Say hello to the world!

It was a moment of joy for the family today as we met our new additions - my baby niece and nephew twins!!

Contrary to popular guesses within the family of who might come out first, the one who beat the other to it was our big sister, weighing 2.1kg, in what i think was the best captured pose of entering the world -- arms flailing in excitement/trepidation, face cringed in horror, legs outstretched -- this girl sure knows what she's getting herself into!

Then came our little brother... ironically the bigger and stronger one at 2.6kg. A certain measure of fiery there too, I suppose. Well, it's the family of four tigers! Quite bloody cos it was a caesarean birth... wait till you look at pictures of my cousin's naval. According to accounts from mr. cousin, blood was spurting out! Gawddd.

The two babies are sweet and sound. So cute and angelic... i heart. Sleeping side by side, sister and brother, inseparable before birth, inseparable at birth, and hopefully for the rest of their lives to come.

The wonder of new lives never cease to amaze me. The beauty of life and the love of mothers to be able to go through so much pain, is simply amazing. I've always loved babies, that pure, innocent state of being, created by their parents' love and nothing else. It makes me feel like there is so much to give, so much to look forward to in a whole new life to come.

I asked my cousin whether she was scared before entering the operating theatre. She said she wasn't at all, cos there's nothing to be scared about since she's going to go through it anyway. She even went for supper last night! I seriously salute her and admire her courage. Maybe love pulls you through everything.

It's gonna be so wonderful having twins in the family!! Other than the fact that I have to buy everything in twos that is... but I'm just sooo looking forward to playing with them, carrying them in turns and stuff. Watching them grow up even... gosh I'm so auntie-ish. But I've always been close to my cousin and have waited soooo long for these babies to arrive, I can't contain my excitement =)

But gone will be the days when we go for Sunday shopping with the mums, or go for a short trip somewhere, or have tea in the afternoons... somehow, i feel a tinge of guilty sadness, that my cousin won't be my cousin alone anymore, she will be a mother WITH two kids all the time! And now, I feel regret over the times I turned her down for Sunday shopping due to other commitments... We'll no longer have those times again. But I think what I can look forward to is a different kind of joy, such as spending time with the babies at her place. =)

We lived tog when I was young and kind of grew up tog... she took care of me and acted like my big sister cos she's much older than me.. I just seriously can't get used to her being tied down to a family. But still, I'm enormously happy for her and hubby, who's been trying for babies for such a long time and had to go thru much pains to get their wish. It's so good for them that this is happening!

I love them so much, already =))