthday!

mask making station

The Iyers enjoying the carnival.

Rochester Trip

We went to Rochester for a week to honor Badappa's life and spend time with family. Here are some pictures from our trip.
Badamma and Riley making dosa...this was one of Mesh's favorite foods growing up and still is...yummy!

We celebrated Riley's birthday a few days early. Here she is enjoying her first cupcake with Uncle Josh and Auntie Raji.

Nate and Auntie Raji riding the train at the National Museum of Play in Rochester.


Nate, Badamma and Riley.


Riley wearing her first Indian outfit. Badamma gave this dress to us when I was pregnant with Nate, knowing we were having a boy. She said she knew the next one was going to be a girl and 3 years later here is Riley finally fitting into the dress!

Badappa/Dad

In loving memory of our Badappa and Dad - he was a very devoted father and grandfather, a caring doctor, and an extremely generous and kind man. We miss him but know he will always be present in our lives.
Badappa reading to Nate ~ June 2008.

Badappa, Riley, Badamma ~ June 2008.

Badappa and Nate, his first grandchild ~ June 2006.