| April
2002 |
Jake
is a big brother now Often
referring to his new sisters as "my babies," he enjoys laying
down next to them, pulling off their hats, and is fascinated by their
little body parts.
(click on the circles to enlarge)
The twins are
here!
For those of you who have not
heard the story of how they came into the world, here it is:
It all happened so fast...
Michelle woke up at 2 a.m. Friday morning with a strange feeling something
was about to happen. It was only about twenty minutes later when her water
broke. Her contractions started off about two minutes apart, and were
already feeling quite painful. Eric called Dinah, their friend and babysitter,
to come over and watch Jake. She was "on call" - they had just
told her earlier that evening that it could be any day now. After Dinah
arrived, they left the house at approximately 3:40 a.m. While in the car,
Michelle's contractions began to occur more frequently. She said a couple
times that "she felt like she wanted to push." Eric was going
about 15-20 mph over the speed limit. They got to Lake Shore Drive (only
about 15 minutes to go) and, wouldn't you know it, a cop pulled them over.
Eric told the cop "I'm sorry, officer, but my wife is having twins
and her contractions are one minute apart!" He let them go without
a ticket. Anyway, they finally got to the hospital at 4:30 a.m. The first
baby (Emma Madelyn Kauppila - 4lbs, 5oz.) was born at 4:55 a.m. and the
second baby (Abigail Elizabeth Kauppila - 6lbs, 7oz.) was born at 4:59
a.m. Talk about close calls!
The official date of birth:
April 12th, 2002.
This day also happened to be Michelle's birthday.
Here
are a few of the photos that were taken on that day.
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What was new not
too long ago...
Go back to the most recent "What's New?"
page
- January
through early April 2004 - Michelle accepts a job at a small law
firm, the whole family packs up and moves to Michigan, Jake turns five
and the girls turn two
- September
through December 2003 - The kids dress up again for Halloween, dance
in colored light, and Jake is inspired by the buildings in Chicago
- July
and August 2003 - It's a good time of year for a dip in the kiddie
pool...also, Abby and Emma climb the stairs, Jake rides the train, and
the driveway is drawn on
- April,
May, and June 2003 - The kids are swinging, Michelle graduates from
law school, Abby and Emma turn one, Eric is written up in a local newspaper
- January,
February, and March 2003 - Eric is quoted in American Baby,
Jake plays dressup, Emma and Abby are crawling (see a video clip), Jake
celebrates his 4th birthday
- October,
November, and December 2002 - Buzz Lightyear rescues two peapods
on Halloween, Abby speaks for the first time on video, and Jake makes
an observation about one of his Christmas gifts
- August
and September 2002 - See photos from a trip to Toronto for a family
wedding, and video clips of Emma laughing
- June
and July 2002 - See what the Kauppila Family looks like in the morning,
and the Post family (Chris, Maria and Ben) visits
- April
and May 2002 - Read the story of how Emma and Abigail were born
and see photos from the first two months of their life
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