Father and Daughter 1, originally uploaded by Diana Paradise.

This is my best "Aww!" shot. How could I resist uploading this picture or blogging about it? I love my family.

Starry eyes, originally uploaded by Diana Paradise.

Now that we have all settled into a nice little routine I find myself with quite a bit of free time. What do I do in this time? Well I take pictures of my babies and then I play around with them on photoshop. My favourite game is digging up pictures of Erika at the same age and merging them with similar pictures of Alyssa. My results are on my flickr page. Just three so far but there will be more as Ally gets older. Go check them out....

Sisterly Love, originally uploaded by Diana Paradise.

And now at seven weeks:

Alyssa has gained 1.2kgs
Has outgrown her first set of onesies
Has graduated to the next size of diapers

We are all so proud of her and so proud of Erika too for being such a wonderful big sister without the slightest hint of jealousy. I am truly blessed.

The Proud Mother, originally uploaded by Diana Paradise.

I figured it was about time I updated my blog considering it's been over a month since my last post. As most of you might have guessed just a few days after that post my Baby came along. Yes, I was blessed with a beautiful baby girl on the 7th July at 8.53am. She weighed 7 pounds and had a head full of jet black curls. Her name is Alyssa.

I had to undergo a C-section which was half expected as I has one for Erika too but all went off well. In fact it all happened almost exactly the same way as it did the first time round. My little one had to spend 48 hours in NICU because she passed and swallowed her stools while still in the womb and also developed mild jaundice. They brought her to me on the third day and she has been doing great ever since.

Well it's been one month now and I am happy to report that Alyssa has gained a good amount of weight, feeds well and does not keep me up nights. Erika is thrilled to bits over her new baby sister and loves her like crazy. She is the perfect big sister and is very protective of Alyssa.

So there's my big news; I am now the proud mother of two gorgeous little girls and I could not be happier:o)

Now and Then, originally uploaded by Diana Paradise.

Then – 1st Trimester:
1. Severe morning sickness
2. Lost a lot of weight
3. Went off all milk products including cheese, paneer, ice-cream and chocolates
4. No food cravings
5. Did not show a bump for all three months

Now – 1st Trimester:
1. Virtually no morning sickness
2. Put on a lot of weight
3. Had no food aversions and on a healthy diet of milk and milk products
4. Craved meat, mostly red
5. Started showing in the second month

Then – 2nd Trimester:
1. Severe morning sickness
2. Started putting on weight
3. Still off milk products
4. No food cravings
5. Started to show at the end of the 4th month

Now – 2nd Trimester:
1. No morning sickness at all
2. No weight gain
3. No food aversions
4. Cravings for meat and ice-cream (not together thankfully)
5. Only slight increase in size of bump

Then - 3rd Trimester:
1. Morning sickness starting to wear off
2. Put on lots of weight
3. Still off milk products
4. No food cravings
5. Big bump, carrying high and around

Now – 3rd Trimester:
1. What morning sickness?
2. Put on weight, lost some weight
3. No food aversions
4. Craving lots and lots of meat
5. Big bump, carrying low and out front

Igatpuri Station, April '09, originally uploaded by Diana Paradise.

I finally got down to uploading the Igatpuri trip pictures to Flickr. Go see:o)

Look at me, originally uploaded by Lil Erika.

Because I have some time on my hands I uploaded pictures to Lil Erika as well.........

21 Weeks, originally uploaded by Diana Paradise.

I finally got down to uploading some recent pictures to my flickr page. Feel free to go check them out.....