Surprise of a Lifetime

I decided to start this blog because of my unique situation in being a twin myself and having identical twin boys.  It should have been started when they were born 22 months ago but as a Mother of five children, I find myself just now having time to write.   This blog will be about all of the interesting dynamics of raising twins and offer tips on how Mothers can successfully manage a very busy lifestyle.  

It started by going in for a routine ultrasound in the 4 month of pregnancy, looking at the monitor and seeing two heads moving around.   This is after the doctor told me on three other occassions that I was only having one baby.   It turns out that one of them was hiding under my ribs and decided to show himself in my 4th month.    It was our surprise of a lifetime.   I was always told that being a twin myself that I would not have twins.    NOT TRUE!   All I could think about was how was I going to raise my 3 other children (14, 10 and 2 at the time), work full-time, continue volunteering, be a good wife and get some time for myself.    Now I had to throw twins into my all ready packed life. 

Now, 22 months later it has been a roller coaster ride that I wouldn't have missed for anything.   Yes, it is extremely challenging to do it all of this but it's so amazing watching these kids all at different milestones especially the identical twin boys.