I can’t remember much of anything in my life that I have gone through that I could ever compare to pregnancy. However, being that I am a man, I don’t imagine I’ll ever experience anything like pregnancy.

I have watched my wife, a little bundle of energy and beauty, go through drastic changes physically and mentally, that baffles my mind. I was sitting next to her at the movies tonight, and as I watched her I noticed that for the course of the 5 minutes that I watched her, she showed signs of complete discomfort the entire time. Not 1 second went by where she looked comfortable. There is much to be said about women who willingly go through pregnancy. I have watched my wife go from small, to carrying a very oddly positioned basketball shaped uterus around in her stomach and this whole time, she is as beautiful as the time I laid eyes on her. I see how much pain and discomfort she suffers. She manages to put a smile on her face often. I didn’t really realize how consistent everything is with this. She feels awkard, 100% of the time. It reminds me of torture. Torture doesn’t stop. That’s why it is torture. It never subsides. Let me tell you how much this woman has endured. She has never been one to eat. I really believe her body doesn’t really know how to tell her when she needs to eat. Before the pregnancy, she never really got hungry. She didn’t eat very much as it was, and she never had to. To be forced to eat alot because your husband is nagging at you to feed the babies, has to be hard for a woman like her. After we read early on that twins have better outcomes when women gain more weight earlier in the pregnancy than when women gain weight slower, I felt I had to make sure she was eating. Here we are today, where she has ended up gaining in the correct weight range, and the babies are doing really well on their growth. She put up with it all, like a pro. She ate when she didn’t want to, and didn’t hate me for it. She has worked very hard, day in / day out, to give these babies the best possible outcome. She has had to overcome natural tendencies, bad habits, and has endured the stress of having to move 2 times all in less than 3 months. She has made time for her husband where most women seem to not. She has endured pain, uncertainty, and discomfort more than I could ever imagine myself going through. She has carried twin girls in her tiny little body, and managed to give them room to grow. And for the past few weeks, she has had to walk around like a full term pregnant woman with ONE baby, for twice as long as most women have to deal with. She has kept her sanity. She has loved my daughter and made her feel like she is just as important as the babies in her tummy.

I can’t even begin to do justice for how awesome this woman has been in my life already. I want to thank you Sarah for working so hard in this pregnancy to bring our babies in with a healthy start. Despite any lack of assurance you have in yourself, you need to know that you are going to be more than amazing as a mother to our kids. It’s one of the greatest feelings I have ever felt in my life knowing that we are so blessed to have two baby girls on the way, and that you are their mother. I look forward to all of the challenges, experiences, and love that we will have because of what God has given us. You are more than I could ever have hoped for, and more than I’ll ever need. I love you and I can’t wait to see our little angels.

-Preston