A NEW YEAR 2020

So it is a new year.  Last year was a blessing with the arrival of our 2nd princess.  The last 6 months for this mama has been a HUGE blur.  Leila is 6 months today.  Now I know what everyone was talking about.  Having 2 kids 2 years apart is A LOT of work.  It totally is & my hands are full ALL the time.  To even think I thought twins would be doable.  That was totally my mindset before Yesenyahs birth.  These days I find  myself thanking God that WE made it through another day.  

We are totally active & doing all sorts of things.  We usually do our grocery outings on Mondays to get ready for the week.  Then Tuesday is the library for Spanish story tine Wednesday is usually a play date or an outing of some sort.  Thursday Yesenyah goes to preschool.  She started preschool last November and has been doing GREAT.  She will move up and attend the preschool longer as she ages.   For, right now she attends 1 hour 1 day a week which isn't much but ill take it.  It is a program run by the city & even though we only go for 1 hour 1 day a week it is still A LOT of work.  I find myself prepping for our day at school all week.  It isn't easy at all with 2 rug rats to get ready for the outing & myself.

My hands feel extremely full most days because Brandon is working SO far from home (2+ hours).  He is gone in the morning before the girls are up for the day and returns to have a little fun and dinner with us.  It SUCKS :S we need to WIN the lotto.  I am truly blessed to have him in our lives.  He wakes up super early to go to a job that he HATES grinds it out & returns to us at home.  I have TRIED to be more calm and understanding even on my tough days.  Which I definitely have and thankfully am able to pull myself together (for the most part). Good thing is he goes on occasional daddy & daughter dates with Yesenyah.  Which is totally appreciated.  It feels good to only have to really worry about 1 child.  Even though I find myself wondering how they are doing.  (alwaysonmymind).

  Thankfully I haven't needed to much help and the girls have't made it too difficult.  Leila is more active & receptive to others now.  She has warmed up to her dad and is slowly warming up to others.  She is a character but we LOVE her to pieces.  As Leila becomes more active & engaging I will need more help.   It is amazing seeing the girls interact with one another.  When I see it, it reminds me of why we had 2 kids close in age.  It may be a lot of work now but it will pay off in the end,  We are hoping they will be the best of friends.  

Like, I said Leila is slowly warming up to others & has meet plenty of people & has gone on plenty of outings.  She still has to meet a ton of more people.  We do things with her that we wouldn't have dared done with Yesenyah.  I guess this is why the say your 2nd kid grows up faster.  They are kind of forced too & want to keep up with their sibling.  Leila is definitely meeting her milestones more quickly.  She has been rolling for the last 2 months.  Now rolls both ways with ease for the last month.  Is working on her ab muscles & will be sitting on her own soon.  Already trying to move around watching her sister.  She is most likely going to be crawling soon as well.

Overall it was one HECK of a year.  I am excited to see what the future holds for my family.  Here is abundance of pictures that we took throughout the year.  Enjoy!!! We hope all of our family & friends had a GREAT year.  Bring it 2020 I am anxious to see what awaits us this year.

  I cought her in a moment

 Halloween 2019

1sr Home Depot Workshop

 Family outing to the Pumpkin Patch

loook at her snoozing

 Play dates with Isaiah

 1st family outing

Adrians 1st birthday party where all the girls got to meet Leila #MariaAguirre

 Rauls Wedding 10/19/2019

 We clean up nice...the hubby cleaned up extra nice

Leila was such a good baby on the drive out to Arizona & at the wedding

fall fittings

Random store outing that we started at about 6 weeks old with the encouragement of my friend Vanessa.  Nothing to it but to do it #ALOTofprepartation

Once 1 got out I kept on getting out #CHEESE

1st family hike #LaSierraLoop

Another local store outing

I got her again

Random daddy daughter shot

1 month pic...August 2019

Yesenyah LOVES her sister

Relaxing in Laughlin before I poped

Pregnancy shot roughly 36 weeks

Yesenyah got her toddler bed ounce she turned 2

Family baby shower

Church baby shower

Pregnancy photo shot

Santa Monica Pier
Yesenyah LOVED the water

 Random pregnancy craving #DrPepper

Just me ready to pop

She is adorable #churchfittings

Santa Ana Zoo

Another church outfit

She is totally a daddies girl

 Amys Farm outing

Random

This is how we announced the pregnancy

they are KNOCKED she no longer naps for me but she will for her dad.

 RANDOM

1st hospital picture

Leila has arrived 7/17/2019 8lbs and 21 inches

day before I popped

Family pool day

These pictures are in no particular order & looking at them all gets me SO emotional.  It is still beyond me how blessed we are.  We have come along way.  My girls are SO adorable & such a blessing.  I have my days but overall I LOVE being a mommy & LOVE the person who has chosen to make me the mommy to his angels.  I LOVE the life I live now and the person I share my life with.  I don't tell him enough but thank you Brandon LaRon Williams for doing all that you do in order to provide us a good life.  THANK YOU #wouldn'thaveitanyotherway

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving

I hope everyone is having a BLESSED HOLIDAY.  I have totally been enjoying the Thanksgiving Holiday and I am reliving myself of a ton of duties.  Of course I am still a wife and a mom & am dedicated to that.  But, I also plan on enjoying myself & not worrying about the cooking.  Ive been off since Monday & Brandon has been a GREAT sport fending for himself.  it feels good to relieve myself of some duties but of course I can't sit back & just do nothing.  The girls defientyly keep me busy.  It is a 24 hour job that is totally worth it & fore filling.  

So the last 4 months have been chaotic& gone by SO fast.  Its HARD to believe I have a 29 month old & 4 month old.  They bring me SO much joy & remind me that God is good ALL the time.  Its SO hard to do anything not child related these days.  Hence, thats why I haven't been keeping up with the blog.  So, here is the latest.  Leila is 4 months now & starting to roll over by herself talks a whole lot & drooling like CRAZY.  I/We think she is going to be be doing stuff to try to keep up with Yesenyah. before we know it.  Time went by fast with Yesenyah & now it is going by ridiculously fast.  Leila will be walking, talking & have her 1st birthday before we even know it.  We are beyond blessed to have added her to our family.  

Yesenyah is a 29 months now & such a BIG girl & fully potty trained   She is SO independent and loves to do things on her terms.  She started preschool at the end of last month.  Its a preschool run by the city.  She goes 1x a week for 1 hour.  We are at the parent & me stage of preschool so I go to class with her & take Leila.  This mom has to find something to help this kid burn some energy.  She doesn't get to start sports or go to school on her own until she is 3.  So, I love that preschool is something to do which she benefits from.  Its nothing big but it is a good start & it is something which is better then doing nothing.  So Mondays I get ready for the week.  Tuesdays we go to bilingual story time at the library, Wednesdays we have a play date, Thursdays preschool & we usually run errands on Fridays. Then enjoy our weekend with daddy.

Overall we have had a GREAT holiday & I have been enjoying myself.  Here is an overload of pictures from the past few months.  

 We are currently working on her self dressing to make it easier for me when she goes to school.  She LOVES to pick out her clothes & put them on #workinprogress

 These girls LOVE each other.  Yesenyah is a GREAT big sister.

 She is ready for school

 She already goes to the dentist & brushes her teeth.  The dentist said we are doing a great job with her teeth.

 Leila actually does well with tummy time & LOVES this play mat

 one month shot

 2 month shot

3 month shot

 4 month shot #growingbeforeoureyes

 Random Shot 

 1st trip to the home depots monthly workshops

 Halloween outing.  We did 2 blocks this year.  

 Pumpkin patch fun with the fam

 Pumpkin Patch

 working independently

 these kids like to PARTY

 Play time 

 are Wednesday play dates are with her friend Isaiah 

 My friends little monster turned ! years old #MariaAguirre

 Yesenyah :OVES that Adrian had a baby shark birthday party

 We went out to Arizona cause my cousin got married. I LOVE the wedding date 10/19/201

 Hubby Cleans up really well, this is a random wedding shot

Leila did an excellent job at the wedding.

 This mommas confidence is slowly building & I've done several outings by myself.  The furthest Ive gone solo has been Rancho Cucamonga. Our outing to Arizona was a family outing,  A lot easier to do things & go places when you have the support.

 Random outing to the store

 So glad I'm working on my confidence or things wouldn't get done around here.  Brandon is working 2+ hours away from home so to expect him to do things once he gets home is unreasonable of me.  He has been game & done things I just don't want to be ridiculous. #SantaMonica

So, I wrap Leila & get to it.  Thankfully she has made it fair;y easy & is a really good sleeper.

 1st family hike was in September #LaSierraTrailLoop#ChinoHills

   One of her good shoots with her daddy #veryinfrequent

Thanksgivning food

Family photo

Williams Family photo.

Happy Thanksgiving