Two heads are better than one

The shock of knowing that we are expecting twins is still very present for me, but I have to say, it's much less paralytic nowadays. The hubs and I have even begun looking at reasons why "two heads are better than one". Here are a few:

-Because we live in the country they'll have a playmate.

-No need to invite friends on vacations to entertain our kids...they'll entertain each other!

-They're both girls, so we can have 1 birthday party with 1 theme and 1 cake.

-When they're of driving age, we won't have the means to purchase a vehicle for them, so they'll need to do it themselves. But they can each save for 1/2 the cost of the car!

-They can share clothes and accessories!

-They can hold each other accountable (& keep each other's secrets, no doubt).

-Chores and cleaning up their room will take half the time!

-Maybe they'll have that "twintuition" that so many multiples experience and be able to sense trouble and help out in emergencies like Lassie did.

-They can help each other with homework.

-They can paint each other's non-dominant hand during manicures. Who doesn't need someone to do that?!

Though they'll be a pair, the hubs and I have no intentions of treating them as a package deal on all accounts. We don't intend to select rhyming names, or even names with the same initials. No plan to put them in the same outfits every day. We hope very much to foster their individualness as best we can.

With all this said, the coolest perk that I can foresee to there being TWO of them is this: They'll always have each other.

How cool is it to know that you enter the world with an extra person, aside from your mom and dad, who has your back? Even if she's occasionally kicking you in the head in utero?!