Our First Flight Together ✈️

Growing Up in Monthly Stages with Laela🤱🏽➡️👶🏼

Here’s Laela growing up. I can’t believe how much she’s grown and how slightly different she looks now🥺

[BTW just for little context we had Laela when we were 18 & 19 yrs old and before we got married. We’re not married yet]

-Grace

An Update on My Friends👩🏽🫂👩🏻👩🏻‍🦰👩🏾👩🏼

“As you can tell my friend group has definitely expanded in the last 7 years of my life since you last saw them😁(Not the last 4 yrs shown so more like 3).

So you guys already know Kaylee & Kristyn but you don’t who the rest are & I’m about to tell y’all:

Imani Hayes- my beautiful black bestie who I’ve met while still in highschool. She was at the end of her freshman year while I was at the end of my junior year. A year after I had just finished highschool she was still in so when she was just finishing sophomore year she told me she was pregnant.

She was so terrified of the thought of being so that she didn’t even know who to tell first. She hadn’t even told her family nor her BF at the time so I was the first to know. She didn’t mind as during that time I’d became pregnant with Laela while she was in her junior year so she knew who to speak to first.

I told her all the things I knew when I was at the time but also told that every woman experiences pregnancy differently. She finally had the courage to tell both parents & BF but her BF wanted nothing to do with her nor the baby but her family was very supportive. Ofc her mother was angry but quickly accepted the fact & started supporting her through out her entire pregnancy.

So when she was almost at the end of her junior year she gave birth to a baby girl Shayna. Born 2 mths before Laela turning 2 so at Laela’s b-day party Imani & her little one Shayna were invited & finally got to hold Shayna for the first time as a newborn. The next time I saw Shayna was 6 mths later. So that’s who you see in the last one when we got to see to new Little Mermaid with the kiddos😁

[Admin: If you wanna see more on her go to my IG]

Dr.Richmond- I met Dr. Richmond when I had found out I was pregnant with Laela. She had a little baby at the time (McKenna, who is being held in the 6th photo) who is now friends with Laela so how the tables turn☺️I really don’t how we became friends but it turned it because Laela was able to make friends her daughter & friendship grew stronger from there😁

Dr. Richmond was a sonogramer when I met her but was also a Dr which at the same was rare at the time. She told me then that she was a single mother as well & when she told me at appointments I went alone for I couldn’t help but cry for her as I couldn’t imagine what life was like for her raising a baby all by herself😭

She then told she & her younger sister were living in a townhouse together raising her so it put my mind & heart at ease😌She, her sister (who’s a nurse) & her daughter McKenna are all doing well now. Both Dr Richmond & her daughter are living in a bigger & nicer house & her sister moved out & is living in the house next to hers. Dr Richmond now has a sweet & handsome BF😊

Kaylee- She moved out of her parents’ house almost immediately after HS & has been living in her current BFs house with their twins (who are almost 2 yrs old). So she’s doing fairly well😁

Lastly Kristyn- She adopted a little girl named Daphne’s year before she turned 3 in a new relationship she got in a year after they got together. They’re in it for the long run & are expecting a baby boy later this year☺️

That is all the updates from all of my old & new friends I’ve made from over the years. Thanks for reading them all🥰”

-Grace

At The Beach With Fam🏝️

“We spent the whole day at the beach eating ice cream & hanging out😁

I guess I know what Laela’s favorite dessert is😏🍦”

-Grace

All night Rendezvous🥰

[Not really😅]

“I literally just couldn’t get enough of him as it had been quite some time since we had done it (been since before Laela was born ofc☺️)

It pretty much lasted for awhile until we fell asleep at like one a.m😘”

-Grace

A Night To Remember🥰

“One thing led to another & I don’t regret a thing☺️”

-Grace

Laela’s Milestones at 6 Months Old🚼

“OMG how is she half a year old already😱It blows my mind of all the things she can do at such a young age🤯

She can now crawl, sit up, put teething rings in her mouth (as she’s already teething), eating solids but is not a huge fan of it, practicing to say mama or dada (having a harder time saying mama tho😣) & LOVES playing peekaboo🥰

That’s all that she’s doing at th is stage in life but there’s many more to come😁”

-Grace

Meet My BFFs Kaylee & Kristyn👩🏻👩🏻‍🦰

“These here are my besties since forever. Well actually let me take you back☺️

The year was 2007 at the young of 5 & just started kindergarten. That’s where I first met Kaylee. Then in 2009 at the age 7 we both met Kristyn in the same class we were both in😁

To let you in on a bestie secret just between me & you. Kaylee didn’t like Kristyn at first as she was too “nerdy” for her which was weird for to say because she was actually nerdier than she was lmao😂Like make it make sense😅

We went from strangers to BFFs in a span of 15+ years & now we’re all mothers. How wonderful could life be atm🥹

[Admin: These are just old pics of her & her friends as you can tell so when I start posting new pics of her & friends you can tell the difference😊]

-Grace

Starting Out The Day☀️

“We started out the day by cooking our famous breakfast Kayson almost always makes (Kayson LK makes the BEST omelets & pancakes). I took over as Kayson needed to get an ingredient he forgot to get before starting. My older bro Tyson went to go get Laela out of her bed as she’s not really morning person (like me lol😅).

We then ate breakfast, got dressed in our bathing suits & finally got to the beach in time😁A few minutes after we settled, got our stuff out & put on sunscreen. I got the opportunity to show my engagement ring off to both of our older siblings that Kayson got me the yesterday evening as a surprise😊

I’m happy as clam that the love of my life decided it time to tie the knot🥹”

-Grace

Finding Out Being Parents for the First Time as Teen Parents😖

“Finding out that we were gonna become first time parents as teens is something no parent of ours would like to hear come out of our mouths. Yes we’re older teens but we’re also considered adults at the ripe young age of 18 & 19 years old.

I was so scared at the time because I know my parents are gonna be more so disappointed than actually angry at me because they’ve gone through the same thing we have but a little younger so they understood what it was like for us🥺 Kayson’s parents on the other hand not so much as they’re stricter than my parents & had rules that even my family could NEVER even consider having😣

The first of having to get ultrasound was confirmation enough as soon as I heard the heartbeat I just knew I was pregnant. The second time I go I had to go by myself as C-19 had approached so I had to go by myself but as soon as the appointment was done & went home. I immediately had to show Kayson the first EVER pic of our baby. He was so shocked & excited to finally to get see who he’s speaking to at night lol😂

Then that same day but at night he was having second thoughts of having to tell his parents about the news as it’s been weeks since he hasn’t told them about the news. I reassured him in saying that when you’re ready to tell them, you can. It’s not up to them. It’s up to YOU😌

[Admin: Sorry the pics are all over the place but I kinda wanted to sum up Grace’s pregnancy in one post as her whole first pregnancy is IG if you wanna scroll down long enough to find it☺️]

-Grace

Evolution of Steph & I’s Relationship👩🏼‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏽

“Hi I’m Tyson & this is just a photo progression of Steph & I’s relationship😊

From being strangers to lovers is something I guess you can label how our relationship is now. Steph & I actually met in college. I had NO clue she was & neither did she🤨

I happened to accidentally bump into her one day while going to the gym & she was coming out of her sorority dorm😅 Crazy how we’d end up being in a relationship especially with our own middle siblings being in a relationship first🙃

That first photo of us is actually taken when we became somewhat friends. I’d see her when we hung out with Grace & Kayson but nothing more than that. In the 5th one we were clearly in our aunt & uncle era but felt like it looked more like first time parents lmao😅

As you can see the last photo of the both of us when we were pregnant. Yes we were expecting at the time but now our baby is out & is almost 2 yrs old🥹”

[Admin: Again these are just photos I compiled to sum up the relationship between Tyson & Stephanie. For those who don’t know Ty & Steph eventually fell pregnant together as well but unexpectedly & are happy about the outcome😊]

-Tyson