Birthday Boys

Five years ago, today, I was being wheeled into the OR for an emergency C-section to deliver my little (and I mean little) twin boys. I remember the nurses saying, as they pushed my bed down the hallway, "Get ready for kindergarten! Time will go much faster than you think." While the boys aren't in kindergarten just yet, it is hard to believe that they are five. I will not pretend that there are not days or sometimes even hours that seem to drag on for an eternity. Take, for example, the entire winter when they were two years old. That was rough. The point is, the days are long but the years go by so fast. I love and adore these boys. I felt frightened and ecstatic and overwhelmed and grateful when they were born and I'm not sure that my feelings have changed that much. I am so grateful for them, so ecstatic when they learn new things or having an outstanding day but I am also frightened and overwhelmed with the responsibility for raising these two incredible people. Happy Birthday Gabriel and Elijah!