What a surprise!

This is Christina's husband writing. She wanted me to post this on her blog so her friends would know what happened. Her water broke around 6:00 last night and she went into labor right after. She wanted to try for a natural birth, but after a few hours opted for an epidural. A few hours later, we got the shock of our lives when she delivered Benjamin at 11:31. We'd been told she was having a girl, so of course, we were a bit surprised! We were joking around about asking for our money back when the doctor said in surprise, "Whoa, I think there's another one!" Katherine was born at 11:42.

TWINS! We have no idea how they missed seeing Benjamin at the ultrasound. Both are doing surprisingly well for being five and a half weeks early. Benjamin was 4 lbs 13 ounces and Katherine was a hefty 5 lbs 3 ounces. They are keeping a close eye on them in the NICU, but so far, they are breathing room air. The kids are all excited, but they won't let kids younger than 10 visit the NICU. I'll be bringing Lillian over later.

Christina has the camera and will be posting pictures when she gets home in a few days.

Edited to Add: APRIL FOOLS!

Comments

Handsfullmom said…
Hi, everyone! Before you get too excited . . . go look at the calendar. =)
Sara said…
Ah you almost had me! Good one!
You TOTALLY got me!
Natalie said…
I totally bought it! I was thinking, "holy cow, she was TINY! How it the world did she have 2 babies in that tiny tummy?" Great joke!
Rachel Keppner said…
WOW!!!

I totally fell for it! :-p That was a good one! (Especially the touch of having your husband post!)
Lana said…
LOL- Good one. Im wondering if this is wishful thinking on dads end? Hang in there Christine! ;)
Jacki said…
I can't believe I fell for it!
bjahlstrom said…
I was getting excited, but a few sentences into it, I thought, "Hmmm...April Fool's!"
John said…
Fell for it too. What a good joke!!!
Dina said…
I'm so gullible! I was hanging on his every word! :)
Botill Family said…
Serious LOL!!
alligood said…
Oh MAN!!! I just got chills and totally believed it. LOL!!!
Tiffany Wacaser said…
I believed it up UNTIL the part about the twins. LOl! Great joke!
Stacey said…
Ok, I read this on April 2nd, and TOTALLY bought it!! You are officially grounded! (Can I do that? LOL)
Lindsay Ruiz said…
O.k. I was sitting at my computer going, "Oh my gosh, no way!!! How on earth do you not know you are having twins, and you didn't look that pregnant to be having twins!" and on and on and on. Ha, ha, ha, you got me!!!
Kim said…
I totally fell for that! I even thought, "Well that was quite a surprise for you on April Fools day", guess the surprise was on us!
Meradith said…
Oh my goodness even I was reading this saying, "No way... no way! This has to be a joke..."

Good one! haha I was sorta freaking out for a second!!
Rockin` Mama said…
that was a good one!!!!!!
Deserie said…
Wow! Congratulations Christina! That's got to be a fun surprise. So were they born April 1st then? How exciting! How weird it is that they totally missed him in every ultrasound. Let me know if there is anything I can do for you.