We are blessed! The twins are 1 and I can hardly believe it. They are both crawling and pulling themselves up to stand. They smile all the time! They wave hi and bye bye. Brielle says "uh oh" and Corinne claps at every thing Lyla does :)
They are a complete joy and they make me smile all the time.
In reflection of our journey I am saddened that the Dr.'s were so negative upon delivering the news to us that they were mono mono. When I see a result like these 2 beautiful babies I can't imagine being anything but positive. Together with God they chose to enter the world in an unusual way. Aside from conjoined twins no 2 people can possibly be closer. What a special bond they have. What a special journey their life will be.
Now that the first year is over, I can calmly reflect on the scary and stressful times in the NICU. The great joy of being able to hold my daughters for the first time when they were almost 2 weeks old. The fear of bringing them home during a hurricane and how they spent their first night home in a pack and play in our basement as we mopped up water and watched the TV for tornado warnings. The pumping, pumping and more pumping that I did and how I sometimes fell asleep pumping! hahaha... The support from our parents as I recovered from hernia surgery just days after bringing the twins home. The COLIC ohhhh the COLIC. No one can explain to you what colic is until you experience it! The first smiles!!!!!!! Corinne smiled first. I was trying to get her to fall asleep and she looked at me and smiled. That erased all of my frustration that night. The specialist appointments, the fear of test results, the unknown. Realizing their eyesight was good! Realizing their hearing was good! Corinne not rolling over, Corinne finally rolling over! Their blessed sacrament of baptism! Sleeping through the night! FINALLY! Teeth! More teeth! Babbling, Dada and every once in a while a mama :)...sometimes a yaya (Lyla?) too!!
The twins had a spectacular first birthday party and so many relatives and friends came to help us celebrate. What a special day for all of us! We so much appreciate all of you that braved the heat (102 degrees!) that day in order to honor the girls, their journey and the miracle of their life!
What a year! What a journey! Raising identical twins will no doubt be fun! Thank you God!
As always, thank you to all of you that have prayed and supported us over the last year and several months. It will never be forgotten.
Please continue your prayers as the twins have another cardiologist appointment in a few weeks. We are praying that the hole in their hearts has closed up and that they will not need surgery.
I also want to mention that during times like these it is evident that their is someone missing. The girls lost their Pop Pop (Bryan's dad) a few months before they were born. He would have been so happy to see them celebrate their first birthday. I like to think that he helped and held our hand through the rough journey of my pregnancy and the first weeks of their life. They will never get to meet their Pop Pop but they will always know they have an extra special angel watching over them. He knew they were coming and he was so excited! He showed their ultrasound picture to all his nurses and joked with Bryan about having 3 daughters. I will never forget the smile on his face when we told him they were girls! He will be forever missed.
God Bless!
Best Big Sister EVER!
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