1.5 Get Me Some Sleep

Don't get me wrong, the boys are super sweet, we don't feel we have children that are very busy or very attention needed. We were either lucky like that, or perhaps our method of raising just made them so easy going. But if I was thinking this second pregnancy through to much, I just couldn't help myself but freak out. Having twins is busy no matter how easy going they are, and yes, the only place to actually get some thinking done, is while your at the john.

It speaks for itself that waking up one morning, still in our first trimester, the discovery of the addition of again two new cribs had us standing still for a minute. All we could do was stand there and stare at each other, what else was there to do?

As we went from the first into the second trimester, and from there into the third, it became quite obvious by the size of her belly that they were not mistaken, as we had secretly hoped for. We were expecting twins again, and even though we both expressed our wish for a little girl, I could not shake the feeling that it would be two boys again, after all, my family has not had a girl for many generations.

I could have never expected Madeline to take care of the children as much as she used to when she was nearly due. So it was not a surprise to me that she went into labor while working on a painting again.

I kept the boys entertained in the nursery while Maddie was on her own this time around. She did a very good job and I felt a jolt of joy going through my body when she yelled that our firstborn was in fact a girl.

Only a few minutes later her brother was born. We placed Cathelijne and Rudger in their cribs, accompanied by another set of dolls we got delivered by Donovan the mailman. They fell asleep right away.

We were both stunned about how quickly the old routine returned.

And as with their older brothers, it became more and more easier the older they got. When the youngest twins would need attention, a bottle or clean diapers, their big brothers would entertain themselves.

When Cathelijne and Rudger were asleep, we'd give the boys some much needed attention. They kept us so busy that nearly a year had passed and the painting Madeline started in her last trimester, before giving birth to our youngest spawn, was still standing there on the easel, as unfinished as she left it that day.

The only time we were able to spend together, was when we were sleeping ourselves.

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So YAY :D I got myself a Ryan and Maddie female spawn :D 

As for the dolls...I went crazy when I got the message telling me these twins got the dolls as well! I have a mod that makes sure I am supposed to get them less. And in my other legacy it has worked like a charm...but here....perhaps this is the games way of trying to solve the lack of population in this town :P