Actually – NO! – they couldn’t!!!
Oh my word they do the cutest things EVER! I know all of our other kids were cute and did things that were absolutely adorable. I’m sorry to admit that I don’t remember them that well. Maybe because there’s 2 of them or maybe because we’re just a little older as parents, or then again maybe it’s because we didn’t expect to have any more children and know to treasure every moment. I don’t know exactly what the reasons are, all I know is that they are the cutest things ever! Even their big brothers think so (well, there’s another possibility – seeing them through their brothers’ eyes).
Whatever the reason we enjoy these babies so much. They are truly a Delight! They bring us joy and laughter! I can’t tell you how many times I have found myself with tears welling up in my eyes over the amazing amount of love I feel for these boys! My blessings, my miracles! Every single one of my boys is a blessing, but since the twins were so unexpected (and who ends up with two?) I feel like I was almost given a second chance. I tried to treasure every moment of all of our boys’ infancies and childhoods – they are so special. Maybe it is because I am journaling theirs more? Whatever the reason – I am thankful!
E is getting better – another 2 week round of antibiotics for yet another sinus infection and we seem to have him on the mend again. M seems to be getting whatever it was that started E off this time – fever, fussy, etc. Though I have to say that M is far less likely to need medical intervention for whatever it is.
Another thing to note is that we’ve decided to test them for zygosity. We have never known whether they are fraternal or identical and it doesn’t make any difference to us one way or another. Since we already had 4 sons individually I always treated them – even my pregnancy – as 2 that just happened to come at the same time. I almost saw my pregnancy as 2 separate pregnancies, trying to evaluate everything individually. Now I’m not going to say that they knew this (that’s silly), but in the end, as we all know M decided (individually) that he was coming 6 weeks early (his water broke-not E’s) and E was born almost an hour later after much pushing and keeping me on Pitocin because after all he didn’t choose to be born that day, M did. So he was born in his good sweet time!
Anyway, we do think it would be fun to know – they are going to want to know eventually anyway, and from a medical standpoint it is a good piece of information if they ever face anything serious. To be able to answer everyone’s questions with a definite answer would be nice too (no, I don’t feel this is NECESSARY for this reason!).
They definitely have minds of their own and who are we to get in the way of what they want to do – haha? You should see the looks we get sometimes! It is too funny. It is very difficult to keep a straight face when a one year old tries to stomp his little foot at you when you are blocking him from tearing down a barrier. Or when the other one year old is grinning at you from ear to ear because he knows he’s being naughty and he knows he’s adorable and is playing the “cute card” to get out of it!
The attempts to comfort one another continue. Definitely still more on E’s part! Lately if M has thrown himself on the floor in despair E will pull really hard on his shirt to try to get him to a standing position. TOO CUTE!
I think that is enough for today! More Later . . . . .