I Blinked

I blinked.

I know you're not supposed to. But I did.

It feels like yesterday...

We watched your tiny bodies pulse with life, a mere flicker on a fuzzy, small screen. I cried as Mike held my hand.

Just yesterday we were strapping a sound machine to my growing belly in hopes of hearing you move. Any slight thump made us giddy...our hearts growing more attached through these brief encounters.

Just yesterday I felt you kick for the first time...each kick a reminder of the miracles you are.

Just yesterday I rocked you in the nursery, reading stories & telling secrets, as I daydreamed of holding you for the first time.

Just yesterday I marked each day off the calendar, another day you both stayed safely inside my belly.

Just yesterday we met you both for the first time, tiny & perfect in every way. I laughed and cried all at once. I never knew that emotion before & still can't put words to it. Nothing compares to meeting you both.

Just yesterday we stumbled through long days & even longer nights, hanging onto a thread of humor...sustained by the prayers & love of many.

Just yesterday we saw your first smiles, hung on every giggle, delighted in every newborn grunt.

Just yesterday we watched you discover one another. And we learned just how deep your companionship really was. What began in the dark, quiet shelter of my belly - just the two of you, has become fully expressed in squeals of laughter, meant only for each other.

Just yesterday you pumped your arms in excitement, reached out for us to hold you & laid your head down on our shoulder. Yours are the best hugs.

Another month has passed and you will be 14 months old tomorow. Life with both of you is a celebration of all of our yesterdays together. May there be countless yesterdays to come.

Happy 4th of July

10 Weeks to 10 Months

I came across these pictures the other day while organizing my computer files.

When the babies were still taking bottles and I was alone, I would feed each baby in a Boppy pillow with myself in the middle between them. This was the only good (and easy) way to feed two babies each a bottle at the same time.

When he was little, Aidan was known for passing out in the boppy when taking his bedtime bottle.

Aidan - 10 Weeks Old



As he got older, this became an increasingly rare event. So, when it happened at 10 months old, I just had to take another picture.

Aidan - 10 Months Old



Both Ella and Aidan were off bottles and on to sippy cups by 11 months.

It still makes me sad sometimes not to have that sweet, quiet bonding time anymore. I miss my tiny little itty bitty babies!

Wordless Wednesday