The Hills Roll On

Children are a gift from the LORD; they are a reward from him.
Children born to a young man are like arrows in a warrior’s hands.
How joyful is the man whose quiver is full of them!

Psalm 127:3-4

“Wait a second…umm, okay. Change of plans,” said the ultrasound technician with a twinkle in her eye and a tiny grin. I hardly dared believe that she’d say what I knew she was going to say next. “There’s two!” There on the state of the art ultrasound screen we saw the amazing truth; that there are in fact TWO little 20 week old babies in my womb as I write this. I gasped, laughed, turned to Gavin to drink in the astonished joy on his face, and then I cried for joy. Pure joy filled my whole being as the words “double blessing” coursed through me. Two…two darling wonderful children. “A two-fer!” I laughed aloud. Two for the price of one! Our little family of three is suddenly a family of five. We couldn’t be more thrilled.

The thought of twins had occurred to me early on in my first trimester. I put on, like, 10 pounds in the first 9 weeks. I was horrified by the weight gain, thinking my eating was out of control. Could it really be that bad, I thought? I half jokingly said, the only other rteasonable explanation is twins! At the very least, a strapping young boy. The thought of twins nagged at me, in its highest improbability, but slight possibility. That same day I couldn’t sleep as I tossed and turned thinking, “what if? Just what IF?”. So I hopped online at 1 am and did a little research. Extra weight gain and stronger pregnancy symptoms (which I slightly had..still no puke though!) were signs. But you really wouldn’t know conclusively until the ultrasound. Well whaddya know…1 in 800 here I am. You can’t wipe the smile off my face.

Gavin tells me that he prayed for twins. Wow! He said that if I had to have another Cesearean he asked that it be twins; since I will be limited in how many births I can have after this surgery. Might as well get the most for the surgery! I’m so touched that he prayed that for me. I didn’t think to pray it specifically; I just prayed it would be VBAC so we could have a third pregnancy and onward with no major complications. But now, if it’s to be a surgery, so be it. Our two-fer…two for one.

We savored the secret for weeks to keep it a special surprise for our families in Ottawa. Last weekend we delightfully unveiled the wonderful news and savoured their reactions. Laughter, exclamations of joy, stunned looks and a few knowing smiles. It’s moments in life like this that you have to pause and enjoy. True reasons to celebrate are few and far between in our world today; this is one of them and we are enjoying every minute of it.  Judah and Jethro, you are meant for great things.  We are honored to be your parents and look forward to holding you in our arms until the day comes when you set your wings and fly.

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. 

Jeremiah 29:11

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