Today was my fourth 12 hour shift at work. Usually my most exhausted day of my current five day stretch schedule. However today was different. Today our son and his wife were heading down to Ann Arbor for their initial ultrasound to determine how far along and how their pregnancy was progressing. Those who know me, pretty much know that I’m kind of a control freak. (Is it possible to be “kind of” a control freak?) I have to know everything and I’m not very good at not knowing when someone or something I care about is involved. Well, I called Jessica in the morning from work and “suggested” that they stop by my work after the ultrasound because “they’ve never seen where I work.” Left it completely up to them – no pressure – just call or text me if you can stop by – no questions asked…. Let us just say that our children fortunately or unfortunately know when I would REALLY like them to do something. So needless to say I received a text from them saying they were at the ultrasound appointment and would stop by to see me at work. Happy? Oh yes, I was happy. Jumping up and down happy. I greeted them both in the lobby – I was calm, cool and collected. I wasn’t going to ask a single question until they volunteered information – and yes, it was killing me! “Oh look, this is lobby. This is the gift shop. This is the family center. And these are butterflies made out of Arizona Tea cans”….yep I was keeping it cool! We made it all the way up to the 8th floor where our Department is located. Introduced them both to our Admin (still cool as ice) and then in the middle of the empty hallway Jessica says “Oh I have a picture to show you.” I look down and there, right there in black and white, two babies….two….two…two…OMG twins!!!!! Apparently I screamed and burst out crying as one of my supervisors came into the hallway to make sure everything was alright. I just kept saying TWINS TWINS!!!!! Hugs, tears, more hugs! Lord I love them both so much already. I took the kids for a tour through my unit (Brandon NICU) and every friend I came upon I made sure to introduce Chris and Jess, and pretty much gushed “they’re having twins!!!” every opportunity I had. They are officially 7 1/7 weeks pregnant. Memories of carrying Chris & Niki flash into my head, and my heart if so full of love for Chris, Jess and these two new peas in a pod. We were all so excited when we found out they were pregnant in December, and then there were two! xxxxoooo
