of two healthy baby girls happened on Saturday 21 May - Tahla and Ronan Mittag King are here! Gemini's like their grandpapa Mittag - whatever that implies.
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| sleeping peacefully |
Michael and I joined Sally and Anna in Ottawa to be there when the new babies came. Clea and Russ were as prepared as they could be as first time parents. Clea was certainly ready for the girls to be born. We all kind of expected them to be born Friday but it was not on their plan - so we waited and waited some more. Needless to say the wait was not so easy for Clea as for the rest of us. Finally, on Saturday late afternoon, with a bit of help from the docs, the twins were born weighing in at 5.2 and 5.5 lbs - healthy and fine.
Sally and Anna met the twins Saturday evening before they were whisked off to observation (standard procedure). Michael and I missed them but got to see Clea and Russ to congratulate them.
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note the green crocs
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So Saturday night we hung around and saw Clea get moved to her new baby headquarters in maternity where she was transported with her crocs tucked safely underneath her. She was given a private room so she and Russ were quite pleased. One of the sweet touches in her hospital were the hand written signs on the babies crib noting Twin#1 and Twin#2 since the choice of who would be who was not immediately decided.
When we returned Sunday, we sat around, held the babies, chatted with Clea and Anna and took the much coveted first baby pictures. As you can see, Michael is thrilled to be a grandpa again!
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| Clea felt a lot better once they were out... |
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| holding Tahla, such a teeny bundle |
Snuggling together already just like they've been doing for months!
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| Clea calls them her burritos |
We are both feeling quite lucky and grateful that the girls have arrived safe and sound and the whole family will get to share in their lives.
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| from 2 to 4 grandchildren in a blink! |
A very good weekend indeed.
Loved the pics = absolutely adorable and everybody is beaming!
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