A MOMENT'S PEACE

Having twins is like spinning plates a lot of the time, especially if you're alone, and Julie and I do have to take turns alone sometimes.

Take, for instance, trying to get them to sleep at night. If you could just hold this one for 8 minutes straight, then you could get him down, but his brother is screaming, so you put the calm one down and pick up the screaming one. And if you had 8 minutes straight to hold him, you could calm him down completely, but now his brother is screaming...

You get the picture. There just aren't many quiet moments. Moments where you can just sit and marvel at the miracle of life, or notice little quirks the kids are developing, or just feel them inhale and exhale as they're curled up on your chest. I had to work a 15 hour day, so I know Julie wasn't having many of those moments today.

But every once in a while, through all the screaming and puking and nasty diaper changes... well...

Everything kinda comes together.