>>> TODAY IS A DAY TO CELEBRATE
MOMS EVERYWHERE.
BUT THIS MOTHER'S DAY HAS
SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE FOR A MOM
IN OUR LOCAL 4 FAMILY.
THAT WOULD BE MY REGULAR
WEEKEND PARTNER SANDRA.
HER FAMILY GREW BY TWO WHEN SHE
HAD TWINS.
>> TWIN BABIES OFFER UNIQUE SET
OF CHALLENGES FOR MOMS AND DAD
DADS.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT VERY WELL
MAKING HIM THE PERFECT CHOICE
COMPARE NOTES.
>> APRIL OF 1996 THAT MY WIFE
WELCOMED OUR TWIN GIRLS INTO
THE WORLD.
WE BOTH HAVE TWINS IN OUR
FAMILY AND YET NOTHING REALLY
QUITE PREPARES YOU FOR THE
MOMENT WHEN THE PREGNANCY
SUDDENLY DOUBLED AND THAT'S HOW
IT WAS WITH THE NEWEST SET OF
TWINS AT LOCAL 4.
TONIGHT A MOTHER'S DAY VISIT
WITH SANDR AND FRIENDS.
>> WE WERE SUPER EXCITED HAVING
A THIRD.
WE THOUGHT THEN WAS A THIRD.
>> SANDRA NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT A
BIG FAMILY.
SHE AND SHAWN HAD A BOY AND
GIRL.
GREAT AMERICAN FAMILY OF 4.
WHEN SHE LEARN SHE WAS
EXPECTING THE THIRD THAT WAS
PRETTY GOOD NEWS.
SON GRAM.
>> I WAS THERE BY MYSELF AND IT
IS ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS I KNOW
I WILL NEVE FORGET AND THE
TEXT SAID HANG ON BEFORE I LET
YOU GO.
I WAS ALMOST DONE WITH THE
ULTRASOUND.
HANG ON BEFORE I LET YOU GO I
THING.
I SEE SOMETHING ELSE HERE.
>>Reporter: YES.
THAT IS PRETTY MUCH THE
UNIVERSAL TWIN SON GRAM MOMENT.
EVERYTHING IS FINE BUT I SEE
SOMETHING ELSE HERE.
>> ACTUALLY SHE SAID OH, MY
GOODNESS.
SHE PUT HER HANDS UP ON HER
FACE.
THERE'S ANOTHER ONE.
I SAID ANOTHER WHAT?
AND SHE SAID WHAT COULD IT BE.
>>Reporter: PLUS ONE.
IT TURNS OUT THE BABY YOU ARE
FRIEND.
>> SHE SAID THERE'S ANOTHER
BABY IN THERE.
AND I AFTER EVERY, EVERY CURSE
WORD UNDER THE SUN I SAID MY
HUSBAND IS GOING TO FAINT.
THOSE WERE MY EXACT WORD.
I WAS IN SHOCK.
>> ANY ONE WHO HAS WATCHED
SANDRA HUSBAND ON TELEVISION
KNOWS IT TAKE AS LOT TO
REALITIES HIM.
SO IT WAS WHEN HE HEARD HONEY,
IT'S TWINS.
>> SHAWN DIDN'T FAICHBILITY HE
DIDN'T.
HE IN FACT HE WAS PRETTY CALM.
>>Reporter: WELL SPOKE
>>Reporter: WELL SPOKING FROM
EXPERIENCE, THAT'S ONLY BALLS
IT TAKES AWHILE FOR IT TO
REGISTER IN THE HUSBAND BRAIN.
ONLY WITH A LITTLE REFLECTION
DO YOU BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND
CERTAIN THINGS LIKE YOU ARE
GOING TO NEED ANOTHER CRIB.
YOU ARE GOING TO NEED ANOTHER
CAR SEAT.
ANOTHER HIGH CHAIR.
ANOTHER EVERYTHING.
AND OF COURSE TWICE AS MANY
DIAPERS AND BOTTLES.
LET'S WAIT UNTIL THE ABOUT
TOYRT FIND OUT THE GENDER
SCHOOL OF THOUGHT.
ALSO DOUBLED.
NAMES.
WE HAD TO HAVE A FIRST PLACE.
SECOND PLACE.
THEN WE HAD TO COME UP WITH BOY
GIRL COMBINATIONS.
BOY BOY COMBINATIONS.
GIRL GIRL COMBINATIONS.
THAT WAS THE HARLDEST THING.
>> AT THIS POINT WOULDN'T IT
HAVE BEEN BETTER TO SAY TELL US
LOT TO PREPARE FOR.
>> NO.
BECAUSE I NEEDED SOMETHING TO
PHYSICALLY KEEP ME GOING.
>>Reporter: YOU NEEDED THE
>> YES.
>> YES BECAUSE TWINS CAN BE
PHYSICALLY TAXING.
JUST ABOUT ANY ONE ENCOUNTERING
NOTICE
NOTICING, LET SEE, HOW SHALL I
PUT THIS.
SANDRA WAS, WELL,
AND.
>>Reporter: YOU MAY HAVE BEEN
5 FOOT 3 BOTH WAYS.
>> RIGHT.
THAT'S ONE WAY OF PUTTING IT.
BIG.
I WAS HUGE.
AND LOOKING BACK ON IT NOW I
YOU KNOW I CAN LAUGH ABOUT IT.
BUT I WAS SO UNCOMFORTABLE.
>>Reporter: FOR VERY GOOD
REASONS.
THE BOY SHE WAS CARRYING WERE
BOTH CLOSE TO 7 POUNDS.
SO YES WHEN THEY ARRIVED IT WAS
14 POUNDS OF BABY BOY.
NOW THE BOYS JOIN OLDER BROTHER
ROMAN AND OLDER SISTER IN A
HOUSEHOLD THAT IS SUDDENLY A
LOT NOISIER AND A LOT BUSIE.
YOU HAVE TALK TO A COUPLE
MULTIPLE MOM WASHINGTON DID
THEY TELL YOU.
>> GREAT ADVICE.
YOU KNOW.
NEVER TRY TO DO IT ALL ON YOUR
OWN.
BECAUSE YOU WILL GO BANANAS.
YOU WILL GO INSANE.
AND I THINK BEFORE THE BOYS I
DID ALWAYS TRY TO DO EVERYTHING
ON MY OWN.
AND YOU TRY TO BE A SUPER HERO
AND YOU TRY TO BE SUPER MOM AND
>>Reporter: YES IT NOW MEANS
THAT SHE AND SHAWN HAVE TO GIVE
UP MAN TO MAN DEFENSE AND
SWITCH TO ZONE.
M WIFE AND I JUST CELEBRATED
THE 21st BIRTHDAY OF OUR
MADISON AND CHRISTIAN.
PROOF THAT THE CHAOS DOES
EVENTUALLY MAKE SENSE.
THESE YEARS IS THE
UNDERSTANDING THAT TWINS ARE
SPECIAL.
THE AN ANCIENT HAVE ALWAYS
THOUGHT.SO IN FOLKLORE TWINS
WITH IMMORTAL WHO LIVE IN
HEAVEN BEFORE THEY COME TO
EARTH.
SANDRA GETS THAT.
AND THEY DO SEEM HEAVEN SENT
MOTHER'S DAY.
>> IN A WAY I FEEL LIKE IT WAS
A REALLY LONG TIME AGO.
THEY HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A
REALLY LONG TIME.
BUT I KNOW THAT THEY HAVEN'T
BEEN.
IT HAS ALSO GONE BY SO FAST,
TOO.
ARE YOU BETTER NOW?
GREAT.
>> I LOVE. THAT FAMILY OF 4.
I WAS THINKING OF HER A LOT
TODAY. WHAT A SPECIAL MOTHER'S
>>Reporter: THEY SHOULD HAVE
USED THE CLIP WHERE SANDRA
POPPED HIM IN THE EYE FOR THE 5
FOOT 3.
OFF.
EVERY MOM OUT THERE.