[catch up from last post...
Jackson Ray Lester and William Ransom Lester were born a minute apart in the sunny afternoon of May 29th of 2010. It was a surprise admitance to the hospital and a rushed delivery due to prevention of imminent complications. To wrap the beautiful breath taking experience into a few words;
surreal, grateful, worship, nervous.
Months 1-3; rough without sleep, but worth every 'not enough caffeine in the world' moment. Watching them learn the basics of life like eating and sleeping patterns is an adventure like no other.
Months 3-6; learning the importance of schedules and sticking to them, especially bedtime schedules. The boys are learning exciting new things like rolling over and eating from a spoon!
Months 6-8; intense growth, knowledge, curiosity, and adaptation! They are learning to sit without support, eat with their hands, and sleep through...almost through the night!
...loosely but officially caught up]
Jack & Liam are 8 months old now and have been an absolute delight every moment, not dependent on our sleep deprivation or lack of parental confidence. The boys are cruising around the coffee table, self-sufficiently playing with toys and each other, and have made it through all the baby foods without allergies!
Little did we know... twin parenthood is celebrity-status. We cannot go anywhere in public without being stared at, talked to, or drowned in 'aww's. If the establishment has a high population of elderly people; we might as well be signing autographs...but, as we get more sleep and learn more and more; becoming less selfish, self-conscious and scared; we realize what once annoyed us very much is an incredible tool to talk to people and use our boys to minister to people.
The number one saying from our fans.. "Double Trouble".. a great and straightforward opportunity to tell them that they are blessings of dignity and responsibility from the Lord, and to think otherwise would contradict our intended nature.
Grateful for the Holy Spirit's compassion on parenthood,
Will
