Our twin babies!

Tot and E are the Bain family twins. It is the closest our extended family has been to having twins which is surprising since there are 6 kids, 6 spouses and 18 grandchildren so far. Tot and E are cousins who were born only two days apart in the same hospital. Check out the cute video I got of them crawling together this weekend. I remember when Carrie (who is Tracy's older sister) announced that she was pregnant in the Summer of 2006. We had just barely found out that we were pregnant but hadn't told anyone yet. At this point there were a ton of grandkids - 16 of them - but none had been born since G in I think 2005. Carrie was worried that her child would be all by itself in an age group and was trying to convince some of us to get pregnant with her. A few weeks later we took our Mom to dinner for her birthday with Carrie and Dennis and Dana and Genni. During dinner Carrie was talking about how she wished another sister would decide to get pregnant and was saying it would be awesome if her baby could have a cousin close in age. I kicked Tracy under the table for permission to spill the beans and he said okay. I said, "Carrie, I think we can help you!" She said, "No way - you'll get pregnant?" I said, "We already are!" She smacked the table and jumped up to hug me. She was so excited! Mom and Dennis were surprised. We made quite a bit of noise in the restaurant. That was such a fun way to make someone happy. I was really glad that one of my sisters would be making my baby a cousin too! It was really fun for me to be pregnant along with Carrie who is a pro with 6 kids now. She is a fabulous mother. I have no idea how she does it! The cousins ended up being born two days apart although they were supposed to be born two weeks apart. I ended up being a week late and Carrie a week early. I was able to show off Tot to Carrie in her labor room on our way out of the hospital. We had a humongous double baby blessing and party that was so fun. We had also had a huge double baby shower that was a blast. It was really nice of Carrie to have a girl so that I could still use all of her boy clothes!

E and Tot will be turning one in just 2 1/2 months! Their first year has gone by really fast!