Celebrate we will!

Published by Kerry | Filed under Max and Wes Milestones

Today marks the one year anniversary of the day our lives were finally complete.  It makes all of those months and years of infertility and treatments and pain and tears and shots and more tears and making the HUGE decision to do IVF worth it.  It makes the struggle with bed rest, emergency surgery, more bed rest, an early (emergency) c-section birth, 51 total days in the NICU, post-partum depression, tears, post traumatic stress disorder, more tears, frustration, etc, etc – worth it.  And of course, the giggles, the smiles, the cuddles, hugs, kisses, the “mama’s” and the “dada’s”, the waves “hi” and “good-bye”, and yes – even the (sometimes) non-stop crying/fussing…yep.  Still worth it.

Today marks one year from the day that our lives were forever changed.  Again.  =)  And what a wild ride it’s been.  How amazing that we’ve come through the last year virtually unscathed (minus a few weeks of hard-core therapy and a little broken arm).  How amazing that Jeff and I’s marriage is stronger than ever, considering that every odd in the book was stacked against us (did you know that parents of multiples are more likely to get divorced that parents of singletons – who knew?).  How amazing that we have these perfect little people – that our ALL OURS – to love and cherish and teach and appreciate and be so.damn.thankful.for…it’s all so…amazing.  

We celebrated a year home with Weston by taking the boys out to dinner at one of ourtheir favorite places, BJ’s Brewhouse (thanks for the gift card, Aunt Jan!) – and they were being charming, as per usual, even though it was waaaaay past their bedtime.

And now, a look back – a year from today:

And tonight, double-fisting it, just like his mama dada: