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Twins update and new videos!

The girls are almost two weeks old now, and for the most part they seem to be doing very well. The heart rate and breathing alarms still go off once in a while, but it seems that they’re both doing what they need to do — just get a little older and keep developing. Elizabeth […]

The Complete Labor & Delivery Story

Our two daughters were born eight weeks early on Tuesday, May 12, 2009. For those of you interested in just the highlights of that day, read Dan’s post Introducing Carolyn Joy and Elizabeth Grace. For those interested in all the play by play details, read on…

The day began rather earlier than expected. I got […]

Side by side (for real)

So Janet and I were just talking about how we didn’t have any good side by side pictures of the babies yet, because they’re on such a short tether with all the wires and tubes… Well, I left my old digital camera there in one of the cribs, because one of the nurses had told […]

Side by side (sorta)

People keep asking us if we know if Carolyn and Elizabeth are identical twins. Nope, we don’t know. There are several things one might look for that would rule OUT identical twins (different gender, different blood type, etc), and our girls match on all those things — but this only means that they MIGHT be […]

Happy Birthday to Janet!

Today it has been one week since the twins were born, and in addition we are also celebrating Janet’s birthday! After spending a few hours visiting with the girls at the hospital in Walnut Creek, we got together with family here in Livermore on Sunday to celebrate Janet’s birthday. We had a nice […]