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Life as we knew it on Chase Street has changed.  Changed for the better?  We hope so because it can't get any worse!

As many of you know we brought our twins Violet and Ryan home on my father's birthday, July 17th.  The first few days were hell.  We had wondered what we had gotten ourselves into.  We called in some back up (our parents)  Having someone there to help us out was awesome and helped us so much.  Some of the best help we had was from Darlene's book club ladies.  They took turns cooking us dinner a few nights a week.  That was awesome.

2 hours of sleep over a period of 30 is not a good thing.  Thank goodness for family and friends that helped out.

It's crazy how one day you are going about your business and then one day everything changes.  You no longer matter and now you have two little people that need to be taken care of before anything else happens.  And we are OK with that.

Being home with them has been the best.  Even though they may be crying and fussing a lot, it is still great to be with them.  They also drive us crazy!  But we love them more than anything.  It is amazing how that happens.
They are slowly becoming themselves.  Facial expressions are so fun to watch.  Violet is very laid back, not much upsets her.  Ryan loves looking out the window and going for walks.  We are excited for them to start to talk to us and each other.

It has and will continue to be one wild ride.

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