Two years ago...

I began this on their birthday, July 8, but did not finish it up until today...

Two years ago today I said hello to James, Ella + Cameron for the very first time.

James Andrew



Ella Elizabeth Garrett

and Cameron Grace.

I only caught a glimpse of them as they whizzed by in incubators, rushed to the NICU immediately after their birth. They were so tiny + so fragile; but, unknown to me at the time, they also possessed an incredible amount of strength. It was scary, those first few days...the first two weeks really. I was never quite sure what new obstacle each of them might have to face. And subsequently, I never knew what I could hope to expect from each day.

But they persevered, amazing all of us. And now those babies, my babies, are two. Which means they are officially no longer babies, but instead toddlers. Two is the magical age for preemies. The time when they catch up and are measured alongside their peers. When they were born, that day seemed so far away; an almost unattainable goal. And now their birth day seems like the day that is so far away; fuzzy + distant, surely warped a bit by time.

In some ways, I feel that we are exactly where we should be + yet in other ways I feel like time has gone by faster than I can take.They have thrived over the past two years, growing into these incredible people. Still small, but with enormous personalities, full of life + full of fun. They cannot learn fast enough + keep busy every moment of every day, always doing something.

And me? Strangely, I am in a similar place to where I was then. It is different, that is certain, less scary + not nearly as overwhelming. It is fun + entertaining, exciting + rewarding, challenging + limit pushing. But...here I am two years later + still, I am not sure what I can hope to expect from each day.


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