.. transubstantiation ..

So here they are - the small ones. True indeed, there is no transcendental art...only an infinite subject. These words that haunt us. It is enough, I realize, to sleep and wake a thousand times. And no dreams will change the good we do with compatible thoughts. there's only the love that walks us .... hand in hand in hand in hand ... from here to there ... We're free
We're truly free

.. birth to two ..

first things first... We have never been more proud in our entire lives. That's Sadie on the left in the first picture, Eliot on the right. Next shot, reverse.
Don't worry ... More to come.
Oh, and by the way, that 'E' was for the nurses ... Sadie also had an 'S' on her cap. We knew better. No lady but Misty's lady could have such beautiful lips. And Eliot was my hero from the moment he opened his eyes - the man is made of stone from Tibet. Pure bliss, both of them.

..daddy's take....

thirty-six weeks, two days, and much anxiety in.... So many phone calls. "Are they here?" "Is it time?" "Are you a daddy yet?" And, at work: "I was hoping not to see you today...aren't you supposed to be having babies????"

Regardless, it's fine. Tonight, for about the 18th time, we've had our "last dinner before the babies come." It's getting expensive. And no amount of dreams, spicy food or 'the best way to go into labor' seem to be helping us right now. Perhaps the southern dream of castor oil would be the way to go. I hope not.
So...we're full of ennui, irritation...maybe too tired of waiting to be tired of ourselves, but we do get irritable. ...Yet so full of love and impatience...so full of fun while we talk about our babies, little Sadie and Eliot, ...So full of hope about life and lives to come. It's the best thing yet. Yet, the best things are still to come.
Cheers to all who read and care....
We love you,
Patrick & Misty....

"Is it time yet?"

Here we are in the days before the arrival of Eliot & Sadie, our fraternal twins. I am about to burst, & every phone call begins with, "No, I'm not in labor." We are as prepared as anyone can be for the day we give birth to two babies at once. The trip so far has been bizarre & delightful. The transition from just the two of us to Dad & the Six-legged Belly has been truly humbling. The families wait, we wait, & the babies try to jump out of me all day long. And at any moment, we'll be rushing to the hospital, to loose these new spirits into the world.

There are pictures & stories to come.
~M

Patrick & Misty