The twins, work changes, the farm constant

Zoe and Sophie were born about 2 pm yesterday – in that order. I am not sure how Brittany decided on that but that is the way it transpired. Mother and babies are doing fine. Everyone other than the medical staff attending to them is completely worn out. Mama and Andrew are exhausted from the wait; Brittany from the work; the twins from the whole birthing process. It took about two hours for Zoe, who came through the birth canal face up, to come out. Sophie, followed very quickly. Now, the easy part is over. Yes, the easy part. The entire process so far has taken none months. The labors following the birthing take an entire lifetime. The real labor is just beginning. I do not know when Brittany and the babies will be sent home, but it should be tomorrow or Saturday. That is the moment when the reality of having these children will hit Andrew the hardest. At least, that is the way it worked for me – many years ago.

Mama was excited to be there. I would like to have been there too but circumstances prevented it. New job; limited vacation; limited finances, etc. As it stands now, Victoria and I will be going up to meet the twins late next week. The delay gave her time to get the vacation scheduled at work. The dates were originally coordinated with the arrival of the Mortenson clan at the farm. I have heard rumors that Cori, Nate and the kids will be coming to the farm on that earlier schedule – arriving next Tuesday or Wednesday – but those are unconfirmed rumors as of this morning. If they do make it over, Cori will go up with us. It will be Brittany’s chance to show off a little bit.

At work, things are a bit chaotic. We have four or five new people being added to the company next week. In anticipation of their arrival there are equally that number of persons being relocated within the building. Some of the moves are well received. Some are not. In our department, we have also been affected by the moves. Fortunately, ours has been limited to a single swap of persons. Other departments are undergoing a more dramatic reorganizing. It will all work out, but it is somewhat disruptive none the less. Growth pains are never pleasant, but they are a welcome interruption when they are handled well and enough information is given to compensate for the displacement. Time will tell how well this shuffle has been handled.

At the farm, things continue as usual; even better with the soaking rain we had early in the week. I met an engineer from Wise Electric at the farm yesterday afternoon to outline how they could get service to the carport we are converting into a shop. It was all pretty straight forward; expensive, but straight forward. I am a little pressed to get it done so I can get the power run to the station I will set up for the RV Nate and Cori are bringing with them. It will still be a couple weeks before I can get it all put together but in a week I will have Nate to help. In the long run, it will be a blessing to have all this done. It will make the farm nor serviceable in the years ahead. If the Lord calls on us to sell the property, having all this work done will only add value to the property – and that, far above the cost of getting it done.

I have always promised myself that one day I will be caught up on all the projects I have going. It does not look like that will happen soon.