I’m sure you’ve seen it all over social media… and many of my friends and readers have stopped in to send their birthday wishes (for that I thank you), but I really wanted to round up the Twins birthday anyhow, since it seems that I’ve been slacking in the personal department on my blog lately. On Monday, (September 8th) Luke and Isaiah turned into 5 year olds. I’m not gonna lie, I cried and bawled my eyes out as I do each and every year my children have a birthday (all of my children, including Kevin who will be 11 in January) lol. Let’s face it, I’m an emotional wreck when milestones are reached, but proud to look back at all of the accomplishments.
So – the twins packed up some goodie bags for their classmates and my hubby and I made our way to their classroom to celebrate their birthdays. Their teacher took our photo where the boys were adorned in their birthday crown and a few leis (ya know it’s a Hawaii Tradition, right? lol). They spent the rest of the day with their friends and after school let out – we went to an early birthday dinner… the twins chose Genki Sushi (since they love Sushi) and then ended the evening with some games at Fun Factory. I have to admit – I am always amazed at how much they have grown, literally right before our eyes. It seems like just yesterday that I gave birth to them.
On September 8, 2009 I gave birth to two wonderful little guys… but the road through pregnancy and the day I gave birth was quite a journey. Twins run in my family (both my mom and my dad have twins in their families) and in my husband’s (both his mom and his dad have twins in their families), so while we knew it was a possibility – we didn’t really think it would ever happen to us. My pregnancy was difficult – I lost 63 lbs through out the time I carried the twins in my womb… I weighed less at the time I gave birth than I did when I found out I was pregnant (this happened when I was pregnant with my eldest as well), and because of this – I was sick through most of the 7 1/2 months I carried the twins. My iron levels were so low, but the doctors had to give me a vitamin supplement that would not make me so sick – because I lost so much weight, increasing my iron would make me much more sick. Because the twins shared a placenta, I was monitored closely and was considered a “high risk” pregnancy because I was carrying multiples, but also high risk because of Preeclampsia and not to mention I wasn’t gaining any weight but losing a lot of it. On the day I gave birth to my beautiful baby boys, I actually went in for a Pre-Op appointment (since my cesarean was scheduled a few days later), but was rushed to emergency surgery because my doctor had feared that I would have a stroke or heart attack in the middle of the night (before giving birth) and would not live through the evening if I didn’t have my children within a few hours. To say I was afraid and scared would be an understatement… but my thought was that I needed to make sure my twins would be okay.
It’s funny to look back at that day, knowing I had so many emotions built up inside and not knowing the road ahead would also be a challenge. After the birth of the twins (which was a miracle in its own), I dealt with severe Postpartum depression. I didn’t think it was that bad, but I couldn’t shake the sadness in my mind and because of this, my doctor requested that my husband resign as a Police Recruit to stay home and take care of me until I had gotten though the rough patch in it all. Mind you… it’s now five years later and I still deal with postpartum depression (off and on over the years) so my emotional craziness is a whirl wind and roller coaster all wrapped up in one. But, they say that if you walk by faith, not by sight… that God will guide you through, and here we are today.
Since one birthday in a year is never enough… on Tuesday, while out running errands as a family, we decided to have some dinner at Ruby’s Diner (more on our experience in a later post) and the twins were once again honored for their special day. We will also be hosting a small family gathering at our house on Sunday and I’ll be sure to post updates here when the busy day is done.
So, I bet you didn’t think you would be getting such an earful worth of information by reading this post… lol but honestly, while we celebrate birthdays each and every year, I’m so thankful to also be celebrating life. To say I’m thankful each and every day for these little guys and their big brother Kevin would be an understatement because thankful doesn’t even cover the feelings I experience inside. Love… that would be the best possible word to describe it. I had no idea that when I got pregnant with Luke & Isaiah, that all of this would have happened in my life… but I wouldn’t change any of it for anything else in the whole World so long as we have our babies.
Happy Birthday Twinnies! May your lives be filled with an endless amount of love and joy and may God bless you always.
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Are they the cutests or what??!! Happy Birthday to Luke and Isaiah! and congrats to Mommy too
Aren’t they just adorable? lol Thank you so much Allison.
What a harrowing experience! No wonder you are emotional every year for their birthdays!
Yes… it is an ordeal definitely, but well worth it.
They are adorable! Happy Birthday!
How scary but thank God everything is well now! they’re adorable! Happy Birthday!!!
awwwwww! They are the cutest!
Happy Birthday to them 🙂
Happy birthday sweet boys with sweet names! Wow, you went through quite an ordeal and I’m so glad all three of you are here!
thank you so much. 🙂 Luke was named after my hubbies best friend from high school.. though my husband is a huge starwars fan and of course… the first thing out of his mouth was… “Luke – I am your father.” lol But I chose the boys names actually after the verses: Isaiah 35:10 and Luke 1:37. The scriptures are tattooed on my wrists after the boys were born 🙂 It was a struggle of an ordeal, but so worth it. <3
Happy Birthday to them!
thank you Leelo 😉
Happy Birthday to your babies! Such a cute family.
thanks girl 😉
AWWWW Happy Birthday!!
thank you 🙂
oh my gosh girl… my sons love sushi – all of them… we can’t take them to the super expensive sushi restaurants, they will run us broke. lol