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1justjim
LT's sysadmin, Felius (johndalton) just Tweeted..
"We are delighted and rather surprised to announce the safe arrival of Max (2835g) and William (2925g)!"
Congratulations!
"We are delighted and rather surprised to announce the safe arrival of Max (2835g) and William (2925g)!"
Congratulations!
2MerryMary
John! How wonderful!! We want pictures when you come down off Cloud 9.
I've heard LT is in for a baby boom. This must be the first boomlets.
I've heard LT is in for a baby boom. This must be the first boomlets.
3clamairy
I just saw the news on Twitter! I am so happy for them all! Apparently they got a bit of a surprise as the MDs had predicted a boy and girl! :o)
6timspalding
Oh, joy joy joy! So glad everything came off. Congratulations!
Friends of ours have four boys and no girls. They had the best water-balloon-fight birthday party EVER! :)
Friends of ours have four boys and no girls. They had the best water-balloon-fight birthday party EVER! :)
7SqueakyChu
How exciting!! Best wishes on the arrival of your new baby boys!
11timspalding
Oh, they're up! John's Flickr page is public, and connected to his profile, so I don't think he'll mind me posting a link to it. Warning to the squeamish: Surgery shots, but much less than he threatened, "The first Chat-Roulette caesarian."
http://www.flickr.com/photos/varrqnuht
http://www.flickr.com/photos/varrqnuht
13MerryMary
They look to be healthy husky boys, especially for twins. Blondie Will especially looks like he might be a good rugby player.
14timspalding
Blondie Will especially looks like he might be a good rugby player.
With four young boys in the house, everyone is going to be a rugby player.
With four young boys in the house, everyone is going to be a rugby player.
15justjim
I think they're more into Aussie Rules down in Tasmania.
16felius
Thanks everyone for the best wishes! Here are some photos (for those of you who don't want to accidentally stumble onto caesarean pics!)
Those link to bigger pics. They're still being kept in cribs in the special care nursery, but they're coming out for feeds. They seem to be doing very well though, and we're hoping we'll have staying them in the room with us in the morning. (I'm staying with Lou in the hospital tonight, but I'll be taking our older boys back home with me tomorrow.)
#13-#15
Tassie is definitely an AFL state, but we're not really an AFL family. Hopefully the boys will take up soccer instead. My old cricket team has now produced enough offspring for us to field a much younger team, too ;)
Those link to bigger pics. They're still being kept in cribs in the special care nursery, but they're coming out for feeds. They seem to be doing very well though, and we're hoping we'll have staying them in the room with us in the morning. (I'm staying with Lou in the hospital tonight, but I'll be taking our older boys back home with me tomorrow.)
#13-#15
Tassie is definitely an AFL state, but we're not really an AFL family. Hopefully the boys will take up soccer instead. My old cricket team has now produced enough offspring for us to field a much younger team, too ;)
17justjim
Gorgeous, gorgeous. Hope everything is going well.
Fingers, toes, arms and legs all crossed that LT doesn't have any emergencies over the next few days either!
Re sports: One more (or you join in) and you've got enough for a polo team.
Fingers, toes, arms and legs all crossed that LT doesn't have any emergencies over the next few days either!
Re sports: One more (or you join in) and you've got enough for a polo team.
18Nicole_VanK
Yay. Congrats Felius and family.
22wester
Congrats!
They look great!!
They're a good weight for twins, too (I should know, I have a pair myself).
They look great!!
They're a good weight for twins, too (I should know, I have a pair myself).
24cal8769
How sweet! They are handsome fellows aren't they!! Congrats to you and your family and I'm glad that all is well.
27KimarieBee
More best wishes on the birth of your beautiful baby boys!! I wish you and your wife much joy in the years ahead with your wonderful soccer or cricket "team".
38munchkin62
Congratulations times two!
42Eat_Read_Knit
Congratulations!
43WalkerMedia
Congratulations! Four boys will definitely keep you active. :)
45clamairy
Um, are there enough differences for you to tell them apart when they aren't wearing different colors? Birthmarks or something? I've had twin friends who could fool just about everyone but their own parents. Sort of like the Weasley twins!
46staffordcastle
Bravo, and congratulations to you both!
48Nicole_VanK
> 45: Just rubber stamping them "W" and "M" - and you only need one stamp - should help for now ;-)
49Menagerie
Congrats on two beautiful boys. I have two-year old twin boys (fraternal) and let me tell you, there is NEVER a dull moment!
50timspalding
So, who was first, and are you going to tell them?
51skittles
The pictures say that William came out first.... because they thought he would be Willow!!
53krazy4katz
Congratulations! They are adorable. Looking forward to hearing about all the "double trouble" they get into as they grow!
k4k
k4k
54leennnadine
Congratulations!
57Lman
Loads of congratulations felius and family!
Personally... they look like they could kick quite well, and take a mark already! Not that I am biased towards AFL...at all. :)
They are very cute!
Personally... they look like they could kick quite well, and take a mark already! Not that I am biased towards AFL...at all. :)
They are very cute!
58felius
Thanks again everyone for all the best wishes! We were able to bring the babies home on Saturday, and as I type this we're about to enter our fourth night with them at home. Things are going pretty smoothly so far - the first and third nights they slept 3-4 hours uninterrupted between feeds, while the second night had me up roughly once an hour to settle Max. Thankfully he was settling easily enough.
Here's what they looked like as we put them to bed on their first night at home:
>50 timspalding: William was first (as skittles pointed out), but only by a minute. I'll fight any attempt to refer to him as the "older" twin ;)
>45 clamairy: We're all but certain that they're not identical. We had never anticipated the possibility (given that we were expecting a girl), and they had separate placentas, amniotic sacs, etc - making it a pretty small chance. Besides, if they *are* identical then they're not doing a very good job of it - they have different coloured hair!
>34 bnielsen: I'm always surprised by the words that are new to people in other places around the world. Every now and then I'll say something to Tim, or he'll use some phrase, only to find that the other person hasn't ever heard it before.
>32 MerryMary:,33 No, surely they're doing the dance from Thriller! ;)
Here's what they looked like as we put them to bed on their first night at home:
>50 timspalding: William was first (as skittles pointed out), but only by a minute. I'll fight any attempt to refer to him as the "older" twin ;)
>45 clamairy: We're all but certain that they're not identical. We had never anticipated the possibility (given that we were expecting a girl), and they had separate placentas, amniotic sacs, etc - making it a pretty small chance. Besides, if they *are* identical then they're not doing a very good job of it - they have different coloured hair!
>34 bnielsen: I'm always surprised by the words that are new to people in other places around the world. Every now and then I'll say something to Tim, or he'll use some phrase, only to find that the other person hasn't ever heard it before.
>32 MerryMary:,33 No, surely they're doing the dance from Thriller! ;)
59lisa_marli
Congratulations. They are adorable.
With Dad playing goalie, you could be a hockey team. :D
Whatever they do, at least we know they will Love Books!
Do be sure to give breaks to the wife from all that testosterone in house. My daughter, mother of 4 boys as well, goes and gets her nails done and other girly things to help.
May they figure out this sleep thing, so you can get a reasonable amount of it too.
With Dad playing goalie, you could be a hockey team. :D
Whatever they do, at least we know they will Love Books!
Do be sure to give breaks to the wife from all that testosterone in house. My daughter, mother of 4 boys as well, goes and gets her nails done and other girly things to help.
May they figure out this sleep thing, so you can get a reasonable amount of it too.
60crazy4reading
Congrats and best wishes!! The boys are adorable!!