Click on the picture to the left for the photo's I've uploaded of our Christmas.
This main photo is of Sarah Christmas morning before my family showed up. She likes to hang out in the kitchen and demand food while someone is cooking. This time she took the stool, brought it to the counter and trying to take what I was preparing. So I put a few Cheerios on the counter to reward her quick thinking! :)
She looks so sweet in her Christmas PJ's and hat!
Dressed in their holiday PJ's, the kids descended into Christmas like a storm. Alex was the only one who understood want "Santa is Coming" really meant and he was up about 4am telling me "Mommy, I think I heard something... I think I heard a jingle bell downstairs". After some convincing he snuggled back in with me and slept till 6am. Then he laid awake untill after 7am when his sisters start to wake up. He was wired - it was adorable.
He went specifically looking for the things on his wish list. He nearly had a fit when he saw the milk and cookies were gone. Samantha adored her slide and wouldn't get off of it to open anything else. Sarah quickly fell in love with all the Backyardigan's toys and I swear she is still carrying them around singing "treasure, treasure..."
This is a picture of the livingroom after Santa delivered the presents but before the kids came in :)
Joe has a bad back, the kids all have a cold and this whole week has been difficult. Coming from a mother of 3 small toddlers, that means far more than the average "difficult"!
In the midst of this, December 5th marked the two year anniversary of that fateful ultrasound that told us "twins" along with the bad news that eventually led to Sarah's diagnosis. I find this time of year hard which is flat out silly. I mean lets face it - we have the best possible outcome.
I don't have many pictures of the pregnancy, I didn't want to deal with seeing them if I'd lost the girls. Now I wish I did :)
I had joined a support forum for parents going through what were were, and one of the members had suggested writing poems about our girls or situation. To mark this special occasion, I'll post mine here. At the time, we had thought the girls were going to finally make it but then Sarah went into possible failure and we were told we might face loosing at least her, possibly Samantha too. If Sarah could make it about 2 more weeks, her chances would significantly increase and I wrote this late on the 6th night of that two weeks.
Yet again I am reminded that we are a very lucky family.
Tue Jan 31, 2006 11:36 pm
8
days, 50 mins and counting
Thats how much we have to bear
Not
so long when you consider
The road that got us here
8 days
49 mins and counting
I hope you realize
that if you can hold
on
your mom and dad can't wait
to look into your eyes
8
days 48 mins and counting
Right now you are too young
If you
can't reach that date
instead of two babies
we might have only
one
8 days 47 mins and counting
The time can't pass fast
enough
I wish there was something I could do
to help you both
make it through
the next
8 days 46 mins and counting
