Life with Two Princesses

Life with my little girls has been absolutely fabulous. Even better than what I expected it to.

Before Jalilah was born I thought, how will I be able to take care of two kids. Will I do okay? Etc etc. I'm not sure if everyone thinks this but I did. You see people do it all the time but you have no idea what it's like.

And then Jalilah came and it blew me away how quickly you just transition into caring for both kids and still manage to do everything else. Juggling different things here and there, it call came natural.. Being a mom is awesome!!!!

In our house we have more love, more joy, more laughter, and more fun. It's crazy to imagine how much more we have and it grows everyday. My girls are my world and its crazy how you automatically adapt to give, nourish, and cherish another being.

Now around the house we have our ups and downs. What house doesn't? Especially when you and everyone else in the household are still adapting to the new ways and walks of life with a brand new baby. But I will have to say, you learn to do things you never knew you could do. One example, take a shower with a 2 year old and a baby. Yes, ladies and gentlemen I successfully did this when I needed to. Mind you both girls were in the bathroom with me but I was at least able to shower. Or how about talk on the phone, make Bri'elles lunch all the while feeding Jalilah. Things can be done.

Big Sister in Training: The new baby

It was love at first sight when Bri'elle got to meet her baby sister.

I have never seen anyones eyes light up the way Bri'elles did when she saw her. 

She totally understood...Mommy has no belly...sister is here!

Bri'elle was so excited to hold her. She just stared at her with awe and amazement. 

Bri'elle came to visit us at the hospital about 8 hours after I delivered which was the early afternoon. I was missing her so much and wanted our family to be together. It was so much fun to spend time with her. My mom left to grab something to eat with my sister so we can have some family time with her. Jay put on a movie on his laptop and we all sat in the bed and watched the movie together, as a family of 4. We wouldn't get to all be together until the next day when we were to go home. Until then my sweet little Bri'elle. It was so hard to let her go home but I knew the day and night would quickly go by, and that it did. 

My mom took Bri'elle home to wait for us about an hour before we arrived. She cleaned the house and kept Bri'elle occupied. When we walked through the door the first thing Bri'elle asked for was her sissy. It was so cute. I wondered if she would soon realize sissy is here to stay. She was so excited as soon as we set the carseat down she began to "share" with her by placing her toys on Jalilah's lap. It was super cute. I couldn't get a decent picture because Bri'elle was too excited to sit still. 

Sine then these two have been inseparable. Bri'elle always wants to help feed her or hold her. We gave Bri'elle the job to throw the diapers away. Also she helps us bath her by washing her arms, legs, and belly. It's actually nice to have her help with different things. It always makes me smile. Now on another note, we didn't have too much trouble with Bri'elle. She did have a hard time listening for the first couple weeks. She knew I was preoccupied and I would have to tell her to do something twice sometimes even three times. She has gotten a little better and I have realized its normal for a kid her age. They are discovering so much at this age and beginning to talk and make sense. I have learned to take a deep breath, release, and start over. Being 2 months into having a little sister she is much much better. We don't really have any issues. She does have her days but there the usual up and down days, who doesn't have those? 

I couldn't be any happier at the moment.

To my sweet Bri'elle: You are growing up so fast. I'm having to treasure each moment more and more. You are a great big sister and can only pray you will continue to be one. Remember, your little sister is littler than you so you always have to look out for her and protect her. Your job from now on is to teach her things that you know. She will learn so much from you. She already looks up to you. I will let you know now, she will get on your nerves and at times you might not want to play with her but always love her and know she does it because she loves you. God has blessed our family so much and we need to always be thankful for what we have. You will be a good teacher and leader of the Lord. Mommy and daddy love you so much our sweet Bri'elle.

Pretty & Pregnant: Mocktail Party

 

 We had a "Mocktail" Party to celebrate Jalilah. It was a lot of fun. The reason why I chose to do a cocktail theme was since I was on bedrest pretty much the whole pregnancy I wanted to get dolled up since I love playing dress up and be in the presence of all my friends. There was alcoholic and nonalcoholic drinks along with cheese and chocolate fondue. My fave! These were just a few pictures that I had on my camera. My mom is the one with all the other pictures, those are still on her camera (lol). Fun times for my baby girl.

Pretty & Pregnant: Maternity Pictures

My bestie Sherin snapped these photos with my camera a couple days before I had Jalilah. She did a tremendous job and it was a lot of fun! I didn't realize how big my belly was until I looked at these photos.

**These photos have not been edited**We took them at my complex so you can see the building and pool in some of the pics, just pretend they are not there**Taken 10 days before I was induced**

Introducing little Miss Jalilah

Jalilah Iolana Alfonso

Born 4-13-12

@ 3:33am

Weight - 6lbs 15 oz & 19 in long

Our little girl was born on Friday the 13th at 3:33am. This is so ironic because Bri'elle was born at 3:45pm. It was really close to being the same time but different time of the day. Also what is funny about her being born on Friday the 13th, is I swore I was not going to have her on this day...little did I know, I was on her schedule. 


Jalilah was the first birth in the hospital for this day. I was also told that all the babies born this day all had ALOT of dark hair. 


I remember looking at her for the first time and my eyes just swelled up with tears. I'm so thankful to God for her and everything we went through. Immediately after she was out of the womb they put her on me for skin to skin contact. Then I cuddled her. I remember her looking into my eyes and then grabbing my finger. It was like she was speaking to me. We were able to do skin to skin for about an hour. It wasn't until almost about 5:00 or so that we knew her weight, height, and all her other statistics. At this point I had now been up for over 24 hours with a small nap. 


As of 7:00am I was still numb from the epidural but it was wearing off. For us to be able to move into our postpartum room I needed to be able to walk and use the restroom, otherwise they were going to have to put a catheter back in me. I immediately said I can try to use the bathroom. So I sat in the bathroom for a good 30 minutes just to try to urinate even though I could barely feel anything. Luckily I was able to use the bathroom, so we were able to head over to postpartum. As we were getting ready to leave my doctor for the pregnancy came to visit me and the baby. I was really happy to see him and for him to meet the little girl he has been caring for. He said she was the most beautiful baby he has seen. 


We were now on our way to postpartum and getting ready to take our little girl home