I honestly can’t believe that they are already one year old! The year has flown and though their delivery is as clear in my mind as if it was yesterday, the first 6 months are actually a blur! I’ve been a little surprised by the intensity of emotions involved as I remember going into labor too early and how I felt about that! The last week or so the end of my pregnancy, going into labor, their delivery and parts of the experience in the NICU have been on my mind a lot.
I kept a great journal while pregnant with them and recently converted that to the blog – you’re welcome to visit and read all about my Twin Journey . I still need to add some of the information from their first year, but it is a fun way for me to chronicle life with twins in addition to raising six boys!
They are such a blessing to us – so sweet loving and lovable – they have brought out amazing traits and characteristics in the older boys that I feel will make them more caring along the road to manhood! An invaluable lesson that I cannot take for granted! They are learning to care for others in a way that is absolutely impossible to make a self-centered event! I often find the older two stopping to give a cuddle to one of them (or both!), a quick kiss, talk to them about how wonderful they are or even about their day. Sometimes they ask if they can give the baby a bottle – it is such a precious cuddly time with them. And occasionally they will lay on the floor and let the babies “wrestle” them – which is very funny because the babies actually think they are winning and all the older brother is doing is laying there laughing at them.
Caring for their baby brothers with such an unselfish and deep love will have effects on their future in ways that I cannot even begin to imagine! I am excited to see the way that it influences the older and the younger ones! I know that the older ones will walk away with valuable positive lessons learned and that thrills me to watch. I have to admit though I do have to wonder what these absolutely doted on babies will walk away with and only hope that it doesn’t mean spoiled babies who think a little too highly of themselves haha!
Second post from what was originally a second blog just for the twins:
My babies turned one today! I have been going through a crazy mix of emotions for the last week or so as I find myself reliving the end of my pregnancy, the emotions of going into labor and delivering the babies way too early and peices of the time spent in the NICU.
I am shocked to discover just how clearly I remember the events and emotions and times (almost more intensely even). I have been posting my pregnancy journal, labor and birth stories here over the last week and again, the emotions are surprising. Things get a little fuzzy when I remember the time spent in the NICU – and the 6 months following their homecoming which was primarily spent buried under babies.
They are precious and sweet and absolutely full of personality! They are toddling around (I call them my “waddly toddlies”) and love getting into everything.
M is very thoughtful and sweet – you can almost see the wheels turning in his head when he’s looking at something. He’s chatty, but he watches things very intently. E loves to get into things, he sees something he wants and he goes for it. When E is into something often times M is across the room playing and notices him. He’ll watch for a minute and decide that whatever E is into must be super fun and goes over to “help”. E is very talkative, playful and Lovey!
We have so much fun with them – they are truly a blessing.