amazed again

i remember pretty vividly when my sister gave birth to my niece.
she was so little and so beautiful and so perfect to me
being the first baby in the family was significant.
like any first, she was special. while i knew i would love all my other nieces and nephews i also knew she held a special place as the first.
i was totally in awe of her.
how did my sister do it? how did she grow a human being inside of her and then bring it into the world? it was my first time thinking and feeling so deeply about how life is created.

i thought about those first moments of awe when her brother was born four years ago and then again today when meeting her most recent, twin, siblings.

seeing TWO babies brought about a new awe. HOW did she do that one? create two whole perfections together? seeing them laying side by side i can't imagine how in the hell they fit/existed inside her body before that moment.

nature is really pretty amazing...