One Year Later...

July 26, 2013

Dear BE,
     It's been exactly one year since I found out the best news of my life. It was this day last year that I woke up, peed on a stick, and saw two purple lines that made me the happiest lady in the world. It was this very day last year I brought home those cupcakes and announced to your father that we were having a baby. (Or so I thought...) Crazy.
     Looking back, I can say it has been for sure the hardest year of my entire life, but also my most favorite year. Being pregnant with twins brought it's difficulties and challenges, but a lot of excitement too! I gave you both a bath the other night and was sitting on the floor outside of the tub remembering back to so many times when I was in that same bathroom lying on the floor around 5 in the morning with a huge stomach ache waiting for my next "puking rally" to begin. Tough stuff indeed. But then there was all the good stuff: telling our family about you, hearing your heartbeat, seeing the two of you on ultrasound, feeling your kicks, finding out your genders. And finally meeting each of you face to face.
    Last year, I had NO idea what this day really meant or what it was going to bring about. Boy was I in for a surprise!
   This morning I woke up to your sweet cooing and your smiling faces. You are both working on rolling over. You are laughing at me and at each other. You are rolling over, grabbing things and learning how to entertain yourselves. You are chubby and adorable and growing so fast. Tomorrow you will be five months already! I can't believe how fast time seems to be whizzing by.
  I am enjoying each and every day with you and though it's hard work at times, I love it. And I love you both so incredibly much. You have made me the happiest Mama.
  Today I feel much of the same things I did this time last year: extremely blessed and extremely happy.
  I find it odd and humorous that I chose two different types of cupcakes for your dad that day in 2012. I couldn't decide between two flavors that I knew he would like. And it turns out we were having TWO little cupcakes of our own. Both ironic and delicious.
   You have taught me SO much already in our short time together. Things like patience, love, gratitude, multi-tasking, and using your feet as an extra pair of hands. I have had so much fun this summer watching you grow and develop. I am excited for our future together...especially our future summers. I can't believe how incredibly cute you both are. I can't stand it! I am finally feeling like I have the hang of this twin thing too. You are getting easier to entertain and care for. And I am very lucky that I get to stay home with you for a few more months. I am not going back to work until January when you will be a little older. I just wasn't quite ready to leave you with someone else yet. We are going to have so much fun this year! I love you both more than words can explain.

With Great Joy,
Your Mama