November 9, 2005

A double shot. Double trouble. Both barrels. Double your fun? My poor exhausted daughter in law has endured these two bouncing, blustering, boulder-headed boys beating her up from the inside for months on end now, and has not been allowed out of bed for the last 3 month, to try to hold on to them as long as possible. Well, she has done the impossible, and has delivered them FULL TERM, and each of them right around 7 pounds. You should see my two gruffest and grumpiest sons playing daddy in the recovery room while mommy is zonked out on meds. That is a memory a mother/grandmother will cherish and giggle at forever. My Marine and my truck driver diapering, powdering, catching lost booties, worrying about drafts, and feeding, burping and rocking one tiny smidgen of baby each. And my goofy-in-heaven husband getting his picture taken with a blue-wrapped bundle in the crook of each arm, the silliest grin on his face you can imagine. Well, last year at this time I had 5 grandchildren, now I have 9. What a bumper crop! Maybe we can all take a breather in 2006? The boys are not identical twins, but sooooo close that nobody can tell them apart without the bracelets. Look out world, these two are gonna come charging up together. The first-removed brother is Ethan Michael The second-removed is Ian Gabriel Donald