Seeing Double 2X Over

Every time we go out in public someone asks 'Do twins run in your family?'  They do.  In fact, our family welcomed another set of twins last month.  My cousin, Collins, and her husband, Mario, had fraternal boy twins.  Collins did great!  She carried those little boys over 38 weeks.  They were 7lbs and 6lbs 13oz at birth.  Big, healthy twins.

Last month (once we were over our pink eye, etc), we had a twin play date.  Our twins got to meet their twins for the first time.  It was amazing!  Shaun and I both were surprised how little the boys seemed to us.  They were the same size as our babies at birth.  It is already so hard to remember how small our babies were when we brought them home 7 months ago.   Come to think of it, the first month or so is a total blur.  Collins is doing a fabulous job!  The boys are growing so fast.  It won't be long before she and Mario can't remember their boys being that small either. 

Collins and her boys, Shaun, my mom, Tommy, Lily and I

This past Saturday was the annual picnic benefiting the scholarship in my Dad's memory.  Collins and her boys were able to join us (Mario had another commitment that evening).  I went over to Collin's place early to help her get her guys ready for the outing.  It brought back memories!  It was long ago that taking our twins out and about was a real task.  Six months ago I remember thinking it would never get easier.  Thankfully, it has!  The process hasn't changed much and now we even have more equipment than before but the actions have become second nature.

Their family will moved back to England this week.  We were able to get some more double-twin time in.  We are going to miss them so much...but we look forward to Skyping with their gang and jumping the pond for a visit down the road!