1st Blog

I started to blog two years ago and although I loved it time got away from me. So here we go again! My name is Heather, I'm 24 born in the year of the Tiger and proud of it! I'm a emotional cancer, loving and caring, will fight for anyone I care about and I always aspire to do more with my life.

I met my husband in 2005 we fell in love quickly, married seven months later and in october of 2006 I gave birth to our first born child. Our one and only son David Logan. David is a family name but friends and family know him as Logan. He changed our lives and for the better. We loved him with all our hearts and although young we knew we needed to make a decision that could change all of our lives.

In June of 2007, when our son was just eight months old my husband, Scott left us to join the United States Coast Guard. Those were two of the hardest months at that time in my life. I had amazing family and amazing friends that helped me through it and without them to this day I would be lost. Scott joining the USCG was the best decsion we ever made, we have stability and he loves his career.

In August of 2007 I left my family, my mother, father and four sisters and very good friends behind to join my husband in the Outer Banks of N.C. His first duty station is something I would never want to repeat again, but as a couple and alone with each other and our son we made a life for ourselves. Although it was a struggle to be away from family and friends we adapted.

That Ocotber Logan turned one. He was already walking, talking and had a full set of teeth. I loved him so much and felt that I was so lucky to have him in my life. I felt sad that he was growing up so quickly and started to wonder what it would be like to have another baby. A sweet little brother for Logan to grow up with or maybe even a sweet little sister who would adore Logan.

The following Febuary after many positive pregnancy test's and much excitment I went in for my first OB check-up. Because I was unsure how far along I was they did a vaginal ultrasound. And on this day I learned something that I was never really sure quite existed. Although my son was a miracle to me as every child is I realized that God was listening to me all these years and that he wanted to bless me with something I had asked for a long time ago. Miracles. As in plural. I was pregnant with twins.

Growing up I was convinced I had a twin out there somewhere and my mother was lying to me. My poor mother, how I pestered her so. My favorite book series (one of my favorites I had many) was Sweet Valley, a series about twin girls who had a older brother and a perfect mother and father. How lucky would I be to have a family like this one day?

I laughed at the Doctor when he told me there were two sacks andeven when he showed me the screen I was in shock. TWO? He called the ultrasound tech even though it was her day off she cheerfully came in, confirmed it was twins and printed off some pictures to show family and friends but all I could do was stare at them. My babies. Two little dots on a black fuzzy screen that would one day be walking and talking like Logan. God had blessed me again, he answered a prayer that I never thought would be answerd.

After I told a very shocked husband and a few close friends we traveled to FL for a family vacation where I told a very shcoked family our wonderful, surprising news! Although I was tired through out my pregnancy like any other pregnant mother I hung in there, watched my belly grow and worried about the babies all the time. It was a very healthy pregnancy and I thankfully had no complications other then baby A was breech and baby B was transverse. Which in the world of twins we all know anything could have gone wrong.

On a sunny October day, ten days after we celebrated Logan's 2nd birthday I delivered beautiful, healthy twin girls by C-section. They were two minutes apart, Olivia was born first at 5 pounds, 5 ounces and Aubrey came two minutes later weighing in at 6 pounds 8 ounces. For being 3 weeks early they were healthy weights and althouh we struggled at first with weight gain after five days they were released to go home so we could finally be a family.

Fast foward by two years and five months. My happy go lucky son is now four and such a smart, funny, loving boy. His smile still melts my heart and I tell him all the time that he'll always be my baby boy, in which he replies "No mommy, I'm a big boy now!" He loves to swim, go to the beach, see friends and always wants to meet new friends. He loves to learn new things and he is so inquisitive-every day he will ask me a new question and I'm always surprised. I ask myself "how did he know to ask that?" He loves his sisters and he is very protective of them even though they annoy him, he's so proud to be a big brother. I feel like at this point in his life he could do anything he wanted. The world is in the palm of his hands and he's biting at the bit to run off and see it all. I want him to know that he can do anything he sets his mind too, to shoot for the moon and even if you miss to know that you will land amongst the stars.

My tiny precious girls are now two, talking, walking and chasing after their brother whom they adore and love so very much. They are fraternal twins which means they don't look alike. They are so clearly differnt to me but some people say they look alot alike and some even still get them confused. All you have to do is sit down with one of them for five minutes and you can see how differnt they are from each other.

Olivia is wild, adventerous and will stop at nothing to get what she wants. She's determined, strong spirited and very protective of her sister and even her brother at times. She keeps me on my toes but I love that inner passion she alrady has at the age of just two and I hope as she grows up that passion gets stronger and stronger and she never gives up on her hopes and dreams.

Aubrey. My sweet, loving, so very thoughtful baby girl. She has a slow, sweet smile and her big brown eyes will melt your heart. She loves to read books, she gives the biggest hugs and can be very persistant in her own way. She loves to help me do everything, she takes her time when coloring or even brushing her teeth. She has such a silly side and once you get to know her she will open up to you and be so giggily and she is SO tickilish its funny. I want Aubrey to always follow her heart and although her passion is quite it burns strong and deep and I never want her to give up on herself or her dreams.

This is my story of how my family began. At this exact moment I'm a tired mom of three who should really get off her computer and get some sleep. I miss my husband who is currently underway but spending the time writing all of this has helped me through another lonely night. I love being a stay at home mom, I love coaching my son's T-ball team, I love reading books to my girls before their little eyelids close for the night and I love kissing all three of their foreheads one last time as I tell them "Sweet dreams, mommy and daddy love you".

I love my life. I am eternaly grateful to our Lord who has blessed me and who has stayed by my side no matter what difficulites I have gone through in my short 24 years.

Off to bed.