This time last year

Every year my family goes to Austin for the Boys High School State Basketball Tournament. Kory and I didn't quite make it this year (it is going on right now) and we are really sad we're not there. So we've been calling my parents and my brothers to hear about all of the games. I've thought a lot about that this week because I was there last year and I knew it would probably be my last for a while.....what crazy lady would take 9 month old twins to sit and watch basketball for 14 hours a day. Last year on Thursday afternoon I had what would be my last sonogram. My mom and Rachel were here and we were going to meet the boys in Austin who had left the day before. Of course while my mom was here she took a few pictures...this was the last picture of my big belly. I can't believe I'm posting it because its very "bald" and out there, so if you are offended by a raised up shirt exposing a preggy belly, don't look. I was starting to get to the point where every day I felt like I had added 5 more pounds to the belly. I loved it. I loved being pregnant. I think back on this time last year and those were really the most exciting days of my life. Kory and I were living a dream. We thought we were the luckiest people on the planet to get to have a baby and then to find out we got to have 2!!! A boy and a girl!!! I really have never felt better and more excited about my life. I walked around so proud and felt like I should tell the whole world that I was having a girl AND a boy!!! It was so fun being pregnant while teaching my 2nd graders. They loved those babies and gave me lots of great ideas for names, etc. I will say when they found out it was a boy and a girl, some were disappointed. Several said, "I thought you were having twins!" They were slightly confused. They were very good to me as I was getting to the point where bending over wasn't as easy as it used to be. My fellow teachers were so fun giving them lots of names like Bonnie and Clyde, Old Dan and Little Ann (I think that was actually from my brother Clay), I can't even remember any more right now, but there were new ones every day. To me and Kory they were usually A and B. I would leave Kory notes in the house or in his car and would sign them Jaymie, Pick, and Roll (if you don't know basketball that's not funny to you). I just can't even put into words all that we were thinking. We would joke about the craziness of having 2 babies but honestly never for a second doubted that we could do it. Granted I might have freaked out later on, but up to this point we were thrilled at the idea of 2 of everything and twice the lack of sleep! The instant family of 4. This was the week I consulted with my friend Lana (twin mom) and my friend Kara (she was pregnant with twins at the time too) and registered for the little ones. That was fun. Anyways, I'll stop now. My thoughts are scattered, unorganized, and not well written. I am not real sure why I'm even going into all of this on my blog..I try to keep things light and fun around here. Here are the pictures taken this time last year. I was about 2 1/2-3 weeks away from meeting them. That is Jayde's sweet little face I'm looking at on the screen.
Roselyn was there. Here she is taking a peek at her cousins.
Ok, that is really all. These pictures resemble so many things to me and hold such a unique meaning. It is bitter sweet to look at them because I know now that that was the purest joy I will ever feel. I don't know that I'll ever completely feel that way again. I had no idea what was about to slam into us. I guess thats how it works, we don't get to know. But, as I always say..here we are.