Nearing the end of this chapter

It's so hard to actually believe that I will be pregnant for only two more days! We are scheduled for an induction on Wednesday, Dec. 17!

Surfer and I are feeling all sorts of emotions - excitement at the thought of getting to meet our two precious babies, anxiety about the birth process (maybe me more so than Surfer!), and uncertainty as to what lies ahead for our girls. I wish that this could be more of a normal birth, and that we could anticipate bringing our babies home from the hospital with us. But that is not the path we're being asked to walk. I just hope and pray that both girls do very well in the birth, and that they are healthy - and need only minimal support in the NICU.

I can't lie - I am really looking forward to having my body back to myself. To run, to jump, to sleep on my tummy, to have a margarita! And, I can't wait to snuggle my babies close and just look at them and smell them and realize that they're ours!

And until then, I am trying to enjoy the last few days of holding them inside me; cherishing their kicks and turns, knowing that this is the end of the pregnancy chapter. Next page: a wonderful adventure - becoming a family!