Happy 3rd Birthday Matthew and Lilly--February 5 2011

Found this the other day...thought it would make the PERFECT post on the eve before my babies' 3rd birthday!

I was in the doctor's office the day my life changed. Joey, Marian (mom-in-law) and I arrived early to find out the sex of the next Hynson addition. I was escorted to the ultrasound room alone with the promise that Joey and his mom would be able to join me as soon as important measurements of the baby were recorded. I knew the drill; I had been to the very same room 4 times before--3 in which I learned the sex of the babies and 1 in which I had to say goodbye. The room looked exactly as I remembered it and I climbed onto the table without even thinking. The ultrasound began. It didn't take long to find the baby--a 20 weeker is never hard to find. As the doctor began to record measurements, my mind began to drift. I was convinced the baby was a boy, and I imagined what it would be like to hold a little man again. My first little man was nearly 10. Within 15 minutes, the doctor paused. She looked at me with a grin in her eyes and said she was going to get my husband. I panicked! I knew the drill; and this was not the drill. The measurements always took at least 45 minutes. She clicked the computer and left the room with a promise to return with my hubby. While I waited, my eyes were glued to the screen she had left me to gaze upon. Two perfect little circles filled that screen. Two perfect little circles filled my eyes. Two perfect little circles filled my thoughts. Somewhere, way deep down in my heart I realized at that very moment that my life had just been altered by two perfect little circles.

I can't say that every day after that was filled with pure excitement or complete joy. I went through many emotions. I cried; I questioned; I worried. I laughed; I anticipated. And on more than one occasion, I asked God, why did these two perfect little circles need to come together? Why not send one now and the other a few years down the road? I didn't get the answers to those questions while I was pregnant. I didn't even get the answers during the first several months after the births. But each day lately, God has blessed me with the answer to my question.

I see the answer...

--when Matthew wakes earlier than Lilly to eat breakfast but shares his food by placing it on her empty tray.
-- when Lilly rides in the car without Matthew and constantly looks in his carseat with "searching" eyes.
-- when one is being examined by the doctor and the other is crying sympathetically!
--when they laugh together in the bathtub because they have discovered the joy of splashing!
--when they plot an escape from the living room together.
--when they dance and clap to their favorite music.
--when they have "serious" discsussions together in the van
--when they pretend together
--when I get TWO hugs as soon as I pick them up from preschool
--when I give one of them a snack the he/she is sure to get one for the other

And the list goes on and on. Each day I realize more and more that my life has forever been touched by the awesome blessing and responsibility of two perfect little circles! :)