Tom and I are excited about our expectation of TWINS to our family but no doubt that this reality comes with a little anxiety at least for me! When I think naively, as a new mom does, of having two little precious babies to cuddle I am very excited! But when I think of all the work, as an experienced mom, I become overwhelmed in my thoughts of caring for two vs one and still wanting to be the best mom I can be to my first precious gift from God! At times I have cried over the overwhelming thoughts of it and yet I don't want to be unthankful for these precious gifts! My husband ALWAYS lovingly reminds that God has provided these two babies and blessed us in that and He will provide for us in our needs for them and our strength and our patience comes from God alone. Another dear friend reminded me over tea that God would never bring anything into our lives that would be detrimental to Titus as I worry about being a great mom to him while caring for two infants. It is funny to me how many women have told me "I always wanted twins!" and I think "Really?, the reality of it just seems a bit overwhelming to me!" We both have always thought that twins is something that happens to other people but we wouldn't have them ourselves!
My pregnancy with them has been one of feeling great thus far! My biggest challenge has been sleeping and I think from not getting enough sleep at times I seem to have minor headaches now and then. But I have been blessed in both pregnancies to be able to eat what I want whenever I want and not suffer from morning sickness! I am naively excited about getting a little further along when I can feel them both moving, I say naively cuz I am sure at some point the size of my belly will just be an unbearable discomfort and I will just want them to be born. But I always have thought pregnancy and feeling that life in you is one of the most amazing gifts God has given to women! I have felt them move now and then already, starting around 11 weeks was when I first knew it was them moving and not something else!
Titus continues to just grow up so fast! He is gaining in his vocabulary with words like "ca" for car, "ball", "Pooh" when he sees Winnie the Pooh, "tee" for teeth and a few others but those are his most used! He understands so much like "time to brush your teeth" and "time for a nap or bed", he runs to those places to 'do' those things! Last night he slept with 3 balls in his crib with him! He loves to watch both basketball and football, and practice those different 'throws'. Even from watching hockey he likes to find something to push the balls around on the floor with like he is playing the game! He loves to eat just about anything, veggies are his biggest struggle while fresh fruits are his favorite, but he will eat or try just about anything else you put in front of him! I tried to get him onto drinking cows milk by putting Nesquik in it, the least amount I could and it still taste like chocolate and that lasted about 2 weeks and then he didn't really enjoy it anymore. But he loves water so that is great! I haven't even desired to introduce him to juice, he can discover that on his own, his Pediatrician said it doesn't really do anything beneficial for them and eating fresh fruits is much better because of the fiber than drinking the juice alone so we'll just stick with that as long as we can!
Well obviously we are going to have to move from our 2 bedroom place before these babies come! We feel most comfortable and at peace continuing to rent a place, we already have to buy a car that will fit all of us with the 3 car seats we will have and with the twins coming this year we feel that those two things are big enough to take on without a house payment and all the responsibility that comes with owning! We feel we would have a little more financial freedom if we continued to rent rather than own. We have looked at a few places and none of them either seemed big enough even as 3 bedrooms or they are too old with things outdated that we are not comfortable with with small children around! We have one lead that we are waiting and praying for! A man in our church approached Tom about a split level house him and his wife rent out in a nice location of town near our church! It has 3 bedrooms plus a bonus room with 2 bathrooms, a gas fireplace downstairs, a dishwasher and lino on the dining room floor! We currently have carpeting in our dining room which is ok with 1 child but I don't think is so wise with 3 and I have not had a dishwasher in the last 6 years I've been in this place! It also has a nice yard and is on a quiet street! We haven't seen the inside of it yet and they currently get $1000 for rent plus the tenant pays all the utilities but he said they would be willing to negotiate on the rent! Our current budget only allows for around $1000/month to put towards all of that and we would be living pretty tightly for a while til Tom gets a raise. He was going to find out what is paid in the current utilities and set a time for us to look at it and then we can talk! We probably wouldn't be able to move in there until July as the current renter is staying until school gets out for her kids. So we are very hopeful on this place and looking forward to see what God has for us no matter where it is!
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