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jrtomWe are proud to present our new twin boys:
Adric Connor (formerly known as "Baby B"), born 10:04 AM, 6 lbs 2 oz, 18 inches
and
Riley Owen (he who was once "Baby A"), born 10:06 AM, 7 lbs 11 oz, 19 inches
on Friday, 15 June 2007.
Megan and both boys are doing just fine; we came home from the hospital on Monday. Megan is actually doing very, very well in terms of recovery; she hasn't started doing handstands yet, but she's been up and about and only occasionally shows obvious signs of still being in recovery from major surgery (such as when laughing too hard makes her stomach hurt). Feeding two newborns is somewhat challenging, but we're working it out (imagine, for instance, Joshua finger-feeding both twins at once). Fortunately, Joshua has four weeks of parental leave (which he's taking now, on the grounds that otherwise he might as well not come home :) ), while Megan has 12 weeks off.
They're only a few days old, and they look pretty similar (especially when wrapped in a few blankets) but we're already starting to learn some differences between them. (We believe that they're fraternal rather than identical twins, although we haven't had this tested.) Adric is perhaps a bit more alert and aware of what's going on around him; he was checking things out when he was only a few hours old. Riley is more physical, and has several times demonstrated his patented 'thrashing' method of (a) escaping his wrappings and (b) deniably whapping his brother upside the head.
Corwin has been doing really well, for the most part. He likes spending time with the twins, would pick them up himself if given the opportunity, and only occasionally gets bent out of shape because they're using an old chair or stroller that he used to use.
As a silly astrological bonus: not only are they Geminis (heh)...since they were born in the Chinese Year of the (Fire) Pig (holy flaming pigs, Batman!), this of course means that they are Twin Pigs and that David Lynch will presumably be dropping by any time now to make a television show of them.
Pictures and other stuff are available at http://www.ics.uci.edu/~jmadden/twins .
Adric Connor (formerly known as "Baby B"), born 10:04 AM, 6 lbs 2 oz, 18 inches
and
Riley Owen (he who was once "Baby A"), born 10:06 AM, 7 lbs 11 oz, 19 inches
on Friday, 15 June 2007.
Megan and both boys are doing just fine; we came home from the hospital on Monday. Megan is actually doing very, very well in terms of recovery; she hasn't started doing handstands yet, but she's been up and about and only occasionally shows obvious signs of still being in recovery from major surgery (such as when laughing too hard makes her stomach hurt). Feeding two newborns is somewhat challenging, but we're working it out (imagine, for instance, Joshua finger-feeding both twins at once). Fortunately, Joshua has four weeks of parental leave (which he's taking now, on the grounds that otherwise he might as well not come home :) ), while Megan has 12 weeks off.
They're only a few days old, and they look pretty similar (especially when wrapped in a few blankets) but we're already starting to learn some differences between them. (We believe that they're fraternal rather than identical twins, although we haven't had this tested.) Adric is perhaps a bit more alert and aware of what's going on around him; he was checking things out when he was only a few hours old. Riley is more physical, and has several times demonstrated his patented 'thrashing' method of (a) escaping his wrappings and (b) deniably whapping his brother upside the head.
Corwin has been doing really well, for the most part. He likes spending time with the twins, would pick them up himself if given the opportunity, and only occasionally gets bent out of shape because they're using an old chair or stroller that he used to use.
As a silly astrological bonus: not only are they Geminis (heh)...since they were born in the Chinese Year of the (Fire) Pig (holy flaming pigs, Batman!), this of course means that they are Twin Pigs and that David Lynch will presumably be dropping by any time now to make a television show of them.
Pictures and other stuff are available at http://www.ics.uci.edu/~jmadden/twins .
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Date: 20 June 2007 08:14 (UTC)Eeee!
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Date: 20 June 2007 08:47 (UTC)I saw it here first this time
Date: 20 June 2007 13:31 (UTC)May you all continue to do really well in the coming months. :)
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Date: 20 June 2007 13:49 (UTC)I didn't even know you and Megan were expecting! Congrats! :)
BTW, my sisters are also Gemini twins. :)
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Date: 20 June 2007 13:54 (UTC)Out of curiosity, why only 4 weeks for you? For any form of employment that you have, you're entitled to 12 weels as well according to FMLA, unless your employer has less than I think it was 12 employees. If it's for unpaid research or just b/c you want to get back to work earlier, that'd make perfect sense.
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Date: 21 June 2007 05:59 (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 20 June 2007 14:51 (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 20 June 2007 17:36 (UTC)Incidentally, I ran into Alex on the PSU campus yesterday, and he told me about the twins' arrival. :)
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Date: 21 June 2007 05:32 (UTC)Congrats. Don't forget to feed the parents from time to time.
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Date: 22 June 2007 18:23 (UTC)Congratulations
Date: 28 June 2007 19:43 (UTC)t.