PARTY OF FIVE

Well, here we are. Party of five and still alive! We made it through the first year with twins. It's still debatable whether the twins are more deserving of a celebration or Jason and I are for surviving this year.

I spent the day yesterday reflecting on what happened exactly one year ago today. I was in the basement, which was a huge deal right there. To get my pregnant body down and then up the stairs was a nightmare. I would lean on Jason on the way down and then have him push me up as I panted, moaned and complained the entire flight. Nothing makes me happier today than to remind myself that those days are over. And although physical exhaustion may come and go in my life, there is NOTHING more physically demanding than being 36 weeks pregnant with twins. Nothing.

So I'm in the basement with Jason, Noah (who was 3.5 then) and this guy putting laminate on the bar top and I decided that my cramps were annoying and I wanted to call and complain to someone about it. I chose the nurse at my OB's office. Totally not prepared for what happened next...she sends me to the hospital. I knew I wasn't in labor. Jason knew I wasn't in labor. Everyone knew I wasn't in labor. But somehow, dare I call it a miracle, my OB comes in about an hour into my monitoring, claps his hands and says, "hey, lets have some babies!" Jason and I looked at each other and then at him and then at each other again. I remember asking him, kind of under my breath "am I in labor?" and his reply, which was a miracle in itself was, "there's a labor pattern and that's good enough for me so lets get those babies out." Um, ok. One minute we're complaining about getting out of there to have dinner and get Noah to bed on time and the next we're figuring out how to get him home to get my bags (which we didn't even bother bringing), the cameras and to call our families so we could get ready for my c-section which he said would be in an hour!!! A few words going through my head: thrilling, horrifying, excited, scared, shocked and oh...my...god!!! Parents came up, Noah came up, Jason makes it back with plenty of time to calm me down...and the next thing we knew we were welcoming Micah Jordan and Zachary Lewis into the world and into our lives.

And here we are, one year later.