The reason I choose to get up at 6am on weekends ❤️

I used to sleep until noon on weekends. I loved getting 10 hours of sleep every night. I would be so angry if I had to get up early. But now, that alarm goes off on the weekends at 6am to get myself ready before getting the babies up, and I am up without the snooze.

The moment I realized I wasn’t a “normal” teenage girl who had consistent monthly cycles, I forever feared I would never have children of my own. That was all I ever wanted in life.

I was obsessed with baby dolls and always pretended to have twin girls. I was obsessed with Marykate and Ashley. My favorite movie growing up was The Parent Trap the original. Then the new one came out and I still watch it all the time. (The night before we went in for an ultrasound to find out gender of our twins, I watched The parent trap, hoping to somehow will my babies to be girls. Weird right?).

I told my two best friends growing up that I was going to have twins one day. Even though half the time I said I didn’t want kids because it was my defense mechanism in case I couldn’t conceive.

I don’t get my period on my own. Once, maybe twice a year. My greatest fear was not being able to get pregnant. I was afraid to talk to my husband about this until after we were married! I tried to explain to him you can’t get pregnant without a period and it was going to be a journey for us. I went through fertility treatment and luckily conceived on our very first try using letrozole and timed intercourse.

My chances of twins were now even higher. I was ecstatic but still would have been so happy with just ONE baby.

I took a test two weeks after my trigger shot and it was positive. I took probably ten more tests because I wasn’t convinced. My body ACTUALLY worked like it was supposed to. I told my husband we were pregnant and I thought it was more than one baby because of how fast it happened for us.

And I was right. All my dreams came true on January 26th, 2018 at our very first ultrasound.

Baby girls, you are my EVERYTHING. I never want to miss a single waking moment with you. Being a mom is what I was supposed to do. Being your mom is the greatest gift of life. 🌸🌼

Feeling so very thankful for my beautiful, healthy girls. 😊