I screamed and cried (tears of joy), Dan just laughed in disbelief, "You're having twins," is not usually something that you hear for the first time in your 21 week ultrasound. Less than five weeks later I was on bed rest and somehow without going crazy I made it another six weeks before holding my Rex and Myla. After a month in the NICU we brought home a tiny little four and a half pound Myla Jane and six and a half pound Rex Michael.
Let's be honest, I don't remember a ton about the first four months or so. Quinton was just a year and a half when we brought them home. Beautiful chaos is a good description of our house for the last four years. Going from one child to three brought a certain craziness to our family.
Little did I know that when I held Myla for the first time that it would be just the two of us girls in a house filled with boy! So she and I have decided that we must stick together and we regularly chant, "We are the girls" while the boys are trying to dominate us.
Doesn't the picture below look like Jett? My little blue eyed babes!
Miss Myla Jane is something special. I can honestly say that I know no other girl that can, "run with the boys," the way that this girl can. She's a pro at all things "boy" and when she's ready to be done wrestling she lets out a shriek that only a girl can do and grabs a baby doll to play with. She's quite funny and can win Dan or I over quickly when she wraps her arms around our neck and kisses our cheeks. She's filled with sweet sass. I love all her emotions because I understand all her emotions. She truly is a gift to this family of boys!
And as I've said before, I love that my boys know how to play Barbies and dollhouse and get excited to play girl things with her. She keeps us all twirling and dancing around!
Rex Michael, he has a heart unlike anyone I know. He is always so concerned about other people and what would make someone else happy. He is one who is fiercely loyal to those he loves. He will save a couple bites of a treat for his daddy because he's always thinking of others. He will pick out a toy for Myla when he's sitting in a hospital bed and they tell him he can pick a toy just because he's thinking of what Myla would like. He's Quinton's biggest fan, he is the first to run to Titan and Jett's room when he hears them awake. He will hear me mention wanting something in passing and next thing I know he will be standing next to me holding whatever I needed. He's thoughtful, he's caring, he's generous, he's loyal and he melts my heart with his big brown eyes. He challenges me daily with his thoughtfulness!
Rex is my morning buddy. Most days he joins me downstairs at about 6:30. Rex and I have a good little morning routine down, he makes my coffee for me and I get his milk then we either snuggle up with a book, he colors and I read, or we sneak outside and look for a few bugs. He's my first one awake 6/7 days a week. I understand that about him, I like the mornings too. I like the quiet. I like that he enjoys it with me!
Time goes too fast. It's amazing how quickly life goes and how easy it is to look to the next stage in life. I don't want to do that. I want to enjoy the morning snuggles and the arms wrapped around my neck. I just feel so amazingly blessed by these two four year olds.
Dan and I are delighted and proud to call them our children.
Happy 4th Birthday Rex and Myla!
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