I love the fact that my last two are so close, in age and in heart. They seem to have a connection..almost like twins. I guess it's because they have always had each other. They are less than a year apart, "Irish Twins" I think it's called. We brought Piper home from the hospital on June 15th...which also happened to be Adler's first birthday.
If you would have told me a few years ago that I would have four children..I would have laughed 'til I cried. We were done..two girls...7 and 5...all of the hard work was over. Well, the Good Lord had other plans for us..and we were blessed with my son, Adler. Boy, did this throw me into a whirlwind..I had to start over..diapers, sleepless nights, spit up...it was very difficult for me to adjust. I loved my little boy, but it just seemed so hard.
We quickly decided that we wanted for Adler to have a sibling..the girls were quite a bit older, in school and involved with activities. We wanted for him to have a playmate, someone to grow up with, just as the girls did. I wanted them about 18 months apart. It took us quite a while to become pregnant with Sayler..my second..so we decided to not worry, and see what happened. Well, it happened..Adler was about 12 weeks old when I found out I was pregnant again. A little sooner than I had planned, but we were both really excited about it.
When Piper was born, I didn't skip a beat. I was already in baby mode..it was a breeze..all except for the fact that I was finally sleeping again..and then..more sleepless nights. There was no jealousy, no chasing after a toddler (he wasn't even walking yet)..it was just easy.
I was watching them tonight..running, chasing each other around the couch, and laughing. They really are buddies..they enjoy each other. Don't get me wrong, we have our moments. There have been plenty of spats..Piper gets his cars.. they both want the Potato Head at the same time..and I have had my moments as well...at times it is difficult. I have two very active girls..involved in so much..wanting to go places....and then I have two toddlers...it's hard to juggle sometimes. But I wouldn't change it...I never would have thought I would end up with four...but I am so glad I did.
2 comments:
Awww..What a sweet story! I LOVE it! And that picture? not technically correct? It's PERFECT! The color just jumps out at ya! I'm so glad you finally joined the blogging world!
You're nuts LOL- the photo looks awesome. I love the story. I really wish I would have had another child for Sean to play with, he just gets so lonely sometimes and it breaks my heart :(
Post a Comment