Then & Now

Every time someone I know has a baby I just sit back and think about what a MIRACLE life truly is. (My best friend's sister recently gave birth to a beautiful, healthy baby girl!) I've heard people say that miracles aren't things that happen every day, but I have to disagree. According to one of the songs on Hutch & Anniston's Veggie Tales cds, a miracle is "something only God can do." It is just so amazing that a baby can form inside of a woman's body in a matter of 9 months (or less!) and start out microscopic and come out so beautiful and full of life in such a short amount of time. Pregnancy was not fun for me. I worried, obsessed, stressed, and contracted the entire time. I was scared, bored, tired, and sore. But it sure was miraculous, and I wouldn't trade it for the world. I was amazed every time I saw the ultrasound screen, which was a lot (19 times)!! I read countless books about development at each gestational age of pregnancy and saw that come to life on the screen. I was thrilled every time I felt a kick, jab, twist, turn, or somersault inside my belly, and believe me, it happened A LOT!! To know you are growing a baby and that it is 100% up to you to nourish and care for it until birth is such a huge responsibility but at the same time an even greater blessing.
And I got to experience all of this TIMES TWO!! It is still hard for me to believe that I carried and gave birth to two babies at the same time, but I feel so blessed and God has definitely shown himself to me in ways I never imagined through this journey of motherhood. Here are some pictures of our journey!

13 weeks, 4 days (Anniston is baby B, Hutch is baby A)
You can see Anniston's head and Hutch's head and both of his hands

And here are those same heads and hands 21 months later :)

Me with my babies at 13 weeks, taken around the same time as the ultrasound picture above. It's hard to believe that the babies were already so complex, as seen above, when I was hardly showing at all. More proof of how miraculous pregnancy truly is!!

And then 21 months later, me with my babies again. They take up a little more room now and are not as easy to travel with!

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