Originally Posted by aileenlenzi
LOL, in my family it used to be every other generation for twins but my sister and I broke the mold. The Doctor told my Mother that it would be a free for all now. We kids all lived in fear that one of us would have twins. When I was expecting my last child (7th) the Doctor thought he would be funny and told me that I was going to have twins. I almost fainted off the exam table! He had to run to catch me, he was really sorry about that sick joke! So now my kids all live in fear that one of them will have a muliple birth. We do not just have twins but have had triplets although much rarer.
I feel sorry for anyone that has multible births and for the kids. I hated being a twin, everyone treated us as one person never letting us have our own identity. I still get it whenever my sister comes to visit because although we are identical twins we really look more like we are mirror twins.
I have most of my grandkids within 2 miles and our grand daughter lives with us with her mother. They are always either at our house or I at theirs, so it is just like being next door. Sometimes my husband would like time to himself but since we finally had a granddaughter he always wants to babysit her!
My oldest daughter's mother-in-law is my friend and quilting buddy, we call each other "friends-in-laws" it really confuses and throws everyone off!
Anyway, I love being a Grandma and have many, many happy memories
My oldest two Sara and Nathan are 12 mos and 21 days apart. Nathan and my youngest Glen are 18 mos to the day. So my three grew up almost as triplets. We treated them as triplets most of the time. We did everything in threes. I would have loved triplets. Identical or not.
I have a strong desire to leave my grandkids with great grandparent memories. I spent alot of time with my grandparents on both sides and have some great memories. So I like to have memory moments with my kids so they will have great times to look back at. I also like that I have some influence in what kind of person my grands will become. We stress respect of others and kindness. I am proud of my adult kids and am so enjoying watching my grands grow up. I posted pics in my PDA of my oldest granddaughter and her baby. She had her first baby last evening at 11:38pm. She had a girl and we got to go into the hospital and spend a little time with our granddaughter and her fiancee and the baby this morning.