I have four children. We have four children... In two years we had four children. Sometimes I can't wrap my head around it. How can you? Of course I always thought it would be fun to have multiples but never really saw it happening. Before my husband and I got married we talked about wanting to have kids right away but we never saw this coming! We got married September 2010, got pregnant the second after we said I do (surprise!) and had our first set of twins April 2011. (That's right, I said first...) Nine months later we got pregnant with our SECOND set of twins. Finding out we were pregnant with twins the first go round was crazy, finding out we were pregnant with twins the second time... I have no words. To tell the truth, I wasn't as surprised as I thought I should be. Maybe it's because it's all I've known... That babies come in two's, at least for us.
Since becoming a mother of 4 at 24 I've had multiple (pun intended) people ask, "How do you do it?" Well, let me give you my honest answer, it's not that hard and yet it's the hardest thing I've ever done. Taking care of the kids really isn't that bad. It's like having two kids 16 months apart instead of four. We make sure both sets do everything with their twin. So I just double everything. Sure, there are times I want to scream and sometimes do... When everyone else is, at a weak moment I find myself yelling. But the hard part isn't having a herd of kids. No, the hard part is keeping my marriage to more than just raising kids. My husband is AMAZING! He's handsome and funny and smart and helpful with the kids (by helpful I mean he does more than half the work some days). He makes my life easier. It's been hard at times because I feel like we missed out on the honeymoon stage. I was really sick the first go round so I wasn't a happy, glowing pregnant women. I was a nightmare. An emotional mess, sick as can be, and demanding. What a dream come true for a newlywed couple, right? But he was so sweet and took such good care of me... He still does.
But because we didn't get a long time to ourselves I sometimes just want him all to myself. To be able to spend time with him without someone wanting something or yelling at us. I of course wouldn't change a thing! I love our beautiful children. They bring so much life and color to our little world! But making time, I mean real time (not ten minutes here and there) for just the two of us is the hardest part. It's hard emotionally. Physically the kids take first place but emotionally it's time with the hubby. So here is us in a nutshell. Believe it or not there is more...
