"We got this."

"We got this." It's three simple words. Easy to say, hard to believe. It's also our motto in the Pagel house for 2011 (and probably 2012, 2013, etc.). If you know what's going on in our lives you understand the title of this blog and the need for this motto. But if you're not sure if you fully understand, I'll fill in the details for you.

This blog was created by two expectant people. We are expecting twins, due sometime in April or May. (We don't feel it's important to have a "due date" because only 5% of babies are born on their due dates. Plus with twins it gets even wackier. So no "due date" just late April or early May). Anyways, that explains much of the "Blessings Multiplied" title. However, we are also people of faith. Which means we believe in receiving blessings from God. All of our lives it seems that blessings have been poured out on our lives and multiplied. Maybe it's youthful optimism, good luck, or delusions. I prefer to believe it's "Blessings Multiplied".

Now back to the motto, "We got this". This motto was selected from many good options (okay no other options, but it works). It came into our lives halfway through our first "baby" class, you know the classes where they overwhelm you with all things baby (and in our case babies). So, halfway through "Preparing for Multiples", I decided I needed a pep talk. Therefore, I just repeated in my head, "We got this.", "We got this", "We got this.". Then I got the courage to pep Kendra up. I turned to her as we walked down the conference room hallway and said "We got this". Perplexed by my random statement, she retorted with what should have been an expected question, "We got what". So, I explained to her that I believed in us and think we can handle this twin thing (not that we have a choice at this point). She wasn't as convinced as I was, but she's coming around. (Note: It didn't help my newfound confidence that as I pepped Kendra up with the motto, she missed the water bottle to mouth connection and dribbled water down her shirt. "We got this" was looking like sheer overconfidence at that point. But we rebounded and the motto stays.)

So as blogs go up and the stories of successes and failures in this crazy thing called life hit the blog, just remember the motto "We got this".