cebii

reflection

Yesterday, as you know if you read Holly's blog, we (mostly Holly and E) babysat a set of beautiful twin girls that we'd fostered from age 3 to 8 mos. Now they are almost 18 months old, just six weeks older than our twins. The experience gave us all a taste of how quads would be, and it wasn't something we would wish for.
It did show us many things:

• our babies are doing well developmentally, as they easily kept up with the older girls;
• boys are different than girls - the three girls, even at this young age, wanted more contact with each other and the adults than B;
• even though we really grieved when the girls left us for their adoptive placement, it was the right thing to do.
• Having them around showed that our twins are OURS and perfect for us, and H and H are doing very well with their adoptive mother.
• S is the most beautiful baby in the world. Whenever we finally get Holly's divorce decree from California (curse their disorganization) and the adoption goes through, I will post a picture and you can agree with me.
• We couldn't help but compare the two sets of twins and for some reason, S and B just seemed preferable in practically every situation.
• Babysitting four children under two is fun, but longterm would be totally and completely exhausting.

Okay, well, I can't exactly speak for my other family members, but this is how I feel.

posted by cebii @ 1:32 PM