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Thursday, June 21, 2012

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**

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

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

Monday, June 11, 2012

Pictures of Labor & Delivery

Not exactly pictures of Labor & Delivery but just about. Here are some pictures of the day of our journey to the hospital, and at the hospital.

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Jalilah's Amazing Delivery

Being induced is no joke!

I will try to sum it up the best I can but I was in labor for about 17 hours & there's a lot I don't want to miss

The morning I was being induced I could hardly sleep. I woke up at 3:00am and wasn't able to go back into a full sleep. My alarm was set for 5:55am and I was going to call L&D at 6:00am to see when I could come in for my delivery. I called at 6:10am after doing numerous squats, walking back and forth, and even some jumping jacks and anything that could possibly induce my labor instead of going in. It didn't work. The lady who answered put me on hold to check the schedule, got back on and told me to take a shower and have something to eat then come in at 8:00am. The next two hours couldn't have went any slower. I immediately took a shower to get ready. Frantically I went over and over the different things that were coming to the hospital, Bri'elles bag that was packed, and making sure daddy was getting up (I let him sleep in).

Since I was craving a bagel and cream cheese we went to Noah's Bagels for breakfast. I ordered a sesame seed bagel and regular cream cheese. We sat and ate there. After we dropped off some Pampered Chef stuff of to a customers house (yes, I was working this morning). Then back home to drop off milk for when Bri'elle woke up. My sister Jojo stayed the night so Bri'elle could wake up in her own bed and have a nice morning at home. The house was our last stop. To the hospital we go....

On the way to the hospital Jay was playing lil Jon and the Eastside boys... this is usually my workout music. Not for the lyrics but because its hype music, lol. I told Jay he needed to turn it off otherwise I might get too crunk in L&D, it was a good laugh.

I arrived in L&D at about 8:30 - after doing all the paperwork and getting the necessary information on paper we headed to our room. We passed by the room where I had Bri'elle and I started to get nervous remembering the excitement I was soon going to have holding my baby girl in my arms. To our surprise the room they were going to put us in had just been mopped so they had us go back the way we came and next thing you know we were being put in the very same room I delivered Bri'elle in. Now both of my girls were delivered in the same room. How cool is that????

Next I was getting my IV started and the heart monitor. They checked to see if I was dilated which I was at only a 2 so we had a long way to go. The doctor then discussed some of our options and what she would like to do. There was so many different ways to induce someone it is absolutely crazy. Since I wasn't dilated too much they needed my cervix to open just a bit more so they could try to get my body to naturally start the delivery process. The option we had was a cervical balloon. This is where they place a balloon between your cervix and sac. They fill it with saline and then tie a string to your leg. Every once in awhile you give it a tug to try to stretch your cervix open. Eventually you want it to fall it out which means your dilated to the next level (a 3!). I was also put on pitocin. Now with Bri'elle I was given pitocin by accident and it scared the living daylights out of me because it literally sped my delivery so much I couldn't bare it. My nurse saw my concern and worry and promised me she would go a very slow pace. Also she said she would go by my comfort. I was relieved! The process had now begun.

From the moment I was told when to come in to now, I was keeping everyone updated the best I could. My main concern was to not alarm anyone since who knew how long it would take. Jay's family arrived (dad, stepmom, sister), my family had arrived (mom & sister), and my besties came (Sherin & Laura). All to be the audience and well they kept me entertained. My other sister, brother, and dad came throughout the day as well. A couple hours went by and my balloon fell out with some of the mucous plug, YAY! I remember feeling like it was taking forever. But it finally came out - it is actually funny the way it came out. Sherin was helping me to the bathroom and was in the room. We were talking (I forget about what) but we were in there for a long time. I kept telling her how I was scared to pull on it but was feeling uncomfortable. So she tells me well just pull on it and see what happens. I gave it a little tug and nothing happened then all of a sudden I felt a pop and heard something fall into the tiolet. Viola, it was there! Sherin and I had our fun bathroom experiences. Once it came out I was put on a higher dose of pitocin which was bearable. Now I was at a 3 and the waiting really begins. They wanted my water to break on its own so I just needed to sit there to see what happens.

Hours upon hours went by with no action just ALOT of contractions. We were working my contractions up to be every 2 minutes apart and needed it to be in a series. Every time I would get a good streak going it they would break off for a couple minutes and start over. Oh boy, here we go into the night!

Luckily my besties were there to keep me company. I don't know what I would have done without them there. They touched up my makeup, we talked about girl stuff, even watched a few movies. My family (extended in laws as well) did a great job being there as well. We had good conversation and the anticipation was growing more and more. Now probably the funniest thing while we were there happened. All of us played a game well I should say I was part of a race. haha! The monitor me and the baby are hooked up to has a little tv screen that shows my nurse my information as well as all her other rooms. This way she could see how her patients are doing while in other rooms in case an emergency happened. Well we all understood what the monitoring was and decided that I (and baby) were in a race against the others on who was going to have their baby. What was really funny is seeing the others have theirs and then mines still going or seeing the same person being hooked up and unhooked because she wasn't making any progress. It kept us very entertained. Who won you asked? Well obviously a few delivered but we were the first delivery of the day (stay tuned). We were growing more and more into the night. I had lasted this whole time without pain meds.

As the night progressed I felt myself beginning to get extremely tired. Between contractions I would start to fall asleep and was yawning so much. It was scaring me since we didn't have a clue how much I had progressed. They didn't want to keep checking me because that could pose a risk for infection. Finally at 11:30 I decided I needed an epidural to help get me through the night so I can sleep and let my body get some rest. The epidural worked magically like it did with Bri'elle. I didn't feel a thing. I almost think it worked too good. Actually, after they gave me my epidural and were getting ready to put in my catheter I felt a little pop and then all of a sudden my bed was soaking wet, my water had broke. This was a good sign. That means my body was starting the process, finally! When my nurse checked me I was a 5, so I still had a while to go.

The epidural allowed me to get about an 1 1/2 of sleep. Of course, it wasn't the full sleep because of the nurses coming in to check on me. And my epidural was linked to a push button so anytime I wanted more of the medicine, I just pushed a button. It was so nice, I didn't have this with Bri'elle. With Bri'elle it was just the IV medicine. As time went by for about an hour I kept getting this weird feeling in that area. I told everyone that I was having a kind of pressure but I couldn't really feel it so I wasn't sure what it was. After a little bit of time of feeling this I decided to tell my nurse when she came in. She told me to give her a couple minutes and she would come back to check if I had dilated anymore. Sure enough when she checked she saw a head. Immediately she went to go get the doctor. My body was naturally pushing her out and I couldn't control it. Once the doctor arrived it was all downhill from there. The doctor came in at 3:15 and started to prep everything... We even had to wake up Jay who took awhile to get awake but he said once he was standing there with my leg in his arm and noticed the head that was starting to show he knew he wasn't having a dream. Then I heard the famous words from the doctor, "when you feel a contraction go ahead and start pushing". It was funny because I said okay and sat there for a minute and realized I couldn't really feel my contractions to know when to push. The nurse helped me and I just started to go for it. All of a sudden as I pushed I heard the room "awh" and then "look at all that hair". The nurse led my hand so I could feel her head coming out (we had forgot about the mirror). That was a strange feeling itself to feel something come out of your body, a little too strange I had to pull my hand back quickly. A few more pushes and she was out at 3:33am. Her and Bri'elle were in the same position when they came out, had the cord around there neck once, and didn't really cry.

It was so emotional for me. My little girl was here!

(Pictures will be in a separate posting)

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Pretty & Pregnant: April Entries

Journal Date: 04/05/12
Weight: 143.0 Lb
Other Notes: Today we found out from the doctor that I will be induced in one week unless you come before then. I really hope you come on your own. I'm praying that you will decide to come sometime before then. Other than that good news, you looked great and performed well on the preliminary test so mommy didn't have to do the NST. The doctor also checked to see if there has been anything going on as far as dilation and we found out I'm 2 cm dilated and 75%effaced. He helped ripen the membrane by moving it around to see if that would get anything started as far as labor goes. If anything were to happen it would be within the next 24-48 hours otherwise its totally up to you. I'm totally ecstatic. I have one NST to do on Monday and then I will be walking into the L&D dept to be induced on Thursday, the 12th. I'm so curious to know when you will come. Now mommy will be doing lots of walking to help with labor. Baby Jalilah we are ready for you.

Journal Date: 04/09/12
Other Notes: Our last NST was today. You did fantastic. I only had one contraction while on the monitor. This is our last appt until I get induced on Thursday that is unless you decide to come on your own. I found out today that there is 2-3 other girls getting induced on Thursday as well. I better call early so I don't have to wait around all day . I can't believe the time is here. In just a few days we will be meeting you. Well honey bee see you soon! This has been a long journey and I'm so glad it has a happy ending and we will be seeing you shortly. We love you!!!!!!

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I'm super excited to start gaining more readers in the blogger world. So feel free to share my blog with your readers.

Now since I have been MIA for almost 8 weeks. I'm making it a point to get back into the swing of things. Starting with the post about Jalilah's arrival which is so overdue.

Thanks for reading... stay tuned!

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Pretty & Pregnant: March Journal Entries

Journal Date: 03/02/12
Weight: 137.9 lb
Notes: Our NST went fantastic!! One major contraction not too much to worry about. It was funny because today you were kicking the monitor so that it would pop off. The nurse had to come hold it on there for a little bit. It was so funny. What was even more funnier is when the nurse was asking me about your big sister. We were having a little conversation about your big sister and stuff. All of a sudden you start moving like crazy; hands, feet, butt, everything! She told you to calm down because tomorrow is the baby shower and all about YOU! It was the funniest timing.
The water looks good. She said I have plenty of it and really nice pockets. You are head down and I'm pretty sure you'll stay like that. I think by now your comfy in that right position. She pointed out you have nice chunky thighs - I just love it! Better to have some chunks, I say.
Until next week for our double appointment: NST and Dr. check up.

Journal Date: 03/03/12
Notes: It's party time celebrating the arrival of Jalilah Iolana.
Today is our babyshower themed Mocktail Party. It was so much fun!!! Mommy got to dress up in my NOT SO MATERNITY dress, yes I went to one of my fave stores and bought a dress (Bebe). I did the same thing with Bri'elle. It was nice walking into the mall to shop. it has been way to long. I put on my platform black Jessica Pumps and a cute pearl-flower inspired necklace from Charlotte Russe. My nails were painted the night before by Sherin in lovely girl themed designs. Hair was braided back and a touch of makeup completed my onsomble.
The treats were Cheese and chocolate fondue (my faces) along with meatballs and some other goodies.
The games were kept to a minimum because I wanted it to be more mellow and relaxed so we did a raffle style game setup. I also liked it because it allowed everyone at the party a chance to win. You received a raffle for coming; wearing pink, lace, floral, and pearls - a raffle ticket for each; a raffle for diapers/wipes; a raffle for a baby book; the only game we played was "guess how big mommy's tummy is". The winner received a stream of raffle tickets. There were four different prizes to choose from. Raffle holders got to put their raffle in the bottle that represented each gift. They could put as many as they wanted in each bottle and could even put them in all of them if they chose to.
The decorations were baby items that I already had like bottles and pacifiers. Also a streamer canopy that I got a DIY from ((blog)). Along with a few extra girl themed decor.
It was a lot of fun gathering with family and friends celebrating the special arrival of Jalilah. It turned out better than I had imagined besides our down fall of time (I was fashionably late). But nonetheless I will replay this day over and over until Jalilah arrives. I thank everyone for coming and celebrating our second little princess.

Journal Date: 03/09/12
Weight: 137 lb
Notes: At our appt today we discovered you are fully head down and literally staring at the floor. Your body is positioned almost in like a C but sideways. You were very active today as he did the ultrasound, which is always great. We got good news today! Actually great news, mommy can walk! And walk as much as I want or how much my body will allow. This will help with delivery so I'm on a mission. Not too many contractions have been happening so the doctor didn't check to see if I'm dilated. I don't feel like I could be.
We had our NST next which went great however if registered 4-5 contractions within 20 mins and they were more on the uncomfortable/painful side. Luckily I was able to go home since the Dr appt went so good and if anything I could come back if it seemed like it was labor.
After the appts, daddy and I headed to Costco to start my walking. The contractions kept coming stronger and stronger or more often but it didn't feel like labor. We were there for about an hour or so. On our way out we grabbed a bite to eat; polish dog with all the fixins and a fruit smoothie. Ahhh, it was so goooood. Our way home the contractions were still happening. About 2 hours in they finally stopped when we for home. I was a little nervous thinking I might be in labor but since my gut told me it wasn't I followed my instincts and I'm glad. I probably would've got stuck at L&D waiting just to be checked for them to send me home.
That got me a step closer. We need those contractions just not labor ones yet.

Journal Date: 03/16/12
Notes: NST stats: Perfect today!
Our fluid was measured and we have 18cm of fluid. According to the nurse this is excellent because they want you to be over 7cm and we are definitely far from that on the good scale. I'm hoping I have lots of water for my contractions. It felt like it gave it a relief when my contractions happened and the water would come out. Keeping my fingers crossed!
The nurse who measure our fluid gave me the pictures of you from that ultrasound. I'm so happy :) your album of ultrasound pictures is almost full!!!

Journal Date: 03/21/12
Weight: 141.9 lb
Notes: Two appts today!!!!
First up was the appt with the doctor. It went great as they have been recently. You are head down still. I've had quite a bit of contractions since the last appt but they are all in conjunction with getting mommy read for the big day. He measured you to be 5lbs 13oz. Which we can assume you will be somewhere in the 7lb range. You had us going for awhile because you were looking more like an 8-9 lb girl. I don't really feel like your big. Compared to Bri'elle I carry you very different. You are extremely low which Bri'elle was not and your head down and Bri'elle was breach right up until the last day. It is very different and I'm glad I have this experience. We will now get seen every week since we are getting down to the last couple of weeks. On a side note: I've been switched to two daily injections of my blood thinners instead of once a day. This will allow for pain medication if I opt for it and easier for c-section if needed.
At the NST you were sleeping which is not like you. Usually you are very very active kicking away at the monitors. The nurse had to push on mommys tummy which was a little uncomfortable to get you to move for an accurate heart beat and motions. You even got an attitude with her from moving you around. Once she stopped moving you she walked away, in the meantime I felt you move your body so the monitor wasn't registering your heartbeat. The nurse walked back in to fix the monitor. As she was taking it off to move it to the other side you moved back where it was. It was so funny. I was trying not to laugh. From then on we had a good NST.
See you next week!
Mommy total weight gain: 38-41 lbs
Baby's weight: approx 5lbs 13oz

Journal Date: 03/30/12
Weight: 144.9 Lb
Other Notes: We are getting closer! Now I'm taking two shots a day of heparin in hopes I'm able to get pain mess and to prevent for hemorrhaging. You look great and doc measure you to be about six pounds and four ounces. You are a healthy little girl. He saw that you haven't completely dropped yet which most second babies don't until middle of labor so it's normal. On to my NST. See you next week! The NST went great. You were moving like crazy and I even had a couple contractions while I was on the monitor. Looking good girl!

Pretty & Pregnant: Remaining February Journal Entries

Jalilah has arrived!!!!

I've been meaning to catch up the blog so I can write about it. So following are the remaining portions of the journal entries in separate postings by month. AND THEN I will post her arrival post.

Journal Date: 02/10/12
Notes: Wow, little girl you are a mover! Tonight your dad and I watched you wiggle your way around trying to either get comfy or just playing around. We could literally see your limbs poking out. Then your bottom sticks out. You are a little wiggle worm. I enjoyed watching my stomach look like a wave from the ocean. I'm so excited to see you this week, less than a week. :)

Journal Date: 02/14/12
Notes: Happy Valentines Day sweet Jalilah! We love you so much I can only imagine how much more our love for you is going to grow when you arrive. Two months and counting....

Journal Date: 02/16/12
Weight: 136.8 lb
Notes: Another apppointment today! From here on out I'll be having an appointment once a week along with non stress tests. I can't believe how fast its going by.
Everything was good. I've been having some extreme pain in my right side. It feels like a Charlie horse or like when you run and you don't have anymore breath the sharp pain that goes up your side to your chest. Yup that's the type of pain I've been feeling. Luckily I had a doctor appointment otherwise I wouldve sent the doctor a message. This morning the pain got worse and then I had two contractions. I just held it out because I know at this point in pregnancy it could be anything. At the appointment I was explaining this to the doctor so when he did the ultrasound that area was the first thing he checked. Guess what!!!!
Your feet are positioned right there. Both of them! From what it looks like you are pushing outwards like stretching. It probably the only area that has the most room. You even had a hand by your side. It was a relief to see that's all it was but then again you haven't moved and there's nothing I can do for it to go away if you decide you like this position. I hope you enjoy the little space you found. :)
We got two more 3D images of you today. They're not the greatest but to me it is since they are of you. Again at this appointment you had your hands in front of your face. Actually one arm was by your side and you had moved it to your face as we were doing this part of the ultrasound. One arm was parallel to your face and the other went across the top of your forehead. With your arms blocking your face the sound waves couldn't pick up a good picture so they are kind of blurry and not as detailed.
Looking at one of the pictures your mouth is open. It looks as if you have teeth but I know its just the stuff inside my womb. In the other picture its of your forehead, eyes, and nose.

Journal Date: 02/24/12
Weight: 137.6 lb
Notes: we had our first NST (non-stress test) today and did great. I was a little nervous because with Bri'elle I was sent to L&D numerous times because the monitor would read I was having contractions but they were just Braxton-hicks. It was soothing to hear your heartbeat for 20 straight minutes. You started moving a lot when the monitor would get loud. I think you like the sound of your own heartbeat. I only had 3 contraction type of movements while there.
After the NST, I went and seen my doctor. The appointment went good also. He told us how I have plenty of water and informed me I would ager my blood thinners twice a day instead of the one a day regime I'm on now. This will allow for me to have a safer delivery so I won't hemorrhage. Also if I opt for an epidural ill be able to have one within a certain period of time from giving myself the injection. Otherwise, on the blood thinners I'm on now I would have to wait 24 hours. So I'm excited to switch to twice a day even though that's more pricking for me.
This time your hands weren't in front of your face, well at least for a little bit. We were able to get a shot of your face. It's not too clear but its good enough for me. I still say you look a lot like your daddy. We will just have to wait and see.
We have another NST next week and in two weeks we go in for a double appt. NST and Dr appt.
Baby weight: 4lbs
Mommys weight gain from last appt: 1lb
Total weight gain: about 37lbs

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Big Sister in Training: First Day of Preschool

Unfortunately I don't have any pictures of Bri'elles first day at preschool because daddy was in charge of it and hasn't sent them to me yet. Grrr! lol.

Bri'elle has been in Preschool since early January. She has been doing extremely well. At first she would get a little upset but then when we would go to pick her up she would cry. Jay's sister Shelly would take her and pick her up since I wasn't able to drive. In February Bri'elle started to play sick or deathly scream when Shelly would show up to take her. We were starting to worry why she would do this. She would tell us she didn't want to go to school. It boggled us especially since she was only going one day a week. Come on Bri'elle it's only one day.

We decided to put her in preschool to get her more socially active with other kids. She is a social butterfly and we wanted to help her learn by putting her in a preschool setting. Plus, our preschool prepares them for Kindergarten at the age of 2! She is learning how to spell her name and all kinds of other things. The preschool is also Christian based so she does teach the kids at the different holidays about Jesus which is nice since none of that is allowed in our public schools.

Starting in March Bri'elle goes to school twice a week and my what a difference it has made. She loves going to school and has even made some friends. Now I take her to and from school. Oh boy does it take me so long to get her out of that place. She wants to show me everything or she is busy telling everyone bye for the third and fourth time.

Bri'elle: Mommy and daddy are so proud of you. You are turning into such a big girl! You crack us up with the different sayings you have started to pick up and the question phase... What's that? What are you doing? Where are we going? What's his/her name? etc. It is so cute and I'm glad you are learning how to explore. You have been asking for Disneyland ALOT lately, okay that is an understatement. You will say it everyday. "Mommy go disneyland?" "Can we go disneyland?" "Let's go to disneyland". So we are taking you to Disneyland sometime this year. Daddy wants to go sometime during your birthday/Christmas but I think we should go sooner since you are extremely interested. Maybe Halloween. We shall see. Lately your obsession has been "lipstick" which is chapstick or little lip gloss. You will sit on the top of the toilet putting your lipstick on while I get ready. It makes me feel so good to have you there watching me get ready. You will sometimes ask for me to put some blush on your or mascara. And it amazes me that you actually know where to put the different makeup at. That's my girl! Every night for dinner you will lead the prayer. It's so cute! Sometimes you will pray over and over. "Dear Lord Jesus, thank you for food, family, friends...and whatever else you thank him for. I love you Jesus and then you yell AAAA-MEN!!!! It makes me and daddy feel so good to see that you have picked it up to do on your own by our example when we pray for dinner. We do have the Lord to thank for that. Oh one other thing, you will point out letters everywhere we go and say ABCDEFG. You know that they are part of the alphabet and will say look ABCDEFG. It's so funny. Lately we have been trying to get you to tell us the particular letters that you are seeing so we need to work on that with you some more. You are such a smart explorer. These last few months since turning two have definitely been your learning period and you are soaking it all up. I love you my dear!!!!

I will do a BRI'ELLE post on all her likes/dislikes and more new things soon with some pictures of what she has been up to lately.

Big Sister in Training: The Great Outdoors

February posting:
Lately I've felt bad amount doing things with Bri'elle since I haven't been able to do much the last 7 months especially during the months of Sept-Nov. At my last few appointments the doctor said that there is very little concern for my tear and diagnosis but still to be careful. I don't have to be as careful. Well, I decided I'm going to dwell in the moments I have with Bri'elle to a certain extent.

It has been extremely nice the fast few weeks on and off. On the nice days, I've been taking her outside. We live in a condo so we don't have a front/back yard only a patio which is actually a good size. Currently Jay is working on a project so it is being occupied. But within the complex's there is a really good size grass area near the pool and clubhouse. It is only a door down from our complex. I got the blanket, some snacks, my homework, and headed out there. Bri'elle loves it especially since most days she is cooped up with me in the house doing the same thing we do everyday because I'm not able to drive or lift/carry anything at the moment. I try to change it up a bit but I'm still limited. Most of the time I think of a really good idea or project but it has to be in advance so Jay can get me the supplies if we don't have it.

Bri'elle: You absolutely love being outside!!!! You will go and pick me flowers, find ladybugs, run up and down the little hill, collect sticks, pick at the bark on the tree, and run through the leaves if there is any. You have been very tempted by the pool and I'm glad it is gated. You ask me every time were out there to go swimming. If my keys are laying on the blanket you will grab them and try to unlock the pool door not knowing they are only for our front door. It is so cute! It will be fun to take you swimming in the summer. We are sending you to swim lessons at the college. This will be great for you. You have been interested in the water since being a baby and swimming in the pool at grammy and pappy's house. Auntie Haley teaches there so I'm crossing my fingers she will be your teacher.

This will be a fun year for you!!!!