Birth Surprise - Twins !!!

In 2019, we lost our baby boy approximately 5 months into the pregnancy. While that was the worst day of our lives, we never gave up “hope” of continuously trying to expand our family. I have no doubt that our baby boy in Heaven has been watching over us each day & played a part in blessing us this year with twins!
For many years, I have continuously told family & friends that I wished for twins one day in the future. Last year on my birthday, I openly proclaimed my wish for twins prior to blowing out the candles. I figured my silent birthday wishes for twins from past birthdays weren’t coming true, so I needed to shake things up by broadcasting the birthday wish. I was told that my wish for twins wasn’t going to come true because I didn’t keep it silent. Needless to say, I’ll never keep another birthday wish silent ever again - ha. I can’t believe this dream has finally become a reality.
To top it off, while some family & friends knew Brianne was pregnant, not a single one of them knew it was with twins. Since visitors weren’t allowed at the hospital due to COVID restrictions, the exciting twin news wouldn’t be revealed until family/friends witnessed the surprise firsthand during visitation at our house or via video chats. Reactions were priceless to say the least.
The babies were born premature, which kept them in the NICU for multiple weeks. Our little girl had a tight knot in her umbilical cord that stunned the doctors, so it might have been a blessing in disguise that the birth was premature. Our little boy was breech, & there were multiple obstacles throughout his entire delivery. There were 13 nurses/doctors in the delivery room in preparation for an emergency delivery. All of the nurses/doctors were amazing. Now we get to spoil/snuggle our babies all day since they are finally home.
Brianne has been so strong & amazing throughout this entire pregnancy (like all the others as well). She is such a wonderful mom & wife. Hopefully, the next chapter to our story involves triplets 😉. I’ll make sure to wish for that on my next birthday. Besides, mamaw needs more grandchildren to spoil. While yet another baby running around the house would be incredible (easy for me to say since I have the easy part), I know that our twins were the last hurrah. Brianne has made enormous sacrifices to bless us with such an amazing family & I couldn’t ask for anything else 😊.
Also, a special shout-out to the best mamaw. Martha always comes through for us & took great care of our other wild rugrats while Bri & I were in the hospital.
So proud & happy to be the parents of Brinkley “Hope” (in honor of our baby in Heaven) & Ace Leo 😊!!!!!!