Saturday, September 10, 2011

Bitter-Sweet

We have talked about this day off and on for the past week and now that it is here it's bitter-sweet. One year ago today the boys were supposed to enter this world but they decided they couldn't wait another 15 weeks and so they arrived in June of 2010. 

I think back on it and wonder how different our lives would have been had the boys been born full-term? It is hard to remember our three months in the NICU and how miserable life was at that time. If I could do it all over again I know that I wouldn't choose to be in the NICU, but maybe I would. We met so many wonderful people who changed our lives and more specifically the lives of our children!

We needed to be in Iowa at that time. God, with the help of the hospital staff saved the lives of the twins and our wonderful Iowa friends saved us.

So today we celebrate the boys' One Year Adjusted Birthday! We are so blessed to have such wonderful happy children. These are the things we did today to celebrate this special day.

  • We went grocery shopping as a family. (I know, pretty boring)
  • We went to the park
  • We ate a lot of fun foods.
    • Green Beans
    • French Fries
    • Raspberries
    • Peas
    • Macaroni and Cheese
    • Watermelon
    • A Big Sugary Cupcake
  • We took a much needed bath after all of our eating adventures.
Here are some pictures from our special day.



 

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Love the cupcake photos!

nathan n rachel said...

Time really flies...cute pics.

Hollie said...

this was definitely not a "crappy birthday" the boys must've just remembered what being three months early was like so they couldn't smile for their one year pictures... but the adjusted birthday apparently rocked.