Twin Babies!!!

Meet Baby T!

And Baby C!

I had my first foster children in my home, and it was not at all what I expected!! Ashley called me on Sunday and told me that they had a very unusual situation at her work (she works for Adoptions from the Heart). Twin boys had been adopted by a family on Friday and that family called Ashley on Sunday to say that they no longer wanted to keep the babies. (so sad!!). So, Ashley and her boss had to go and pick up the boys and needed to find a place for them to stay until a new family could be found. As Ashley and her boss were trying to think of how in the world they were going to find someone on a Sunday afternoon, Ashley mentioned that I was just certified as a foster parent. So, they called me.

I was just leaving church when my phone rang. I picked it up and heard, "So..how do you feel about babies?" I knew immediately what Ashley was talking about (she had texted me earlier asking me to pray that the adopted parents would decide to keep the babies), and immediately said, "I'll take them". There was NO WAY I was going to let these poor boys be passed around more than they already had!

So, I quickly left church to head home and prepare my house for babies! (I will remind you that I am the girl that is usually scared to hold babies until they are at least 6 months old!). Thankfully, the parents already had a lot of stuff so I just needed to find beds (I borrowed pak n plays from some friends) and then drive to Ashley's office to pick up the babies. Talk about a crazy day! And it only got crazier, haha.

So, from Sunday night until earlier tonight, I had 4 month old twin boys in my house. It was AMAZING (and not easy! hehe)

Sunday night, the boys were clearly having a hard time adjusting to a new house, and one or both of them were awake at some point almost all night. I think we got about 2 hours of sleep total. Thankfully, Ashley had Monday off from work and Lindsay stayed to help out, so we managed pretty well with a 3 on 2 ratio. :) It also helped that both boys took a 2.5 hour nap; so we did too!

T was the laid back baby, pretty much just chillen most of the time. :)

This is usually what C usually looked like, haha.

But every once in a while, we would get this cute face. :)

Monday night they were a little more settled, but did get up several times. We probably got about 4 hours of sleep, haha. Unfortunately, Ashley had to go to work on Tuesday, so it was just be and Lindsay with the babies. Also, VERY unfortunately, I caught some sort of stomach bug and was SO SICK! Poor Lindsay had to do so much of the work! I had also agreed to make a meal for a family in our church, so that also had to be done during the day. Thankfully, I was able to do some things, just very slowly with lots of breaks. And, the babies were very cooperative; taking plenty of naps and overall being pretty happy. Somehow, Lindsay and I managed to survive, keep the babies alive and even get the meal made!

The boys seemed to have been pretty settled in by Tuesday night and each of them only woke up once, so we got a good amount of sleep! I was also feeling better, so today was a pretty easy day (as easy as it can be with twins!). Thankfully, Lindsay agreed to stay with us until the babies went home, so I had some great help.

We had to get a little creative sometimes, haha. We didn't always have enough hands! ;)

We originally thought the boys would be going home on Monday. Then we were told it was going to be more like Thursday or Friday (which I was not really happy about. Not because I wanted them to go away, but because I could see that they were starting to bond with us and I really didn't want that to happen. They needed to be at home with their parents!!). However, Ashley called me at about 1:00 today and said that they boys had a family and were going home today! We were so excited!! So, Lindsay and I quickly fed them, bathed them, changed them and got them dressed to meet their parents!

Gizmo did not know what to do with the babies, so he just kinda watched everything from a distance. :)

I have to say, walking into the room and handing the boys over to their parents has to be one of the most amazing experiences of my life!!! They were SO excited! They have been trying to adopt for years and had several birth mothers change their minds, so this was a HUGE day for them. What a blessing!!! The dad was really funny. He looked at me and said, "This is crazy. I went to work this morning thinking it was just a normal day, and now I'm going home with twins! We are so blessed". The new grandparents were also there, and the look on grandpa's face is something I will never forget. He was completely in love the minute he saw the boys and was beaming the entire time! I LOVED IT!

C in his going home outfit. :)

T in his going home outfit! :)

So, now the boys are at home with their family and my house is back to normal. It's really weird! I do miss them, but I am SO SO excited that they are with a wonderful family. They will likely never know anything about me, but I feel SO blessed to have been a tiny part of their lives. I know it isn't always going to be such a happy ending, but I really think I am going to like being a foster parent. :)