A year ago today I would not have been up at 10 o'clock at night blogging. This was the time of night that I would have stumbled into out room, after feeding the boys what would hopefully be their last bottle for the night, and proceed to pass out from complete sleep exhaustion. They would usually nurse/feed at least two more times in the nights. Thankfully, their was light at the end of the sleep deprivation tunnel. The boys started sleeping through the night at about 3 months old...which was usually from 9 to 6 or so. Oh the joys of sleep! What a blessing.
A year ago today, I was just starting to develop a routine. The twins were on schedule and life was beginning to have some normalcy to it. We had it down to a science change, feed, change, nap, change, feed, nap, change...I think you get the picture. And in between the changing, feeding, and napping(there was no napping for me)I was also homeschooling and tending to a five year old...good times. These days we are still on a good schedule. The twins are 15 months old and we are able to deviate from the schedule from time to time. They are walking, talking, and so much fun to be with. They keep us busy from the time their little feet hit the floor. Tru's in first grade now and we're still happily homeschooling.
I'm so thankful for how far we've come since those sleepless nights the first few months. I remember nursing the boys in the first month at 2:30 in the morning thinking that the sleepless nights were only temporary and the time, however slow it felt then, would go by all too quickly. Thinking that way encouraged me, not that there weren't nights that I was nursing and crying at the same time. Chalk that up to the sleep deprivation and post pregnancy hormones. It's only by the grace of God and a very supportive husband that things went so smoothly. And today we are reaping the benefits of the work we put in the first year in our beautiful twin boys. What a difference a year makes!
