Babies Turn One!

20 little Toes and 20 Little FingersIt is almost an a relief that we have made it this far. I have caught myself thinking back so many times to what life was like a year ago and how hard it was for me to grasp how everything was going to work out. And it has, and therefore I am relieved. I have learned two things from everything that we as a family have been through over the last year and that is 1) It can always get worse so don't panic and 2) the worst will be but a memory so soak up the good ones and forget the bad.


Thursday night, I looked at Jon and asked him if he remembered what we were doing at that moment a year ago. He smiled and said, "Yeap I was driving like crazy to get us to Birmingham."


I still remember those HORRIBLE contractions (how does one forget that?) and I also remember thinking, this is nothing, they will just send me home and talk about me being the crazy pregnant lady when I leave....but they didn't. We got there, got Addison in safe arms, and within an hour or so we had two beautiful, wonderful babies.


I never ever knew that I would or could handle these two crazy babies plus Add. But we all have handled the addition very well. I think Jon and I have both done a lot of reflecting lately on the last year. There was a lot of growing that we all had to do. And the main ones were Sophia and Talon. Having twins made me into a completely different mommy. I worried and looked at things so differently after spending 14 days in the NICU. I learned that we were BLESSED, blessed because both babies were good and strong and healthy. We were also blessed that I was healthy and ok, so many twins Mommy's did not have such an easy recovery. We were also blessed that I was able to stay with my babies while family helped me with Addison and even gave me money so I could stay at the hospital with them. That was huge to me, I am not sure I could have handled leaving them for so long. The room was sorta scary and the walk to the NICU was hard on the woman who just had surgery. But I was so thankful for that walk to the NICU every 2.5 hours.


Things are different now, and better. I pray that every year we can look back and say things are better. Jon and I both are crazy about these kids, all three of them!

Talon is WALKING! He started a few days ago. I caught him on video, I will try to post that very soon!! Sophia is not really into walking. She is pretty happy with her current mode of transportation. She is however, very very talkative. If you made sounds or words she will try to mimic you, it is so stinkin cute!

They are so much fun, it seems like after a year as a parent you can relax a tiny bit. I am not sure if that's good or bad with these two, but I am gonna try it! I am so excited to watch them grow and turn into wonderful amazing people!

I am sorry that I have been lacking on my posting. I lost my little camera. It was so sad, I was so worried.....Who knew someone could go so crazy over something so little. But I found it, its in Dothan. So it is a lot harder for me to get pics to my posts. So please be patient....and stay tuned!