I’m excited to share that last week the Hopscotch twins made their arrival – right at 38 weeks! We are quickly finding out that twins are a whole lot of work, but of course incredibly loveable!
On the left is little miss and on the right is little mister (when I’m less sleep deprived I’ll come up with better names – feel free to give me your suggestions!).
She weighed in at 6 lbs, 4 oz and 19 inches long, while he weighed in at 6 lbs, 9 oz and 19.25 inches long. Yep, that means I had almost 13 pounds of baby in me at the end! Crazy. They also look so delightfully different from one another I still can’t get over it. I’m pretty sure that she is a mini-me and he is a mini-Mr. Hopscotch.
I’m especially excited to share their birth story; in addition to wanting to ensure I remember it all, I really want to share it because it seems rare to hear about twins who are born vaginally. When I found out we were having twins, I immediately assumed I’d be scheduling a c-section. I had no clue that trying for a vaginal birth was something we could even think about, let alone successfully accomplish!
While I’ll be snuggling up with these two for awhile, I hope to be back to blogging more regularly!
admin / wonderful grape / 20724 posts
Congratulations!!!! Wow, I’ve never heard of twins each being such a healthy weight! Wonderful news!!
How about Hop for one baby, and Scotch for the other?
honeydew / 7230 posts
Congratulations! Getting to 38 weeks is an awesome accomplishment, as is those great weights and two vaginal births! We tried really hard for a vaginal birth and ended up with one born each way.
I’m sure you’ve heard this a million times but please reach out to some of us twin moms (here or elsewhere) if you need support or have questions. I’m sure you’ve already realized that having twins is a crazy crazy ride. There’s nothing like it!
hostess / wonderful persimmon / 25556 posts
Hooray! Congratulations to you and your family!!!
watermelon / 14467 posts
Congratulations!!!
pomegranate / 3225 posts
Yay! Congrats. They are beautiful
blogger / clementine / 750 posts
ADORABLE!!! Congratulations!! Thirty-eight weeks AND vaginally is amazing!!! (And I love Mr. Bee’s suggestion of Hop and Scotch. super cute!)
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
Congratulations!!!! And that’s amazing that you made it to 38 weeks!!! They are adorable!!!
clementine / 927 posts
Congratulations!
honeydew / 7917 posts
Congratulations!! They are so adorable! Wishing your family the very best.
blogger / coconut / 8306 posts
Ahh congrats! I’ve been thinking of you!
And yes, I love Hop and Scotch hahahaha!
blogger / pomegranate / 3044 posts
Congrats! They are beautiful. Hope big sis is doing ok!
blogger / nectarine / 2010 posts
Hooray!!! Congratulations on their arrival, on keeping them cooking so long and for growing such healthy babies! I’m so glad you got a vaginal birth too since I know you had to switch from your MW practice. Hope everyone is doing well. xoxo
pear / 1837 posts
Beautiful babies, congratulations!!!!
clementine / 948 posts
Congratulations!! They are perfect. And amazing weights for twins at 38 weeks. Maybe that will help them sleep through the night a few weeks earlier (if that whole weight/sleep rumor has any truth to it)
persimmon / 1179 posts
Congratulations!!! They are adorable, and so unique (which is funny to say, as twins are usually more commonly bunched in to a “same” category). I love that they look so different from one another. What a blessing!
nectarine / 2771 posts
They are beautiful! Big congrats!
pomegranate / 3779 posts
Congratulations! They are beautiful.
blogger / nectarine / 2043 posts
Many many congrats! They are gorgeous!
blogger / nectarine / 2600 posts
Congratulations!
blogger / pomegranate / 3491 posts
Wowzers! My first and only so far was only 6 lbs 11. You are amazing! And congrats on what sounds like an amazing birth experience. They are too cute!!
blogger / pomegranate / 3201 posts
Congratulations!!! They are adorable. What about Little X and Little O? Or Baby X and Baby O.
hostess / wonderful watermelon / 39513 posts
Congrats!
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
Congratulations they are precious!
admin / watermelon / 14210 posts
the girl looks so much like sadie! and it’s amazing how different they look… you have one mrs. hopscotch and one mr. hopscotch!
apricot / 403 posts
Congratulations, mama!! Thrilled to have another twin mama on here. Like @twodoghouse said, feel free to reach out (tho I still have no idea what I’m doing as my boys are 11 weeks).
YAY!
pomelo / 5628 posts
Congrats! They are precious.
blogger / eggplant / 11551 posts
Congratulations!!!
wonderful pea / 17279 posts
Congratulations! What about Little Lady Hop LL/ LLH and Little Gent or Man Hop LG/ LM/ LGH/ LMH?
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21628 posts
Congratulations!
guest
Congrats! The little girl looks like her older sister!
cherry / 231 posts
Yay!! Congrats! If you have any twin questions feel free to ask me! My guys are going to be 2 on Nov 7th….it’s unbelievable how fast time flies.
blogger / apricot / 367 posts
Congrats!!! Your babies are beautiful!!
nectarine / 2054 posts
Congratulations! They are so cute!! I can’t wait to hear your story.
pomegranate / 3595 posts
Congratulations on a great delivery and healthy arrival! Your children are gorgeous!
honeydew / 7295 posts
Congratulations on your beautiful twins! My husband is a twin and he and his sister were 6 pounds each as well but were born via c section on the day after they were due. What an incredible feat for you.
coconut / 8079 posts
Congrats! What gorgeous babies!! I hope Miss H is enjoying being a big sister.
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
Congratulations!!
blogger / clementine / 998 posts
adorable! congrats!
clementine / 750 posts
Congrats. So cute.
grapefruit / 4717 posts
Congratulations! They’re beautiful.
pear / 1852 posts
Congratulations!
Hop and Scotch are probably the top contenders, lol.
Hopper and Hoppy.
Ho and Sco, lol (definitely a bad choice)
pomelo / 5621 posts
Congrats! Two adorable little babies! How is big sis handling everything?
pear / 1696 posts
So sweet, congrats! Love Mr. Bee’s idea of Hop and Scotch for their nick names
persimmon / 1367 posts
Congrats!!
pear / 1852 posts
Oh just thought of another name pair! Sorry I don’t know what you call your older child?
Chalk and rocks! Miss chalk and Mr rocks.
bananas / 9973 posts
eek! CONGRATS! They are toooo precious!
pomelo / 5678 posts
Congratulations!!!!! They are so beautiful and I thought the same thing- she looks just like you (and like Miss H) and he looks just like Mr. H!
pomelo / 5326 posts
They are so sweet! Enjoy those snuggles!
pomegranate / 3729 posts
Congratulations! Can’t wait to read your birth story.
blogger / persimmon / 1398 posts
CONGRATULATIONS!!! I’m so happy for you!!! And they are utterly adorable!!
guest
Congrats!!! Can’t wait to read more!
grapefruit / 4671 posts
Wow! Congratulations, I can’t wait to hear more.
grapefruit / 4731 posts
Congrats!!!
They are super cute! Can’t wait to read about the birth.
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22276 posts
Congrats!!! They are so adorable!
grapefruit / 4355 posts
Congratulations! They are adorable and you are so right – they really do each have their own look!
grapefruit / 4997 posts
Congratulations! They are just so perfect and adorable.