Happy Brithday Mia and Eva!!!!!

Two years ago today the sweetest pair of twin girls ever born came into our family. We absolutely love having them in our lives!


FLASH BACK FRIDAY........

In October of 2005 I went in for my 20 week ultrasound as all pregnant woman do. As I laid on the table with anticipation I had a "feeling".......the doctor came in and lifted my shirt to begin the ultrasound. The first image to come up on the screen was two small circles. The radiologist looked at me and said...."do you know what that is?.....butterflies started racing around in my stomach and my heart started to pound....."that's a head, and that's a head.....you have twins!" I knew it! Casey on the other hand couldn't believe it! We talked about how neat it would be to have twins long before I was pregnant with Maxwell, and this time around I just knew. Casey was in shock! He always said he would love to have twins but sometimes I wonder if he only said that because he didn't think it would ever really happen.

And that was the beginning of life as we know it now..........

I really think that we were prepared for a long time to have these two special girls. They were truly meant to come to our family. I also know that they were there in heaven to greet our sweet mother Karen when she passed on through the veil. They bring so much joy and love to our family. I am overwhelmed most days at how much they have blessed our family. When they came into our home they brought so much strength, encouragement and love with them. I look back and know that the only reason we got through those first couple of months so well was because of the overwhelming amount of help from beyond the veil. They opened up a small path to heaven into our home and undoubtedly an unmeasurable amount of strength. Their little spirits are so strong and so pure. They are absolute sweetness!
I am so thankful to be a mother and to have the opportunity for growth that comes because of it.


NICK NAMES FOR MIA & EVA:

snuggs
snuggie bear
snuglet sisters
sis/sissy/sisters
evie e
mia me
little eve's
me me
the me's
the eve's
evie
sweetest

The next milestone is getting these little princess' potty trained. They are so excited to wear their big girl princess unders. Maybe next month or so we'll start trying it out!

This morning we had our traditional birthday breakfast! Waffles with icecream, bananas, chocolate and carmel syrup topped off with whipping cream....Yummm!
This tradition was inspired by my Dad who used to make this for us as kids, thanks dad!