1 year of our twin adventure

Neither of us had considered how much this milestone would hit us. Sure we were excited, proud of the girls and proud of our own personal achievement in making it through the year. But it was almost like 365 days of craziness, worry, lack of sleep and stress appeared in front (behind?!!) us and we were just shocked and emotional looking back at. It hasn't all been bad of course, the girls were a delight from day 1 and have brought more happiness and love than we ever thought possible. It's just we hadn't stopped to look back and take it all in. Did we really live on a couple of hours sleep a night for months and months? Did Nanette really go on two, sometimes 3 appointments in a day on her own with the girls fitting in numerous feeds and nappy changes? Did I really change jobs during this time, did we go to Scotland at 6 weeks old (Nanette driving up on her own!). Did we really sterilize 18 bottles a day, with 2 different formulas? Average of 7 nappy changes a day, 14 for 2, 100 per week, OVER 2500 IN A YEAR!! Seriously mad thought.. Yes we did, and the vast chunk done by the most amazing woman I have ever met, Nanette! We have to thank a bunch of people who have been there in some of the darker days, family and friends alike whom without we can't imagine how we would have survived. A few memories of the craziness stick out in my mind. I remember sitting in the nursery the entire night putting dummies in. No more than an hours sleep just so Nanette could get 3 or 4 otherwise she really would crumble. I remember Nanette calling me at work with both girls screaming. The entire office stopped because of the noise and they weren't on speaker phone! Fortunately there are some beautiful memories. Both girls sleeping in our bed one holding Nanette's finger the other holding mine. We all slept like that. The first time the girls spoke to each other in a random coffee shop, the first time they started hugging and kissing each other. Maisy's huge ear to ear smiles, her backward laughing, raspberries and lately growling! Hatties endless energy, her cheekiness and obsession with labels. Perhaps most of all is the memory of Nanette's face when she met her babies for the first time. Pure instant love. And the thought of their tiny bodies heads smaller than my fist, bodies shorter than my fingertips to my elbow. They are now bouncing chatting smiling gorgeous 1 year olds, and that is down to, for the most part a very happy and very proud mummy and daddy.