6 Months Old

It seems like it was just yesterday that Bill and I found out we were expecting. I was just thinking back to the day that I found out I was carrying twins. I knew that it was a possibility and honestly I had a deep down feeling the day that I took the home pregnancy test that it was twins.

Nothing prepared me for what was to come. I was relived that our long journey to parenthood and all of the fertility treatments were over. What I didn't realize was that all the new worries of a high risk pregnancy were just around the corner. I had a few scares, an ending to my first full year of teaching on modifided bedrest, a summer of bedrest and preterm labor and then the laughter of scheduling my induction.

Many days I would rest on the couch and feel each baby move inside me. I dreamed about what they would look like, and who they would take their traits from. Those moments were beautiful and amazing. I wish I could go back and experience it all over again, the time went way too fast.

On our trip to Michigan last April, Bill and I had the huge discussion about what we should name the babies. At that time we didn't know their genders and knew we didn't want to name one son William III if we had two boys. On the way back from Michigan we picked out our two boy names, two girl names and one of each. The day of our ultrasound we were overwhelmed with emotions when we found out that we were blessed with one of each. We knew at that moment they were our little Bekah and Billy. The funny part about this is when Bill and I were dating, summer of 2001, Bill and I said those were the names we would like to name our future children. We spent all that time driving to Michigan and back talking about names we didn't even use. :)

After a couple false alarms I knew when we were ready for delivery. On their birthday I woke up and was "leaking" very similar as before, but I just knew something was different. I remember sitting in the bathroom at 3:45 am thinking "my water just broke." The next thought was what is the date. I realized that my children were going to be born on August 23rd. I don't know why that was so important to me, but it was.

Over the past 1/2 a year we have been through so many different emotions. We experienced the birth of our two wonderful miracles and all the joys and worries that go along with that. We had colic, reflux, RSV and other small things. Right along with it has been the best smiles, grins, "talking", laughing, rolling, "crawling", scooting, jumping, swinging, snuggling, cuddling and even tears.

Thanks for enjoying the first 6 months with us, and hope you enjoy the tales of the rest of the journey :)