Come what may and love it: Part II

Things have changed at our house...

Meet our two-year-old twins: Audrey and Elliot!

The morning after our "Come what may and love it" post, we got a very special email about an opportunity to adopt these twins. The morning after. We were both so overwhelmed by the timing of the email, that we really felt this was Heavenly Father's way of letting us know these twins were meant for our family. It has been so hard to keep this wonderful blessing quiet! After meeting them, we had them in our home within days. Last Thursday, we became their legal guardians. On Monday, their biological mother signed her parental rights over to us. All that's left is getting consent from the biological father. While the adoption is not official yet, we feel very optimistic that it will be soon.

Elliot is the calmer of the two. He loves to read books and blow bubbles outside. He plays really well on his own. Elliot is also the more sensitive of the two. He is Ty's little shadow and follows him around the house asking "What doin' Daddy?" Elliot also loves our dog Link. We were out back playing with bubbles and Audrey and I went inside to get something. When I came back out, Elliot had a large rake in one hand a pooper scooper in the other trying to clean up a freshly-dropped 'Link'n logs.' He looked up at me and said, "I'm getting poops, Mommy!"

Audrey is full of spunk. She is definitely the more dominant twin. She loves to tease Elliot and try to eat his food. She also wakes up a little cranky from her naps and needs to be rocked for awhile. Audrey loves to watch shows and insists on standing right in front of the TV. Elliot will use his fork and have a clean face and Audrey will have both hands into her meal and food in her pigtails. Her little scrunched-face smile makes us all laugh. She knows some funny sayings like "Oh my goodness sakes!" Her nickname is "Sissy."

Jack feels pretty lucky. He tells me so everyday. He prayed for a baby brother or sister and he got both instead! The first day we had the twins he told us that he was "so excited to teach them how to tell time on an analog clock." He's mostly just been working on letters and numbers with them, though. Every day he does better about being patient with the twins and sharing his toys. Every morning when everyone wakes up, it's a small reunion at our house. The kids all run up to each other and give each other a hug. The same thing happens when Jack gets out of school. And again after nap time. We are grateful that they are learning to get along.

Ty and I feel so blessed and grateful for the opportunity to adopt Audrey and Elliot. For us, this was one of those moments in life when suddenly everything was right. We feel so at peace about things. Some people have asked us what the twins call us. From the very first day we had them, they called us Mommy and Daddy. The other day, Elliot saw a picture on the computer of me, Ty and Jack when Jack was just a baby. He pointed to the picture and said, "Mommy, Daddy, Elliot!"

These little twins are such a blessing in our family. We could not be happier!