the beginning, part dos

when we found out we were expecting twins, we were so unbelievably excited. we spent a few days (weeks!) trying to wrap our minds around the fact that we were going to be the parents of TWO babies. (we are still working on accomplishing that). right about that time, my morning sickness kicked in. the person who named it morning sickness must have been taking some serious drugs, because i was sick ALL OF THE TIME. it was ridiculous. i will say this: the people who tell you that you will forget all of the bad stuff about pregnancy and labor are exactly right. intellectually, i can remember that i was miserable, but i dont remember exactly how i felt. i guess thats why im ready to do it all over again! anyway, aside from the morning sickness, i had a very healthy pregnancy. the boys were due on march 15...just a few days after my 26th birthday. i wont bore you with all of the details of the pregnancy!! i will just tell you, that i was so big that people thought i was about to pop about 3 months before the boys were born. our boys made their dramatic arrival about 10 days early...in the wee hours of march 4. i was in labor for 22 hours, but ended up with a c-section. there were some scary parts of the delivery, most of which i heard about later, as i was completely unconscious, but the outcome was wonderful...our two beautiful boys. elijah, "baby b", was my little baby, at 4lb 12oz. carson, who was "baby a", actually ended up being born 2nd, weighing in at 6lb 2oz. due to a few minor complications, we had to spend 5 days in the hospital, but we finally got to bring our boys home on sunday, the 8th. thats when life as we now know it began!!