Twiningeering: There are Two Babies

We were not prepared....

Let us get that one thing straight. We, as a couple, were not prepared for our lives to change so distractly, so quickly. We did not have time in our schedules to see each other, eat right, and exercise. Well, honestly it was just me who did not have the "time". I was overly committed to a job that was slowly killing me. Anyways, we were not prepared when the doctor said those words I will never forget, "There are two babies".

Bonus points for us after that, we did not have a complete meltdown in the ultrasound room. A lot of nervous laughter and a few cuss words, sure, but not a melt down. As most people who found out that, only seven months after getting engaged, and having only booked the caterer and venue, that we were pregnant, with twins, we did promptly have a mental break when we got back home. Thankfully after 24 hours of losing it (well ok a week of losing it), we reminded ourselves that we were not 16, or 21, or young adults that had a reason to be in panic mode, we settled down and started to plan for our little babies (do you see the IES at the end?)

Here is the kicker, we are both engineers. You read that correctly, we are both certified, degreed, and high strung people who like problem solving. That is when this entire thing took on a new meaning, we were about to Twiningeer our lives into making sense. This took time, and planning, and not buying every outfit at Target the moment it hit the shelves (not that I didn't want to of course). It took research, it took a timeline, scheduled c-section, prayers for healthy babies, free cribs, sleep training, dog training, minimalism, house hunting, figuring out what the heck a 529 was, the largest breast feeding pillow known to man, and of course loving two little babies more than ourselves.

The crazy part about all of this is that no matter how hard it was to get through at first, or how crazy our lives will be for the next 18 years (please?), we can not imagine it any other way. So welcome to Twiningeering, here is where we share our story. We are a blog for mama's just trying to figure things out, and we are happy that you are here for the journey.