It is way past time to write on here again. If I would have written every time I’ve wanted to there’d be numerous posts between now and the last one. I guess it’s obvious that our twins are here – No time for other things. 😉 So, since there may be a few of you that haven’t “met” them yet let me introduce to you our two big little rays of joy.
Aryana Daylia was born two minutes before her sister. She weighed 5 lb. 15 oz. at birth. Aryana is our introverted happiest-if-left-alone baby. She likes to be held for short amounts of time but is happiest when she can be lying on our bed kicking her feet. Often we hear her laughing to herself like she is sharing a private joke.
Alegria Dawn was born last. She weighed 6 lb. 1 oz at birth. Alegria is her English name as well (some people have asked) and it means supremely happy in Spanish. She wears her name well. She is just that – supremely happy most of the time. She’s our extraverted baby – charms people with her smile and enthusiasm to see them. She’s very bubbly but fusses quickly if it’s her turn to lie on our bed by herself.
It really is intriguing to see their two very distinct personalities. I didn’t want identical personalities when I found out I was having twins. My biggest fear was that they’d be like one person. Well, definitely don’t worry about that anymore! 😊 They don’t appear or look to be sisters much less twins!
Thankfully both babies were born very healthy. Aryana was born with club feet. We are grateful that we have the resources here to correct her feet. She’s been in casts for four months now and has had one surgery. It’s taking longer then the doctor expected to turn her feet. They seem quite stubborn – like the little person they belong to. Since we’ve also discovered a few more little problems with Aryana. Her soft spot on her head is going closed. Not a good thing for her age. Her head is really small because of it. We have been seeing different neurosurgeons to see what needs to be done. We had to get a CT scan done. If you’ve never had your five-month-old baby get a CT scan done you will not even be able to comprehend how difficult it was. Let’s just say it’s pretty much impossible to get your little baby to not move at all for the ten minutes it takes to complete the test. We spent hours at that place. We were completely exhausted by the time we finally got it done. We had a super patient technician. And God helped us in a big way to get the seemingly impossible done. Praise the Lord that her soft spot is not all the way closed – that would call for a very intensive surgery! We do need to keep monitoring it for the next two years. I imagine that means more CT scans done ☹ and frequent visits with the neurosurgeons. In the meantime, we pray and pray that God would help her brain to grow avoiding the brain surgery. Poor little girl is also delayed in her motor skills. We’ve started therapy with her. Thankfully we were able to find a therapist that comes to our house. Most of them only do it through ZOOM because of the pandemic. We have only been doing it for three weeks but we can tell a lot of improvement already. Aryana is defiantly our little trooper. She hates going out as she’s a homebody and yet she’s the one that needs to see countless doctors. She puts up a fuss sometimes but as long as her daddy carries her in the sling she bravely faces everything. Oh, and for the record Alegria is our super healthy – above average baby. We’re thankful for that!
It is hard to believe that our little girls are six months old already! It is also still hard to believe that we have twins. Many times we look at them and still can’t grasp that we have TWO babies. It’s a ton of work and sleepless nights but we couldn’t imagine life without our little girls. They bring so much joy to our lives.
Alex adores his two sisters. When they were first born he didn’t like having two babies in the house. He said the made too much noise. But now that they are older and can interact with him more he’s loves them. It’s fun to see the way especially Alegria just adores him too.
Rays of Joy 