TIME WARP TUESDAY

It is time for Time Warp Tuesday again - hosted by Jenn, we all post photos from our homes and tell the stories behind them!  Check in with Jenn to see who is participating this week!

This is a professional photo that I had made as a Father's Day gift for Tom.  He loved black & white photos in silver frames - so that is what he got!  I had not planned to be on the photo, but the twins were not doing well with the whole process, so I joined in to stop the melt down.

TIME WARP TUESDAY

It's Tuesday again - time for the Time Warp sponsored by Jenn.  Each week we post a favorite family photo and tell the story behind it...

I love this picture of my twins taking a nap together because (1) it shows how close they still are as adults and (2) it always reminds me of when I was pregnant with them. 

TWO TIMES 21

Senior Ball, June 2006

Halloween 1987

The trick or treaters are done for the night. It's a warm October evening so we decide to walk down the hill to Main street and see what the grown-ups are doing. We wander into a bar full of costumed revelers and find a seat. Tom has a couple of cocktails and I sip on a glass of grapefruit juice that tastes of tin can. We walk back home and go to bed.

Midnight - I wake up in a puddle. My water has broken. You see - I was 38 weeks pregnant with twins. They decided not to wait for the scheduled c-section a couple of days away. I woke Tom and sent him to the kitchen to make himself some coffee while I showered, changed the bed and packed. Oh, and I called the doctor.

We arrived at the hospital and Tom asked the nurses to remove their cat ears, flashing pins and other Halloween accessories - "Time to be serious!" A fleet of doctors arrived to usher our little ones into the world. At 3:11 am Zachary and at 3:12 Margaret were delivered and my life was doubly changed.

Today they turn 21 - the days are long and the years are so, so short.

Last December they had each other's initials tattooed near their hearts....

The Birthday Party