Most awesome post! Shared it with my wife (who is a non-techie and the mother of my two girls)!!
Congrats. Simply awesome:-).
A wonderful article, Jeff. Congratulation to the kids.
I can only share your feeling and happiness!
There is a content turning point here. It is from coding-related content, to parenting-related content. But anyway, be a good parent 
(http://codedincantation.com/blog/)
Congratulations and thank you for the beautiful post!
My wife and I had our twins, boy and girl, first and just this past August had a boy for our third. After experiencing a singleton, we now see more clearly the extra effort that was required with the twins, but just as you so eloquently described, it was worth it.
You know, we just had our third and I have to say that 3 is not substantially more difficult than 2⌠but we had a 2yr. staggerâŚ
Congrats, Jeff!
Is this article only applied for parents who have their own genetic children?? funny how all parents think their own genetic children are the cutest and the most brightest ever, specially up to the age of 12, this observation only applied to âPLANNEDâ child or the âFIRSTâ accidental child maybe.
Congratulations, and thanks for sharing!
Congratulations Jeff, parent of 2 boys here (4 and 1)âŚcanât even begin to imagine what 2 twin girls would be like.
Might I suggest the site http://parenting.stackexchange.com/
âHaving a child is a lot like running a marathon. An incredible challenge, but a worthwhile and transformative experience.â
Obviously youâve never run a marathon. Raising a kid makes running a marathon look like a joke. Marathons are a LOT easier, and not nearly as rewarding, worthwhile OR transformative.
But I get what youâre saying. The problem is there really is no simile that Iâm aware of that does justice to the experience of having & raising a kid.
-steve, a fat guy (BMI=33) whoâs run close to 30 marathons and ultra-marathons, up to 106 miles (having a kid is a lot harder and more rewarding than 106 miles, too.)
Congrats!
I donât have any kids yet. My husband really, really wants one, but I feel like the older I get, the less ready I feel. I really have just gotten my life the way I want it. I feel like I should enjoy it for a couple of years first, while I can.
I also donât like kids. Iâm assuming when I have my own kid, itâll be different. My mom says that was the case for her, of course she worked for 12 hours a day while I was growing up and barely saw me.
âŚAnyway, I appreciate your views on parenthood. I really hate jumping into something without knowing what Iâm getting into, especially a lifetime commitment like a kid. This is the best post I think Iâve read on the subject so far
1 Like
Congratulations Jeff!
God tells us that children are a blessing and each one reminds us of how blessed we are to just be alive and experience this life. I have two sets of twins myself, so I understand some of what you are going through right now. There are lots of resources available to parents of multiples. There are usually some local groups and many websites that are devoted to parenting multiples. Seek them out for guidance and tips.
Congrats! Twins! Yay⌠My wifeâs second time pregnant and I must admit, it would be my worst nightmare come true if we had twins 
Be strong, may your wife be strong, and hope all are good and healthy!
Btw, I like your blog.
Good luck!
My son was born 17 days before yours Jeff. Everything you wrote reasonated with me. Best wishes.
Magnayn: Of COURSE itâs exclusionary. This is a post about parenthood and children. Why in the world are you looking for ways to directly apply it to your (consciously and deliberately) childless self? The sentence âItâs difficult to explain children to people who donât yet have childrenâ is talking about people who will have children in the future. Clearly that isnât you. It doesnât say that no other types of people exist in the world. Obviously you exist. But this post isnât for you. Move along politely and find something that is.
Jeff: Congrats! Welcome to a new part of your life that you didnât know existed, and soon you will wonder how you ever lived without.
That one percent makes all the difference.
Actually itâs 2 percent 
Enjoy BF3 while you can.
First, of course, congratulations. Thereâs an (apparently) old Hebrew adage (paraphrased) âChildren are our hostages to the futureâ. For me, that meant, while as an educated, thoughtful individual, I cared about what the world would be like in 100 years, I didnât care the way I now do, after it struck me that my children (and grandchildren) would have to put up the the fallout from the actions of myself and others, today.
On specifically going from one to more than one child, as one of my co-workers put it âtwo kids are only about ten times as much work as oneâ, and he wasnât speaking binary.
Awesome! Congrats! My DH is a reader of yours, he told me to post a comment - donât know why he couldnât since he also is a parent of twin girlsâŚTWICE OVER! We have 2 sets of twin girls ages 6 and 2. Iâm still trying to catch up on blogging that experience and will be for life at www.tandemtwinning.com
Life-changing, yes. Marriage-changing, yes. Soul-changing, yes. Iâve learned that marriage and parenting children are a great parable through which God imparts to us his wisdom and insight into who He is.