I do not own Hetalia okay? I am glad so many of you like this story. I don't have much else to say here so enough of this A/N, on with the fic!

November 11th 1917

(from the diary of Natalya Jones nee Arlovskaya)

I see why I was so tired with this pregnancy. Twins. I cannot believe it. Katyusha says they cannot be identical. Well I kind of figured that one out big sis. Heck I think twins being identical aren't as common as you would think. I mean look at Fredka and Matvey. They are near identical and while you can tell Matvey from his limp now, the only way that one can really tell the difference on appearance is the eye color and the hair. Matvey's is fluffier and has a curly cowlick, Fredka's is straighter and his cowlick sticks straight up. He really likes it when he is holding onto me and I stroke that. Think that is how I ended up pregnant with twins...but that is not appropriate here. I'm just grateful that this birth was smoother than his because his mother was in labor for 3 days after Matthew was born. I don't think I want any more children any time soon. I'll have to ask Katyusha is there is any timing methods we can use if I want to be intimate any time in the future. I may change my mind later on, but Nikolai, Anya and Ivan are enough right now.

We named the twins Ivan Fredrick Jones and Anya Yvonne Jones. I liked the idea Fredka had about naming the boy after big brother. He even asked Katyusha if she recalled the names our parents had in mind before he was born if big brother was another sister. As for the middle, they were some of Matvey's suggestions and Fredrick is a lot like Alfred just without being direct naming and well, I don't like Yvonne that much, it kind of reminds me of the name Ivan, just sort of feminized in English so I was fine with it. I miss him and wish he could have made it for the birth. I know why he can't, and I agree with Fredka that soon we will get a new family portrait done and send one to him. We typically do one every year around Christmas but this one has a special meaning to it. Just so much has happened this year, good and bad. This would be harder if we didn't have Matvey with us to help.

I know he still is depressed about how he ended up after the war. One can only walk with a limp and lose their dream job and get by on the idea of "at least I am not dead." I understand that. One thing he has been struggling with since he moved in, even still to this day is the fact he still has years to live in this state. But he has taken well to Nikolai, even helped to take care of him while Fredka was busy while I was in labor. Nikolai is just a very energetic little copy of his father, I swear. Makes me wonder how Anya and Ivan will be when they get older. Katyusha says I should get some rest after giving birth. She made sure I was able to feed the twins and she and Matvey are looking after the children insisting that Fredka and I get some sleep.

So how was that? Good? Bad? Short? Long? Let me know in a review. And the idea for the middle names came from my fic Klondike where Matthew and Katyusha named their children after their brothers they hadn't seen in a long time. So anyway, remember to read (well you just did) and to review. Ciao for now,

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