Schneider Blog: 1 Year - First Birthday Party

I know that all parents say this but Jim and I say it all of the time..... wow where did this year go? So many people say congratulations on making it through your first year, or this birthday is for you or you made it, now things will get easier. However, Jim and I do not feel like that at all. Other then the first couple of months (which were very rough due to lack of sleep) this year has been great! I know we are super lucky that they girls have always slept 12 hrs. straight at night and that has a lot to do with it but overall this was one of the best years of our lives. We do not feel like we survived it but rather we are sad that one year is already behind us.

Every night we sneak into their room to check on them before we go to bed and we come back to our room shaking our heads that we still can not believe we have two beautiful identical girls. The odds were so against us and we wonder if and when we will ever believe that this happened to us. We know how lucky we are!

We appreciate all of the support we have had from the beginning and we are so happy that so many of our friends and family could join us for the girls 1st birthday.

We love you Alana & Kira!!