I can't believe that it is already the twins 1st Birthday! It seems like just yesterday that they were born! And since I feel like writing, I am going to write all about how we found out they were having twins, when they were born, etc.
It was a cold, wet day on March 8th when we found out that Karin was having twins. I remember listening to Adventures in Odyssey in the family room while painting a paint by number picture. I was just painting when I heard the phone ring. Pausing my Odyssey, I took off my head phones so I could hear who was calling. I heard Mom say, "Oh, hi Zach!" I thought, "Oh, it is Zach. Cool." then I put back on my head phones and decided that I could ask Mom what he said later. I was painting for awhile and I had completely forgotten that Zach was on the phone when all of a sudden I heard Mom go, "WOHOO!!!!" and Janeal scream really loud. I quickly ripped off the head phones and said, "What's wrong?!" They were both smiling really big and they just kind of looked at me and started to go upstairs. "WHATS WRONG?????" I shouted so they could hear me. Janeal looked at me and said, "Zach and Karin are having twins!!!!!!" You know how some people say that when they heard really good news their world just kind of stood still for a second or too? Well, this happened to me. I was just standing there for like 2 seconds thinking, "Zach and Karin. Twins. Twins?? Zach and Karin are having twins?!" Then I started screaming! I ran out to the garage and said, "Zach and Karin are having twins!!" to William. He came running in and and by this time Tommy had heard the news too. Mom talked to Zach for a little bit longer and then hung up. She told us how Zach told her told her. We decided to wait until both Michael and Dad were home from work to tell them both at once.
When Dad came home we were all trying our best not to give it away. Dad came up to me and said, "Can you tell me any news?" I was thinking, "Yah, I could tell you some really big news but I can't" I just kind of said, "Uhhhhh? Hmmmm." Then I hurried back to the family room so I wouldn't give it away by smiling. Michael wasn't home yet for dinner so we had to have it without him. Every once in a while I would look out the window to see if he was coming yet. He finally came and we waited till he was done with dinner and then we got dessert. It was then that Mom said, "Zach called today." Dad said, "Oh, Zach called! What did he say?" She told them how she had asked about William going to visit and she said, "Then Zach said that if William came in October he could play with the twins. I asked him what he was talking about and Zach said that he could play with their twins! So Zach and Karin are having twins!" Dad was like, "Wohooo!!" and Michael was smiling really big.
During the pregnancy you could often find me on facebook (through Grandma's account) looking for pictures of Karin or stuff she had written about how it was going. I loved all the pictures of her and watching her get bigger and bigger!
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| 16 weeks... |
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| to 32 weeks |
(jumping ahead to Sept. 17, 2011) I woke up that morning and just laid in bed. Probably the twins were already born by now. The day before we had found out that Karin had to have a c-section so they were going to be born around 8:00. I went downsairs and found Dad standing in the kitchen with his phone. "Caroline, listen," he said as he read a text from Zach, "Twins are born. Alexander at 8:09 and Benjamin at 8:10. " I was so excited. =)
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| Alexander |
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Benjamin
These two pictures were taken the day they were born |
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| I love this picture |
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| ...and this one too! |
(Jumping ahead again! =) On the 23rd of December Dad, Mom, William, and I headed to the Seattle air port to pick up Zach and Karin and the twins. Dad dropped us off at the air port and then went to find a parking spot. I saw them and I also saw that they were both holding the twins in one of those front pack thingys. Zach had one and Karin had one. I don't think I even said hi to Zach and Karin, I just wanted to see the twins. (poor Zach and Karin! =) I remember Zach taking off his front pack and giving Benjamin to Mom. I quickly said, "Can I hold him, Mom?" She gave him to me and I got to hold him for about 5 seconds and then I had to put him in his car seat thing. The next morning I was telling Dad how I got to hold him just for a little bit and he said, "That probably just made your trip right there." I nodded. Christmas break was really fun that year! We all enjoyed holding them and playing with them!
So in closing, I will leave you with some more pictures: (And thanks to Karin for taking all the pics of the boys!=)
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| Alexander |
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| Benjamin |
Happy Birthday, Alexander and Benjamin! Love, Aunt Caroline <3
