As you meet and get to know our family there is one thing you will pick up on quickly. We move at the speed of light, and we like to check "things" off the list as quickly as we can. I don't think that was necessarily a plan my husband and I made when we started dating....but maybe it was always fate's plan for us.
Upon return from the dream world of our wedding and honeymoon the Hubby went back to his normal shift work, and new job duties for me. We had weddings, and parties, a new extended stay house guest (cuz nothing says newlyweds like a roommate), and life with Mae the Boxer.
She's a whole different blog folks (Mae makes the movie Marley and Me view like a feel good movie about a GREAT dog) By the way, that couch she is standing in front of was lost to a chewing incident.
Life was busy. I'm sitting in front of my computer and laughing at that last short statement. If only I knew how NOT BUSY LIFE WAS then.
and then came the new check mark on our check list of life....
OLIVIA!!!
I'd love to call her a honeymoon baby, but she just missed the plane. We were over the moon with the news that we were expecting our first baby. The first year of marriage was filled with loosing the roommate (sorry Mike, you were great but you didn't fit in the nursery plan), missing the parties, sleeping A LOT, an ever expanding stomach, and getting ready for baby.
When I envisioned pregnancy it was always a beautiful thought. Creating a life and fostering a bond closer then you've ever known must make for an experience like no other. I would love to say that's what pregnancy was for me, but it SO wasn't. I bring this up only because, similar to this blog, there isn't a lot of talk out there, from those of us that fall outside the normal realm of pregnancy (lately I do find a lot more of it in the media, thank goodness)
My pregnancy is something I will for sure blog about at a later time, but for now this entry is about how we got to our Faux Twins!!
Yes, it is humanly possible for feet to be that swollen. Told you pregnancy was not a pretty thing for me!
But 9 months later it all paid off! Love doesn't seem a big enough word for what you feel when your children are born!
She erased every ounce of pain and hardship I went through over 9 months, like it never happened, and all there ever was became Olivia.
I can remember bringing Olivia home the very first night. We didn't get home until about 8:30, and by the time we got home and to our bedroom where she would sleep in what seemed her giant bassinet next to me, I was well aware of the fact that it was just me, my husband and this tiny, little, ANGRY baby. When my husband and I looked at each other, it became evident that we were both thinking the same thing...."now what do we do?' I might have also been thinking, "is it to late to go back to the hospital and beg to live there."
But we made it, and each day got easier, and easier. We became old pro's, and Olivia was a doll. Slept well, eat well, barely ever cried unless one of the two aforementioned was not taken care of.
And the first three months flew by! I had so much fun being Olivia's mom. I remember thinking, I could have 10 kids, I can't get enough of this (WARNING). I watched my husband endearingly become a father. I think he was transitioning a little differently then I was to parenthood (later blog for sure) but to each their own way.
And so you realize how quickly time flies by when you have children. Around 4 months, life had already returned to "normal." I was back at work, Olivia was sleeping through the night, Mae had almost recovered from all the new changes, as well as my husband.
It was right around Olivia's 4 month "b-day,' when an event happened that would change all of our lives, and once again make a check next to a spot on our list. I realized...."I'm late."
Yep, that shirt on that newborn baby says "BIG SISTER" From the minute I attempted to find a big sister shirt for a four month old and had to buy a 2T and role it up, I knew we might be in for something really different.
And that is how life with Faux Twins began for us! If your interested in following the adventure ahead, and seeing who the second belly became stay tuned, its a great ride!! I also hope that through this blog, I can give some support to others that are in the same boat as our family. Surprisingly there isn't a lot of information out there about children who are separated by less then a year and advice to the parents trying to gracefully raise them.
