Four Bean Salad

I know, I know, I never call, I never write, I am quite simply a bad blogger.

My only excuse is that I have 3 month old twins at home and my opportunities for prioritizing have been reduced to, "should I go take a shower or eat something today." Yes, the Beans twins have arrived, bringing great joy and chaos into our household. Unfotunately, the twins (a boy and a girl) came into the world 11 weeks early and spent the first 70 days of their life in the NICU. While other bloggers have admirably updated the outside world from the confines of the hospital walls, my writing capabilities were reduced to signing insurance papers and "informed consents."

Mrs. Beans and I have described the whole experience as a very unfunny version of "Groundhog Day", the Bill Murray comedy vehicle, in which he plays a weatherman living the same day over and over again. I canceled my classes for the rest of the semester and we basically spent every day in the hospital or at some hideous baby store retrieving all of the gear that we had convinced ourselves we had plenty of time to obtain.

The good news is that we have two happy and healthy little babies who are the center of our universe. This marks the end of my blogging efforts for the moment, but I may return in another format. To those of you who have traveled with us on this journey, I say "thank you," and to those who are just starting out or who must continue to fight long odds on your way to parenthood I wish you the best of luck.

Peace,

Frank N. Beans