Looking back its been an amazing journey. I think life for Jeanette has changed more than it has for me. She has temporarily given up her career (just as it was getting going...although its nice to know she's still wanted in the industry as she was offered 2 positions a few weeks back) and is a fulltime mummy. And because she is still breastfeeding, it means that every night she has to be home to feed the girls - the only way we can go out is if we bring them along - and with all the effort to get them out, its only worthwhile doing very very occasionally! I try to help out where i can, and usually find myself at least 2 nights during the week coming home at a reasonable hour so i can help out with bathing (i really enjoy bathing the girls and playing with them in the bath!)
When we hear of couples complaining about the impact of their newborn child we always laugh - for us, having 1 child is an absolute luxury! Saying that, we couldn't imagine life without 2 vibrant little tigers.
It seems our priorities have changed too. In our life before twins, weeks were filled with meeting up with friends, going out to pubs/clubs, eating great food at great restaurants and kinda spending without too much thinking. Now our friends come over to our place to meetup (cause its kinda hard to get out sometimes with the kids). Going out means going down to the local grocery store around the corner. And eating lavishly means eating dinner in 15mins rather than 5mins.
And for me, now my dream car is no longer a Porsche 911 or even a modified Mitsubishi EVO....now I dream of having a 8 seater MPV with 2 baby seats to cruise around in....and before you ask, yes I have done my research on modifying a MPV to look super cool!
Ok back to the subject. Conversation these days is filled with baby clothes, feeding, nappies, toys, prams....hahaha the list goes on. But, we have 2 beautiful babies and we are very happy about the decision we made to have kids. I'm off to bed!
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