Alya

Alya is the most kind, sweet, gentle person. She’s always giving hugs and kisses, is the best big sister to her baby brother. From enthusiastically feeding him, changing diapers, cleaning spilled food; helping me put away clothes, dishes — I never ask she just does it! She’s a jokester with the biggest, heartiest laugh. She loves to play with other kids — while being both resilient and patient with the most ‘shy’ to the most ‘rambunctious’. She’s great at meeting people where they are with love.

She loves FaceTime calls with loved ones, singing, dancing, painting, dressing up and is always asking to put her shoes on to go outside. She enjoys ‘reading’ a book, often alone. She loves cooking with me, and play cooking with her baby brother in their kitchen. She’s always playing mommy with her baby dolls and stroller — from pretend nursing sessions, to diaper and outfit changes. And if it’s not her dolls, it’s her baby brother she’s playing mommy with lol

Having two under two has been rough on us financially and emotionally — especially since we don’t have any family living close by (5 and 21 hours away). My husband works extremely hard to be sure that we all have everything we need. But, we want to leave a generous inheritance to our children. One of the ways I hope to add to that is a children’s book to help families welcome newborns smoothly, inspired by the viral moment we shared with the world. Also, expand our clothing brand Patient Victory