To Him who is able…

to do immeasurable more than we can ask or imagine…(eph 3:20). as I am nearing the end of this pregnancy, I wanted to reflect on God’s faithfulness to us over this past year.

when bill and I started talking about having kids I always thought it would be fun, exciting, and a bit chaotic to have them close together. I loved having siblings close to me in age and wanted that for our family. after we recovered from the sleepless nights charlie brought, we were delighted to find out we were expecting another baby due in december when charlie would be about 20 months old. perfect – I thought. a month later when we found out we lost the baby we were sad and I was disappointed “our family plans” would be changed. I knew God had a plan for our family, but I was saddened that my vision of having kids really close in age was disappearing (little did I know even having kids 2-4 years apart would be busy, but that is a whole different point).  we were overjoyed when we found out we were expecting again in august and were so grateful to see a little heartbeat at 6 weeks. I had to go back in at 8 weeks to verify my due date and at that appointment we discovered there were TWO little heartbeats. I was in shock – never when imagining our family or thinking about God’s plan for our family did twins enter my mind. we rejoiced with the news. after that appointment, I would lay in bed with my mind racing trying to logistically figure out how our lives were going to function with 2 babies joining us at the same time. I was in awe of how my Lord was giving me the desires of my heart in a way I never expected. at our 10 week ultrasound we learned our girls were at a high risk of developing twin to twin transfusion. it was devastating. we prayed constantly and asked our loving friends and family to pray for a miracle. we knew God had a plan for these girls, but were not sure if it would be the same as we desired. I remember feeling covered in prayer and at peace throughout such a fearful time. at our 12 week ultrasound we learned that the fluid indifference between baby a and baby b was gone. we fell to our knees in prayer amazed at God’s protection over our girls. as the pregnancy ticked by we continued to watch our Lord faithfully answer prayer. the girls have remained transfusion free and have grown shockingly equal this entire time. we prayed for a “full term” (or what a doctors deemed was the best time) pregnancy and I am nearing the 36 week mark on sunday. we prayed for my ability to carry the girls and care for charlie over the pregnancy and I have been able to stay active and keep up with my super active toddler throughout this pregnancy (the hardest weeks were the first 14!). while I do still get nervous about our upcoming delivery of the girls, I continue to reflect on God’s faithfulness and provision for us all. He has these girls in the palm of his hands and has a perfect plan for their lives. we rest in the fact that he has all of our days written in His book of life.

we want to thank our friends and family for praying for our family. our desire is that our family will bring Glory to our Lord and Savior. as I write this the girls are rolling and moving all around and in just 6 days (or less) we get to hold and love on them (I go in wed am for a scheduled c-section). our household will be crazy and my type A personality will have to chill out, but I am more than amazed that we have a God who loves us so much that he cares about the details of our lives. that He is able to do immeasurably more than I could have ever asked or imagined by blessing us with these 2 girls.