Happy First Day of Summer (x2)

The first day of Summer is Seraph's special day that she does NOT have to share with her twin, Angel.  We celebrated with a pizza party and balloons!  We also had whipped cream to play with :)  Seraph didn't like drawing in the whipped cream like I'd hoped.  She'd play with her balloon and accidentally get whipped cream on her fingers.  Then she'd stop and try to clean the nasty/sweet white cream off her fingers.  Beautiful Rabbit snuck a taste of whipped cream into Seraph's mouth.  Seraph acted like she'd been poisoned!  She couldn't believe that her loving sister would do such a thing to her.

We tied the balloons around the kids' ankles.  Seraph learned to pull the string down until the balloon was low enough to play with.  She also held onto the balloon's string to help her balance as she walked. She's getting more confident with walking each day.

2008

I think this was my craziest year yet.  

We were looking at pictures last night and I found a drawing I made in the hospital.  Originally I'd had tally marks on the white board for each day I was going to be in the hospital.  It was comforting to erase one mark every day.  It helped me see that my time away from my family would come to an end.  Then the marks were all gone, and they wouldn't deliver the babies.  There was no room for them in the nicu!!

The next two days were really hard.  ....until I drew myself a picture of my family waiting at home for me.  So, left to right, that's Delightful Finch, Strong Bear, Beautiful Rabbit, and Sexy Haqon.  I missed them sooo much while I was inpatient.

It's been almost a year since I started this blog....since I found out I was pregnant...since I found out we were having twins...since Finch started walking!  Our prayers have become simpler this year.  We're thankful for simpler things like our house and Sexy's job and each other.  We ask for simpler things....like breathing efficiently.

I can't believe Angel and Seraph are 6 months old.

I wish Seraph could be home with us again.  I'm glad we got to have the twins together for a few days.  

Seraph is on cpap to help her breath right now.  They just inserted a pic-line (like a permanent IV) to use instead of poking her when they have to draw blood for labs.  (they test her blood gases a couple times every day to make sure she's getting enough respratory support.)

I look forward to next Summer when we'll all be playing together at the park or by the lake or just walking around with the strollers. Angel will be crawling or walking.  Seraph will be crawling or sitting up.  Finch will have an even better vocabulary.  Rabbit will be jumping, dancing, and spinning.  Bear will be shouting "look at me" as he climbs.  Sexy and I will be smiling....and we'll all be very happy.

Hope you and yours have a great 2009 ;)