Saturday, February 23, 2013

"We are TWO!" ~ Happy Birthday, Kids!

Happy Birthday to our Precious TWO Year Olds!
Abby, Ellie, Elijah, and Caleb
(Caleb was really opposed to the idea of a birthday photo. Lol!)

It's hard to believe how fast it has gone. Some days it feels like just yesterday that we found out that we had quadruplets on the way, and some days it feels like life has always been full of the joy that our four kiddos have brought into our home.

Age 2 is a big deal in the preemie world. Our kids were born at 27 weeks, 6 days...just hours before we would have entered the third trimester. It was touch and go for awhile, and we have been operating under an adjusted age since then. To account for their prematurity, medical professionals and developmental therapists have considered them three months younger than they actually are.

At age 2, that all ends. They are now officially 2 with no more adjustments. While we are still working through some side effects of their prematurity, they are considered "caught up" for all intents and purposes. It's like coming of age!

Today, we are celebrating their birthday with a very quiet, low-key get together with their grandparents and aunts and uncles. While we plan on celebrating with their friends and extended family this summer, we didn't want this milestone to pass without some sort of celebration.

We hope you are celebrating with us behind your computer today! Your prayers, encouragement, support, and love are what have helped us get this far. We will forever be grateful that God has chosen to bless us with healthy kids and wonderful friends to walk the journey alongside of us!

And if you can't get enough Ishum Quad fun, make sure you head over and read the article that is running in the FYI section of the Kansas City Star Newspaper today! They have been checking in with us periodically since we were pregnant and asked if they could do a 2nd Birthday feature to celebrate this milestone with us! Jenee, the author, has written all of the newspapers articles on our family and has become a friend. We enjoyed visiting with her and the staff photographer who came out to capture their antics for the newspaper's readers. What a sweet gift to have to commemorate this day!


Now, I need to sign off. Birthday celebrations and a run to the store for a stack of newspapers are in order. We have a fun day ahead of us!

Sean and Rebecca

22 comments:

  1. Happy 2nd Birthday sweethearts!! Have so much fun celebrating!!!

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  2. Happy Birthday Caleb, Abby, Eli and Ellie! Hope that you have a memorable day and a terrific year. Sending you birthday wishes!

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  3. How amazing! Congrats!

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  4. Happy Birthing Day to you!!! Birthdays take on so much more meaning once you have children. Celebrate your accomplishment as parents!! Susan (2nd cousin or something like that from Seattle)

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    1. You are so right! I'm far more excited about their birthdays than I am about my own. :)

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  5. Happy 2nd Birthday Caleb, Abby, Eli and Ellie!! What an accomplishment and I hope you had fun! :)

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  6. Your children are beautiful! Happy Birthday guys!

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  7. Happy Birthday, Caleb, Abby, Eli and Ellie!!! Hope you all are doing well and can't wait to see you again when this crazy weather is all over.

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  8. Happy Birthday kiddos. I've had half a dozen people stop me today to tell me about your article and ask if I know you. Multiples are just so interesting!

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    1. Lol! Sorry if they were bugging you! I guess people assume us higher order multiples moms run in the same circles (which we do!). :)

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