Look what I brought home today

[tallrd]

Our twin boys finally came home from their 6 week stint in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (they came 10 weeks early).

Needless to say, it's good to know an MSP can fit 3 child/infant car seats accross the back bench. MSP ftw!

 

[Puckpimp71]

Congrats! I'm sure you're glad to have 'em home!

 

[Puckpimp71]

At least as long as they're sleeping through the night... j/k

 

[MyZmZm]

awwww, so cute! congrats, glad they're home and doing well

and yeah, our cars can fit a lot when it comes down to it

 

[DaveB]

Congratulations!!!!!!!! I know it has to be wonderful to finally have them home. Best wishes to you and your beautiful family!

 

[tallrd]

It happened something like this:

Wife says "Honey, we're having identical twins."

Husband goes out to garage and measures backseat and number of belts and returns back inside after confirming they will still fit in his sports car.

"That's *great* honey!"

 

[terbow]

haha, congrats! beautiful kids.

 

[Protege2K]

So how do you tell them apart without the name blankets?

 

[tallrd]

So how do you tell them apart without the name blankets?

that was my first thought when we realized they had not one distinguishing characteristic between them after they were born.

So, we made little string bracelets with a really tiny "D" on one, and little "A" on the other. Otherwise, there's no telling them apart (no birth marks, no nothing--they cry the same, grunt the same, move the same; they even load their diapers at the same times. It's crazy).

We almost lost them both at 20 weeks due to a super rare condition called Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrom. It's where "communicating blood vessels" develop which take blood from one and give it to the other, so the one grows too fast too soon and the other looses what it needs. Think of your oil pump only returning half of your oil back to your engine and leaving the rest in your filter until it's blows off. Really bad x2.

Both would have died within a week had we not been flown on a US Air Ambulance (emergency flight with a hospital room on a leer Jet) to Tampa, FL for the surgury because it was so rare (mind you, I'm in Madison, WI). Only 3 places in the nation seem to be equiped to do it with any sort of positive outcome.

In any case, pretty crazy to think here they are now, healthy, and safe.

I got ~2 hours of sleep lastnight and my eyes feel like this ->(shocked). The good news is we've hired a live-in nanny from Germany who will live with us and help out for the a full year so it's won't be completely insane (just mostly).

 

[mazpro]

Congratulations man (thumb)

 

[miss_steele_msp]

wow, they are soo cute. congrats. And congrats on squeezing 3 cars seats in the speed. I have 2 and cant imagine another one in there.

 

[G-Papi]

It won't be long before you'll be handing out 3 sets of carkeys - then imagine how your eyes will look the morning after.

Congrats!

 

[Unispeed]

Nice, daddy x2 i guess. Now you have to do something... sparco baby seats, all 3 of them matching. Think about it, when your kids grow up they will have picture of them just born in racing baby seats. Congratulations man.

Our twin boys finally came home from their 6 week stint in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (they came 10 weeks early).

Needless to say, it's good to know an MSP can fit 3 child/infant car seats accross the back bench. MSP ftw!

 

[evilmonkeyMSP]

wow man, congrats. Glad that everything worked out good for you.

 

[ChopstickHero]

congrats!

 

[Donas64]

Congrats.

May their indoctrination into the zoom-zoom be quick and seamless

 

[Titanium-99]

Glad my home town of Tampa Fl. could be of such great service to you. your so lucky you got the twin baby seat mod I only run a single baby seat set up. hahahaha! Congradulations man they are beautiful! isnt it an awesome feeling to be a Dad, it really changes your whole look on life! I know it did for me when my son was born and every day the kid never stops amazing me!

 

[G-Papi]

You've got it made man. Just wait 'till it's time to dig the gummi bears out of the back seats. lol

 

[122 Vega]

Congrats! I unfortunately owe my Speed to my son because if it weren't for him, I never would have gone out looking for a four door sedan, I would have kept my supercharged Dakota R/T!

You may have to go buy another Speed to keep the fighting to a minimum! But you have a bit of time before that happens.

Britt

 

[122 Vega]

Just wait 'till it's time to dig the gummi bears out of the back seats. lol

No joke, I just pulled that rear seat out after three years and 34,000 miles and it was amazing the things I found!

Britt