The next TwinTuesday is December 29, 2009!

Note: We're always looking for TwinTuesday Sponsors! If you'd like us to host a giveaway for you, please feel free to contact me: jennifer@twinhappy.com This TwinTuesday is sponsored by Therese Walsh This TwinTuesday, I'm re-hosting the giveaway from last week... because, we never ended up getting any actual entries for it last week :-) And, because I'm switching things up here on my site anyway, gonna switch things up for TwinTuesday just a bit, too :-) First, though, the giveaway info... One of the things I accomplished on my trip to AZ is, I finished reading "The Last Will of Moira Leahy" by Therese Walsh. It was one of the best books I've read in awhile! And while it does have a twin theme to it, it's definitely not limited to parents of twins (although I think it does add another layer of meaning to those of us who are). I'll be doing a more thorough review shortly... and this TwinTuesday, I'm giving away a brand new copy of this book! How to Enter: You only have to do one of the following to be entered into the giveaway... but, feel free to do more to earn extra entries! 1) Reply to this post with your answer to this week's TwinTuesday Question: What are you looking forward to, in regards to your twins, in the coming year? You can also feel free to answer on Twitter (using the #TwinTuesday hashtag) or on the TwinHappy Facebook Page! 2) Follow @TwinHappyJen and @ThereseWalsh and tweet the following: This #TwinTuesday, @TwinHappyJen is giving away a copy of "The Last Will of Moira Leahy" by @ThereseWalsh! Details @ http://bit.ly/7L8HO9 Note: Looking to connect with other Moms/Dads/Caregivers of Twins on Twitter? :-) Check out my list of "Twin Tweeters!" (And feel free to add yourself!!) 3) Become a fan of TwinHappy on Facebook & post the following to your profile: This TwinTuesday, @TwinHappy is giving away a copy of "The Last Will of Moira Leahy" by Therese Walsh! Find out how to enter, as well as details on all of the day's activities @ http://bit.ly/7L8HO9 Note: When copy-pasting this into your status, you might have to go back and manually type the "TwinHappy" tag for it to actually link through (and show up on my wall)... that way I can count it as an entry! If that doesn't work, however, you can just make a little post directly on the TwinHappy Wall, letting me know you posted! 4) Blog about TwinTuesday, and this week's giveaway, with a link to this page... post a link to your blog in the comments below.

A new year... and a new TwinHappy! :-)

Hope everyone had a great holidays... we sure did! And I have the exhaustion to prove it :-p It's actually been a very long month for me... starting with my trip to AZ...then getting sick (along with the girls) after my return from AZ... and then rushing around to slap Christmas together at the last minute as soon as I felt well enough to do so :-p It all did work out in the end... but, I do think that I've learned my lesson about taking trips in December... :-p

Anyway, now that the month, the holidays, and the year are coming to a close, I've thought it might be a good time to change things up a bit around here :-) Most notably, I've decided to take away the other blogs that made up the other pages of this site... I originally thought it might be a good way to organize all of my blogging... but I've found that I just don't blog enough for all that :-p So, just gonna consolidate it all back onto this blog... so whether it's info on the next TwinTuesday, or just catching up with whatever happens to be going on in our lives, the site, etc... this is the place to check! :-)

Also gonna try to start blogging in general more. I tend to share a lot on my Facebook with the family/friends there... but I really should be doing a lot of that here! :-p So, just another way I'm hoping to renew TwinHappy in 2010!

The next TwinTuesday...

Well, I'm back from my trip to Arizona... but, I'm still trying to collect myself :-p So, not really doing a TwinTuesday today... but I have made the post for the next TwinTuesday (which includes a great giveaway)! Click here to check out the details!

TTTS Awareness Day

Today is " TTTS Awareness Day"... TTTS (or Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome) is a little known (although it affects approximately 1 in every 1000 pregnancies), but very dangerous disease that affects some monozygotic (identical) pregnancies. It is a disease of the placenta, not the babies... but in many, many cases, especially if it goes undiagnosed/untreated, one or both of the babies do not survive (or are left with lifelong medical conditions).

I am incredibly thankful every day that both of my babies not only survived, but are completely healthy, despite their undiagnosed/untreated case of TTTS. However, it was nothing short of a miracle. I meant to do more for this, this year... but at the very least I wanted to take this time to remember how lucky I really am. And that more does need to be done to raise awareness and treament of this disease that makes identical twins an even more rare miracle than they already are...

You can find more about TTTS Awarness Day @ http://worldtttsawarenessday.com

The next TwinTuesday is... in Arizona! :-)

Just wanted to post a quick note... I'm just hours away from heading down to BWI so that I can fly out to Phoenix! Gonna be there for a little over a week so I may not be around much... especially on this upcoming TwinTuesday. But, do feel free to carry on without me and, if you do happen to live in the Phoenix area, please feel free to join me at the First Official TwinTuesday Tweet-Up! :-) (I will be checking e-mail while I'm away so please feel free to still drop me a line at jennifer@twinhappy.com)

Anyway, I'm super nervous... I haven't been on a plane in over 9 years... have never traveled alone... although, I think the thing I'm most nervous about is leaving my girls for this long! They will certainly be well taken care of (have lots of family members taking turns caring for them)... and this is definitely a multi-purpose trip that I needed to take for many different reasons... but I really started to choke up while singing them "Twinkle, twinkle little star" tonight. I know I can call (even video call)... and that I'll be back before long (have promised them that, that's when we're going to set up our Christmas tree, and go see Santa and all)... but, I just didn't want to stop kissing them tonight.

I know I won't be able to stop kissing them when I return...

Well, wish me luck! :-) We're supposed to get our first snow of the season here in MD tomorrow... but it's not supposed to hit until I'm well on my way out to the desert :-p As nervous and heartbroken as I am right now, I'm also SO excited. This is the biggest adventure I've had since having twins! (OK, so nothing tops that, but this is still pretty big :-p)