Adopting Twins

When we started the adoption process, I practically begged for twins. I wanted a boy and a girl, and the boy to be older because sisters always need a big brother. Our social worker gently told me that not only could we NOT place an order for what we wanted or wished for, but that twins were not exactly easy to come by in international adoption. So our chances of getting twins, let alone boy/girl twins, were about zero.

 

We agreed that while chances were slim, we would start the process believing that we would bring home a single baby of either sex, and she would make it so that if twins became available, we could adopt them as well. Since we then assumed that we would only be adopting one child, I started praying for a boy and my husband started praying for a girl. Our ride was VERY bumpy and lasted over two years. At one point, we saw twin boys who had some special needs up for placement and we inquired. That inquiry went nowhere, but unbeknownst to me, that social worker would remember me. She soon had two sets of twins that she considered harder to place and, what did she do, she contacted me. I never expected to hear from her again as she was not our social worker.

 

When we saw the medical paperwork as well as the pictures of one of those sets of twins, we saw two VERY tiny babies. We knew that our hearts had been prepared throughout this whole journey for these two babies! These two babies, our children, were born at 25 weeks, 5 days in Seoul, South Korea, and had not only fought their way to surviving seven months at that point, but they were amazingly healthy (though, as we all know, problems can arise at any point). We said yes and watched them grow little by little in pictures.

 

Samuel and Johanna were chronologically 14 months old when we touched down in Chicago. The last six months have been an adventure, where we have been learning so much. For instance, I swear my twins can talk to each other even if we cannot understand a word they are saying. Double the illness is not double the fun. They do not understand that while there may be two of them, there is only one mommy. Twins give a whole new meaning to sibling rivalry, and so much more… But never in my life have I loved two people more than I love these two little people!