They're Here!

The twins have arrived and already I see why people were laughing at us while we were pregnant and making all of our grand plans about parenthood.

So far, not many of them have been working out so well.

For example, I was certain the sleep deprivation warnings were a bit overstated. Sure, I was expecting to get a lot less sleep than usual. I was not expecting the type of sleep we would be getting. I thought sleep deprivation meant four hours at night, not four hours over a 24-36 period broken into intervals of 20-45 minutes of dead sleep. The worst part is that I often wake up thinking I have left the babies somewhere unattended. I would saw off my right arm with one of the twins' tiny talon-like nails right now for even three consecutive hours of sleep. I suppose that will come when they are in college. Maybe.

I also thought I knew how to change a diaper already but wrong again. Andrew has peed in his eye, on the window shade, and on the bookshelf across the room. Cooper hit me in my nose. I scoffed at the idea of Pee-pee tee pees but now I am kicking myself for not getting them. By the end of the night, I expect my green lantern shirt will actually be yellow.

And I also thought I was pretty tough. I didn't cry when they were born because I was too excited to see them. But since that time, I have probably cried more than John Boehner at a Tea Party convention. Who knew that two little peanuts could worm their way into my heart so quickly.




- The 2nd Mommy