Life

As goes with the title of the blog, I generally try to write about our life and how things are going. Sometimes that life happens in such a way that make it difficult to write about. This has been the case recently.

The last time I wrote was 6 weeks after the twins were born. For most of last year, a lot of my time and focus was on them and that situation. And now things are back to focusing on my family and me. I have talked to the babies' mom a little bit and they seem to be doing well, which is good to hear.

Since then, we had Christmas which went really well. All of our close family came to our house and we celebrated together. Amy and Cole had a great time and loved all of their gifts.

Amy and I have also started Girl Scouts. She is a daisy and I am one of her troop leaders. When I initially signed up, I didn't think it was a huge commitment. I was wrong. It has taken up quite a bit more time and effort than I imagined, mostly to get everything started and set up. Now that we have most of that done, it's cookie selling season, so here comes the crazy again. I do believe all of the effort will pay off though. Amy is enjoying it so far, and I believe Girl Scouts teaches a lot of great things. So I do hope that it's something she'll want to continue, at least for a few years.

I recently put in an application for Cole to start preschool next year. I think he will love it! He really enjoyed the time he was in day care last year, so I look forward to him being in school.

Amy is still loving Kindergarten. She's doing very well in math and reading. She can't fully read yet, but she learns her sight words well and is definitely on track to be reading soon!


So everything is moving along, just at a very quick pace and some days it feels hard to keep up. We manage though and every day leads to the next.

6 weeks, time to get moving!

Today marks 6 weeks since I had the twins. They are doing great and the family went back home this weekend. I will miss them, but I know I'll see them again one day. This whole thing has been such a great experience. I loved what I was able to do and I loved being a part of their lives. I look forward to seeing those babies grow into the wonderful people I know their parents will raise them to be.

As for me, I've been recovering pretty well. Emotionally, I feel great. So many people have asked me if I'm sad  or if I'm having a hard time with everything, and I really haven't been at all. I'm not at all sad to not have brought the babies home with me. I knew all along that I was doing this for someone else, and even when the hormones kicked in, all of the emotion was for them. I never got attached to the babies in the same way a woman does in a typical pregnancy because it wasn't a typical pregnancy. None of the feelings are the same. Every doctors appointment, every kick, every contraction, you think of the other family. You know it's for them and that's where the happiness goes. It was a great experience that I know I'll always cherish and be proud of.

Physically, my body is taking a bit longer. I know there were two babies in there and I need to be patient, but it's difficult. I can't quite fit into my old clothes yet, so that's my first goal. I joined a gym today, so that I can start working toward that goal. Little by little, I think I can get there!

Amy's first concert!

Last week, we took Amy to a concert. It was MC Lars, who I am a big fan of, and Koo Koo Kanga Roo, who Amy is a big fan of. We just got lucky that they happened to be touring together. She had a great time dancing and singing along, but was completely exhausted by the end of the night.

Drawing class

Amy started a drawing class this week and they are focusing on how to draw minions. This is from her first day.

Halloween

Here are he kids before we went trick or treating. They were too excited to leave, so this was the best picture I could get.

They had a lot of fun though. Cole tired out quickly, but still really enjoyed the time he was out. Amy kept going for a while. Gotta get that candy! ;)

Just some pictures

Amy and Oliver at Amy's hospital room birthday party.

Pumpkin patch

Amy's first school field trip. Walking to the grocery store.

She said this was her face. The usual two eyes, a nose, and a mouth. And what's that up top? Oh, that's her brain. 

Trip to the park. Amy ran ahead and Cole ran behind her yelling for her.

More fun at the park. Anyone else think Cole's new haircut makes him look like Lloyd from Dumb and Dumber? ;)

Me and the surro-twins!

It's been too long

So I know it's been a while. I posted about how things were about to happen, and then nothing. Well, it's because everything happened and life has been a bit overwhelming trying to get things back to normal.

First of all, the babies are here! Haha. It's now been 4 weeks, so I'd hope they made it by now ;)
Everything went incredibly well during delivery. Labor was 3 hours, and delivery was very quick. Both babies were out within 10 minutes of getting into the room. They are doing very well and I believe have been discharged and are "home" with Mom and Dad. They will be in town for a couple more weeks to finish paperwork, and then they all head back to their real home. I've been able to visit them a few times, and it's been great. I'm definitely going to miss the family when they travel back home, but I hope to go visit them some day :)

I left the hospital the following day and was able to spend Amy's birthday with her. Brandon and I took her to all of the places she wanted to go. After school, we got ice cream, then went to a place called JumpCity, which is basically a room full of trampolines, and then McDonald's for dinner. She had a lot of fun and was happy I was back home.

Cole stayed in daycare a few more weeks and is now back home with me full time. He doesn't seem to be missing daycare too much. I plan on trying to keep us busy, so hopefully that will help.

October in general has been quite the busy month for us. I did finish Amy's Halloween costume. She will be the cutest waffle in town, and she can't wait to wear it. Cole seemed to have a fear of putting on costumes. When we attempted to try any of them on him, he cried and refused. So we ended up getting him a Yoda costume, because it's basically just a robe and a headpiece. So we told him to put on his jacket and hat, and he was okay with those things. So we'll see how Halloween goes!