Jack imitates Linus...

Freeze!!!

erin and jack, part 2

After all the fun of the delivery, Kim had the wonderful job of holding my hair back and giving me bags to ATTEMPT to throw up in. Seems the anaesthesia, or some of the many other drugs given to me, made me a little under the weather. OK, a lot under the weather. It was horrible. And of course the worst of it hit right when Mary Beth was making her way into see her siblings.

I've never seen Mary Beth more excited. She wanted to see her Pinkaliscious and Rhonda so badly that she didn't even mind that we changed their names.

**On that note -- we've received a few questions on the names, so here you go!  Bob and I always loved the name Erin, so that's where it came from -- gotta have a good Irish name, right? Marie is my middle name, and I have the fondest of memories of Dad calling me Kristina Marie.  :-)  We also always loved the name Jack, and Jack is actually Bob's grandfather's name. So yes, it's Jackson, but we will call him Jack. Keith is my father's middle name -- we wanted to have a tie to him and he basically threated to come back and haunt us from the grave if any of us 3 kids ever named a kid Filmore. **

The next day, the twins were dressed in special outfits from Auntie Kim to match Mary Beth's Big Sister shirt. 

Ladies and gentlemen, the Francisco kiddos: 

meet erin and jack, part 1

So yes... the twinkies are here and I haven't posted a single blog post. And if you have to ask WHY I haven't posted anything, than you obviously have not ever been around twin infants. Good God these things were not made for the weak of heart!

So let's start the day before... Thursday, June 14. We tried to take one last round of belly bump photos, but by the time we did, Mary Beth was over it. So no bump photos. But certainly some belly ones! Total weight gain: 50 pounds.

Needless to say, I was very much over being pregnant and ready to meet the twinkies. So Friday, June 15 at 530 am, we headed to the hospital for a date with Dr. Jeff.

I'm happy to report that I did not cry when they gave me my IV. Nor did I scream bloody murder when they gave me the spinal. Perhaps I'm getting used to this whole giving-birth-thing. And just in the nick of time, because this shop is officially closed now!

I don't remember how many people were actually in the operating room, but after a while I actually felt lonely there all by myself when everyone else was poking, prodding, cleaning and taking care of the twins. Hello! I'm over here!!!

So here are the details:

BABY A: Erin Marie Francisco

5 pounds, 5 ounces

8:05 am

BABY B: Jackson (Jack) Keith Francisco

6 pounds, 12 ounces

8:06 am

This photo is eerily similar to one Kim took of Mary Beth when she was born...
though without the breech legs.

Coming up in part 2... Mary Beth, the big sister, meets her siblings!