All Amazing Babies

The world is full of beautiful and wonderful things, some so astounding and unreal it can be hard to fathom. Sometimes, this beauty is in the form of a person, in this case, twins. And not just the regular kind, two sets of them! But, there is something incredibly special about these children.

Now, twins born different colors are not something new, although it is rare. According to reports citing a geneticist, the odds of twins being born biracial is about 1 in 500,000.

But, what makes this family even more special is that the exact thing happened when the couple had twins again in 2009. As you can imagine, the couple was astounded to have had this incredible occurrence yet again.

Lauren and Hayleigh

When they were 18, the older girls spoke about life as bi-racial twins. Of course, people do not believe that they are in fact what they say they are. The girls have said that people are shocked when they find out.

“Some people can be really rude. They’ll say, ‘You’re lying, you aren’t twins — prove it! So we’ll reel off the same address or pull our passports out. It’s nice to see the shock on people’s faces. When we went to college it was difficult because there were lots of groups of Asian, white and black kids.

“The black group were trying to integrate me and I was like, ‘This is my white twin sister.’

“No one could believe it. People look at us like it’s some kind of miracle. I’m still amazed that we are twins.”

Hayleigh

Defying the Odds

The two younger sisters are no different, which means this family is literally the only one in the world with two sets of bi-racial twins.

“Even non-identical twins aren’t that common. Non-identical twins from mixed parents, of different races, less common still. To have two eggs fertilized and come out different colors, less common still. So, to have it happen twice must be one in millions.”

Dr. Sarah Jarvis of Britain’s Royal College of General Practitioners

The two younger daughters have grown to look more alike as time goes by, unlike their older siblings.

There are few things more precious in life than holding a tiny new infant in your arms. Newborns are so incredibly adorable, from the top of their sweet-smelling heads to the tips of their teensy little toes. It’s easy to find yourself overwhelmed by the purity of these tiny human beings. This toddler ᴄʀɪᴇs happy tears after holding her sweet baby cousin for the first time.

Bree Miller of Reseda, California recently gave birth to her first child, a daughter named Marley Rae. When it came time for the tiny infant to meet some of her family members, Bree had her camera ready to capture the sweet moments, but she had no idea just how sweet those moments would end up being.

Two of Marley Rae’s new cousins were paying a visit that day to check her out. As Bree held and fed the baby, the two little girls seemed rapt with attention. They would tentatively reach out to touch her downy-soft hair, and both couldn’t wait to get that little girl in their own arms to hold her.

Two cushions were placed in her lap in anticipation of the youngster meeting her new cousin – who was in the arms of a woman next to her. As soon as Bree placed a sleeping Marley Rae into her niece Tiffany’s arms, the little girl seemed overwhelmed. The little girl ᴋɪssᴇᴅ the baby’s forehead, rubbing their noses together as she hugged the newborn and then begins to tear up. At some point, the baby started ᴄʀʏɪɴɢ, and one would have thought she would be rattled by that. But instead, she stroked the baby’s legs till the baby stopped ᴄʀʏɪɴɢ.

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A Utah couple whose journey through in-vitro fertilization captivated the nation welcomed quadruplets — two sets of identical twins.

Ashley and Tyson Gardner said they are “overwhelmed with joy” after the birth of Indie, Esme, Scarlett and Evangeline by Caesarean section at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo. Three of the newborns weighed a little more than 2 pounds at delivery. The fourth weighed slightly less than 2 pounds, according to the hospital.

The couple said they sᴛʀᴜɢɢʟᴇᴅ for eight years to conceive a baby before deciding to turn to IVF treatment. It is a sequence of procedures that involves fertilization of an egg outside a woman’s body in a specialized lab. After both of the fertilised eggs Ashley was carrying split – at odds of one in a million – she found herself pregnant with not one, but TWO sets of twins. This is a rare phenomenon. Only one out of 70 million pregnant women deliver quadruplets.

This Lone Peak grad carried the four girls for 29 weeks and 4 days, with 7 1/2 weeks on hospital bedrest. But Ashley wasn’t bored. By the time Ashley met her miracles, the Gardners had become quasi-spokespersons for the infertility community. She spent hours answering questions on social media, reading messages of support, and sending love to those sᴛʀᴜɢɢʟɪɴɢ to start families.

Then on Dec. 28, 2014, the bedrest ended — and so did the word “rest” in any form. The four baby girls were born within 2.5 minutes — small but healthy.

“It’s amazing to see babies come into this world,” Tyson says with emotion. “You can’t describe it — you have to feel it.”

Five neonatologists — and a total of 37 people — were in the much-anticipated delivery room at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center, prepared to take care of each baby girl’s needs. Within two months, beautiful girls named Indie, Esme, Scarlett and Evangeline had all come home — and the family was together in their American Fork townhouse.

“I like to say, ‘These are the little blessings I never knew I wanted,’” Ashley says.

Indie, Esme, Scarlett and Evangeline attract attention wherever their parents take them, from shopping malls and grocery stores to swimming pools and parks. As they wheel the girls around in a quad stroller, Ashley and Tyson have learned to deal with being rushed by crowds of people with a vested interested in their daughters’ welfare.

“So many people followed our story every step of the way – they feel like we’re part of their family,” says Ashley, 28, who is finally getting a full night’s sleep after months of being awakened every few hours around the clock.

“Those first months since they were born were ᴇxʜᴀᴜsᴛɪɴɢ, but so rewarding,” she tells PEOPLE. “Every day, I feel so grateful as I watch these little miracles grow. They’re healthy now, they’re happy and thriving. I’m soaking up every minute with them – I can’t get enough of holding them and watching every little milestone.”

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This incredible story happened in Colorado.

One day, Miss Page adopted a boy, and a year later a girl, she could not even think that these children would turn out to be siblings.

After she divorced her husband, she decided to change her life radically. She changed her place of residence, her job, and her environment. She met up with the church and started working as a caretaker at a center for abandoned children.

At first, it was a very depressing job, and it was hard for her. But gradually she got involved and loved the process. Soon after, the woman realized that she wanted to adopt a baby from this center. He was 4 days old. His mother abandoned him, during pregnancy she was very fond of drugs. Fortunately, this did not affect the health of the baby.

Miss Page took custody of the boy. She gave him the name Grayson while all the social services were looking for his real parents. The search was unsuccessful and the woman was handed documents for adoption. So, Grayson became her son officially.

But that’s not the end of the story. A few days later, the woman received a call and was asked to pick up another baby from the center. Her woman gave birth in the same hospital. The woman felt that she had to take this child for herself.

Miss Page finally met the baby. And the most amazing thing is that on the small hand was attached a bracelet with the same name of the parent as Grayson.

The woman found the address of Hannah’s biological mother (the girl was named that way) and met with her. She said that she does not know anything about her son and she is expecting a third child.

Katie Page reported this to her supervisor, who conducted several checks and confirmed that the boy and the girl are relatives.

Well, that’s not the end of the story.

After all, soon the wayward mother abandoned the third child. And Katie Page is already applying for custody.

Some people seem to have been born to love and nurture others! Mom Ali Retelle recently welcomed a new baby girl to their family, and when her toddler son met her, it was definitely love at first sight! Thankfully for us, Ali captured the adorable first meeting on camera.

In a video, we see the little boy holding his new sister in his arms as he gazes into her tiny face. Without seeming to notice, he begins to weep, silently wiping the tears away with his arm without ever looking away from the infant. His parents tell him he can talk to her, but she won’t talk back, and he seems delighted to know she can actually hear him. Veteran older siblings will warn him to enjoy these days before she learns to talk, but that’s not important right now.

This little boy clearly has a heart of gold! Check out the video below to see why we think he’ll be an excellent big brother, and don’t forget to share.

Amber and Levi always wanted a family together, so when they had two beautiful daughters, they were more than overjoyed.

But just when they thought their family was complete, everything changed.

Amber found out that she was pregnant again, but that wasn’t the most surprising news delivered by the doctors.

They were going to have triplets!

Without the use of fertility drugs or any other type of fertility treatments, the chances of having triplets are very low to begin with. So, while they were definitely surprised by the news, both Amber and Levi were thrilled to welcome three adorable babies into the family.

Weeks went by, and the day finally came. Amber was admitted to the hospital to deliver the babies.
Even though they were lighter than normal, each weighing four pounds, the triplet girls came out in a healthy condition via cesarean section.

In the meantime, though, Amber was struggling. She actually died on the operating table, but was resuscitated with the help of a blood transfusion. When the commotion was finally over, everyone in the operation room noticed something very special about the triplets’ faces.

They were identical!

According to the doctors, the odds of having identical triplets naturally can be as high as 1 in 200 million.

Even though everyone is now healthy and happy, Levi had to slow down at work and take care of his family while Amber recovers. But, the medical bills were piling up. Thankfully, friends and neighbors decided to help the them out by raising funds for the family. They actually set up a GoFundMe account, so anyone can donate money for medical expenses and baby supplies.

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Having grandkids is great, but not many people get to see their grandkids have their own kids. For those who do, it probably feels like a repeat of the joy they felt from their first set of grandkids.

And living that long must be something. You’ll have life experience galore, and you’ll have seen more of the world than most. I guess that’s why seeing your grandkids can be a humbling and profound thing.

But then your grandkids are eventually going to have kids of their own, and their kids will do the same. Don’t you wish you could just be around to hold and love all of them?
Vivian Dahl is something that not many people live to be: a great great grandmother!

Her 100th birthday is the same day as her great great granddaughter’s, so they celebrated together.

This is a huge deal. Vivian is not just a great grandmother. She’s a great great grandmother. Vivian’s been around for a very long time, and saw 2 more generations of her family than most people get to.

Her daughter’s name is Eloise. Little Eloise has only been on this earth for a year so far, and hadn’t the slightest clue what was going on. Her great great grandma, on the other hand, saw this as a precious, once-in-a-lifetime moment.

Obviously, the story of a woman turning a century old and sharing a birthday with her youngest descendant was pretty news-worthy.

The story was featured on FOX9, with photos provided by Elijah Dahl.

When Vivian shared her advice on living a life as long as hers, she said “No smoking, no drinking, and no candy”. Personally, I don’t have any trouble following the first two bits of advice. But the “no candy” bit? Well, I can’t exactly make any promises.
It’s not known exactly how many people on the planet are great great grandparents, probably owing to how rarely it gets to happen.

Though something we do have some estimate for is people who’re 100 years old or older.

People who reach this age are called centenarians, and there’s something around half a million of them in the world right now. Or at least, the last time the United Nations estimated. The interesting bit is that the number seems to be increasing.

Looking at a trend from the past decades, it appears as though people are living longer than past generations.

Since the year 2000, the number of centenarians is four times what it was if those estimates are true.

That photo of Eloise and Vivian is several generations of memories, all told through their eyes.

Vivian looks at a new family member 100 years later, and Eloise’s innocent eyes look back at someone who’s been through it all.

Happy birthday to Eloise and Vivian! I hope they had a blast at the party their family threw for them at Lake Crystal. The very place where Vivian has lived for all her life.

After an 8-year struggle Judith Nwokocha was thrilled to discover that she was pregnant.

The 38-year-old Nigerian-born photographer from Calgary fell pregnant with her husband, who is also black, through IVF and later discovered that she was actually pregnant with twins.

At 37 weeks Judith was induced and her twins were delivered via caesarean section.

She delivered her baby boy, Kamsi, weighing 6.1 lbs., but was understandably concerned when her daughter Kachi arrived weighing just 3½ lbs.

But this wasn’t her only concern as her baby daughter was diagnosed with albinism which affects the production of melanin, the pigment that colors skin, hair, and eyes.

When she was handed her beautiful babies Judith revealed her shock at seeing them and initially believed she had been given the wrong baby.

“The first time I saw her, I wondered if the nurse was handing me my baby, or someone else’s. I waited a few seconds for someone to tell me there was a mix up, but all I heard from the nurse was how beautiful she was.”

Judith was concerned about the growth rate of her daughter while she was carrying her but she never believed she would give birth to a white baby.

Judith wrote, “I was quite surprised by how white she was.” A few days after the twins were born, doctors told Judith that Kachi had albinism.

The mom of two was initially concerned for Kachi and how people would react to her as well as being concerned about her health after being told that Kachi would be visually impaired for the rest of her life.

“I loved my princess like every mother would love her baby, but worried about her condition,” she wrote in a Love What Matters essay.

Gradually, worry turned to sadness and I started questioning God, wondering why he would put me in such a situation. I worried about her future, how society would treat her, how she’ll be accepted…

“I envied other black babies and thought, ‘Why me? Why was I the one to have an albino baby? How did I get black and white twins?”‘

She even said that she and her husband had to go to counselling to help learn to cope with Kachi’s condition and by the time the twins were 1 Judith said she had learned to see past the negativity.

“I began to see the beauty in her condition. I began to admire her gold hair, her brown eyes, her pink lips and everything about her.
“I noticed how attractive she was to people whenever I took them out. People admired her a lot and she is usually the one who gets all the attention.”

Like all twins the brother and sister share a special bond and don’t notice that anything is different.

Judith says she is now working on always reminding her daughter just how special she is.

“I always tell her how beautiful she is, because she really is. I wouldn’t trade her condition for a million dollars because she’s perfect to me in every way,” she said

Albinism may have its challenges but I’m teaching her to be strong and conquer whatever may come her way. I’m showcasing the beauty in albinism by constantly taking pictures of her and twin brother.

“I’m not sure she’s aware of her uniqueness at the moment, but eventually she’ll know, and it’s my responsibility to educate her and teach her to love herself no matter what.”

Given the amount of energy it requires to raise a child, I find it difficult to truly imagine how the parents of twins cope.

Don’t get me wrong, being blessed with two little bundles of joy at the same time must be an incomparable feeling, but when I think of the sleepless nights I had – and the need for around-the-clock vigilance of the risk-management kind – then times it by two, the maths just doesn’t add up in my head.

That said, ask any parent of twins and they’ll most likely talk about twice the love, not twice the struggle.

In the case of one fortunate couple from Louisiana, you can make that four times the love.

Now, having twins is relatively rare when compared with just how many babies are born across the globe each day. But the same couple having two sets of twins? That, my friends, is an almost unheard of happening.

For Erin and Jake Credo, however, it is reality.

As per reports, the pair needed a little help to get pregnant six years ago, but when they eventually did they welcomed twin boys Cooper and Grant.

When it came to the prospect of further children, they were unsure – fate though, as is so often the case, had big plans for them.

Given that they’d needed a little assistance to fall pregnant with Cooper and Grant, the couple weren’t expecting to get with child again on their own.

But they did.

Not only that, but the first sonogram revealed that Erin was expecting another set of twins. Jake was so confused when Erin forwarded the image, that he believed she had sent him a picture from Cooper and Grant’s sonogram years previous.

She replied simply: “Nope. Round two.”

Speaking to Today, Erin explained: “We were kind of on the fence about having more because I didn’t want to go through that again. I never in my life thought I’d have four kids. I’m still in disbelief.”

She added: “When I had my ultrasound, I didn’t even know what to say. I texted a picture of the ultrasound to my husband, and he said, ‘Is that the boys?’

“He was, like, ‘Oh, my God.’ Obviously, we were excited. We’ve done it before. Having twins, it’s all we know.”

Speaking as to just how rare their case is, Dr. Cliff Moore, who oversaw Erin’s pregnancy, said: “Only about 1 in 111,111 pregnancies results in a second set of identical twins.

“To put that in perspective, we deliver approximately 8,000 babies at Woman’s Hospital each year, so we’d only see that about once every 15 years.”

Erin and Jake welcomed their baby girls to the world last year, on September 22, 2020. The identical twin girls are named Lola and Allie. Born at 32 weeks, the sisters had to spend a few days in the NICU, but were eventually able to go home and meet their big brothers.

“Cooper and Grant are always snuggling. The other day Grant fell asleep in our bed and Cooper gave him a kiss on the forehead,” Erin said.

“The bond between identical twins is unlike any other connection.”

I’m so happy for this family – they sure have been blessed in every aspect!

If you have children, do you remember what it was like to welcome them to the world? I sure do!

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