Introducing Saskatchemom Can!

My life has seen a lot of changes in the past 3 years.  When my husband and I discovered I was pregnant in 2011, we knew our lives would never be the same.  When we found out we were having twins a few months later, we began to realize just what a turnaround our lifestyle would have to undergo! After 7 years of marriage and nearly 10 years together, we would have to leave behind our carefree DINKS(double income, no kids) lifestyle. Travel, frivolous spending, and lazy weekends in PJs with nothing but the television were things of the past, luxuries we no longer even had time to daydream about. Suneils instinctual reaction to the ultrasound technicians announcement that our fertility treatments may have worked better than we expected was dead on: "I guess we need to buy two cribs ... And we need to get a minivan!"  As I nervously giggled through happy tears, I knew that was only the tip of the iceberg.

The 2 years that followed went like this: 6 months of pretty much constant eating and sleeping, with more than a few doctors appointments, prenatal classes, shopping, preparing our home for two new babies and of course a full time job as a kindergarten teacher thrown in.  Next was a few weeks in hospital on bedrest, followed by ten frightening, heart wrenching, and totally life changing weeks in hospital NICU watching my preemies finish growing into strong healthy babies I could actually take home with me.  Read Suneil's blog Wizardad.blogspot.com for more on that.

The first few months with our babies can best be described as a kind of walking-dead-esqe dance between Suneil and I, and our two sets of parents who provided is with a great deal of help and support.  Though we were all exhausted, somewhat brain dead, emotional, and totally inexperienced in the realm of caring for newborn twins (especially two who had just spent months in hospital with numerous health concerns); we were happy, in love, and confident that we really could get good at this new job: parenthood.  As we knew would happen, things got easier after a few months, and then easier again a few months after that, and before we knew it we had established a new routine, a new family rhythm, a new way of living happily and in love.  

Our boy-girl twins, Pritam and Darshan turned two on January 30th, and after two years with them I feel I am finally getting my bearings, rediscovering my life as more than just their mommy, and looking for something to occupy my "free" time.  Hence this blog, a sort of journal of my successes and struggles as a modern, multitasking woman. I think I have become pretty good at juggling my home-work-family-self balance, and I want to start writing about how I make it all work (sometimes more successfully than others).

I'll be writing about how I feed my family delicious, healthy meals on a budget.  I'll be sharing things I do to keep my kids happy, entertained and growing up healthy. I'll tell you about things I love or hate, like beauty products, fashion, books, TV and other media. Also, how I stay organized, sane and happy even on rough days. And maybe if I'm feeling brave, I'll share some of the mistakes I make along the way and what I learn from them.

Who can do all that? Saskatchemom can! And I'm her so stay posted for more...