Healthy, Happy and Hilarious

I had an appointment at Brigham and Women's Hospital today, where Silas and Zoe were born and Zoe subsequently spent 21 days in the NICU. I realized as I walked to the allergy clinic that I have not been to BW since Zoe was discharged. I was caught off guard by how emotional I felt: first, when I pulled into the parking garage where we hurried to park each morning in order to make it to the unit in time for one of her feedings, always with Silas in tow, sometimes sleeping and sometimes screaming; I choked up again when I walked past the security desk we exited out of every day, going home without one of our babies. Finally, I couldn't believe when I went to check in for my appointment this morning and there was Antonio, the man who had worked at the security desk more days than not during our stint. He was SO nice and SO wonderful to us during that stressful time; he always remembered that we had our newborn son with us who also needed a badge. Antonio recently got promoted to Patient Services, and he couldn't believe I remembered him. When I congratulated him on his promotion he showed me pictures of his 3- and 4-year-old daughters and talked about how hard work always pays off.

I am so thankful.

Life with twins feels hard sometimes and it's easy to get caught up in the day-to-day, but today reminded me of a much harder time that we all survived. There will be bumps in the road ahead of us, but we are survivors.

Healthy, happy and hilarious is how I would describe both Zoe and Silas these days. They have big personalities and Zoe in particular has a lot to say. This video (taken a few weeks ago) gives you a quick glimpse. I am posting this as a tribute today to my strong, beautiful daughter.