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the miles count triple... (minimm's gonna be a big brother!)

metsmarathon Aug 12 2013 09:34 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 13 2013 12:42 AM

when you're running for three! the marathon family will be expanding this winter, as we're doubling down on µmms (that's micro-metsmarathons, btw). yes. twins. minimm is very excited!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 12 2013 09:38 PM Re: the miles count triple...

wOw. Congrats! wOw. Congrats!

themetfairy Aug 12 2013 10:33 PM Re: the miles count triple...

Double Awesome!

Rockin' Doc Aug 13 2013 02:02 AM Re: the miles count triple... (minimm's gonna be a big broth

Congratulations.

Fman99 Aug 13 2013 02:53 AM Re: the miles count triple... (minimm's gonna be a big broth

Wow. And, then, wow once more!

metirish Aug 13 2013 01:06 PM Re: the miles count triple... (minimm's gonna be a big broth

Great news....congrats

Benjamin Grimm Aug 13 2013 01:09 PM Re: the miles count triple... (minimm's gonna be a big broth

Congratulations!

TransMonk Aug 13 2013 01:31 PM Re: the miles count triple... (minimm's gonna be a big broth

Very cool! Congrats!

Ceetar Aug 13 2013 03:25 PM Re: the miles count triple... (minimm's gonna be a big broth

nifty! Congrats.

Mets Guy in Michigan Aug 13 2013 05:52 PM Re: the miles count triple... (minimm's gonna be a big broth

That's FANTASTIC!!!! All the best to you. And Mike Pelfrey would approve.

dgwphotography Aug 13 2013 07:58 PM Re: the miles count triple... (minimm's gonna be a big broth

Congratulations!

smg58 Aug 14 2013 12:50 AM Re: the miles count triple... (minimm's gonna be a big broth

The best of luck!

cooby classic Aug 14 2013 09:39 PM Re: the miles count triple... (minimm's gonna be a big broth

He'll be an adorable big brother! Congratulations!

A Boy Named Seo Aug 17 2013 03:16 AM Re: the miles count triple... (minimm's gonna be a big broth

Wow^2. Wonderful news, dude... congrats!

seawolf17 Aug 17 2013 11:41 PM Re: the miles count triple... (minimm's gonna be a big broth

Double wow!

Mets Willets Point Aug 19 2013 02:45 PM Re: the miles count triple... (minimm's gonna be a big broth

Congratulations and good luck being outnumbered!

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 19 2013 06:02 PM Re: the miles count triple... (minimm's gonna be a big broth

Man. Now they'll have you surrounded. Belated Mazel Tov.

metsmarathon Aug 20 2013 02:24 PM Re: the miles count triple... (minimm's gonna be a big broth

yes, clearly we need to start molding minimm into being our enforcer. if we can turn him to our side, we can maintain our position of dominance.

Edgy MD Aug 20 2013 08:24 PM Re: the miles count triple... (minimm's gonna be a big broth

I want Twins. Great move. Twins are great. Name me one human disaster who was a Twin. OK, besides the Krays. Name me another. Conrad and Bonar Bain. Lindsay and Sidney Greenbush, Zan and Jana. All the great ones. Twins.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 20 2013 08:46 PM Re: the miles count triple... (minimm's gonna be a big broth

Jose Canseco.

Edgy MD Aug 20 2013 08:57 PM Re: the miles count triple... (minimm's gonna be a big broth

Yabbut... fuck.

metsmarathon Aug 21 2013 04:47 PM Re: the miles count triple... (minimm's gonna be a big broth

are the olsen twins trainwrecks? they've kinda fallen off hte radar screen haven't they? OE: no. no they are not trainwrecks. they are in fact very successful women, and apparently reasonable upstanding. good job, michelles.

d'Kong76 Aug 21 2013 05:13 PM Re: the miles count triple... (minimm's gonna be a big broth

Congrats to the mm's!

metsmarathon Aug 22 2013 03:55 AM Re: the miles count triple... (minimm's gonna be a big broth

oh boy! oh boy! there's two boys in there!

Edgy MD Aug 22 2013 05:00 PM Re: the miles count triple... (minimm's gonna be a big broth

Wow!

themetfairy Aug 22 2013 05:07 PM Re: the miles count triple... (minimm's gonna be a big broth

They can be like the Rosa twins, who dominated the local running scene for ages. Best of luck with the expanding team!

metsmarathon Jan 19 2014 02:19 AM Re: the miles count triple... (minimm's gonna be a big broth

When can the babies come out? monday monday monday. holy shit, monday.

Fman99 Jan 20 2014 02:39 AM Re: the miles count triple... (minimm's gonna be a big broth

WOW. Good luck tomorrow bro!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 20 2014 03:36 AM Re: the miles count triple... (minimm's gonna be a big broth

That's impressive, man.

seawolf17 Jan 20 2014 03:38 AM Re: the miles count triple... (minimm's gonna be a big broth

Go, babies, go!

themetfairy Jan 20 2014 03:41 AM Re: the miles count triple... (minimm's gonna be a big broth

Best of luck!

Mets Willets Point Jan 20 2014 02:23 PM Re: the miles count triple... (minimm's gonna be a big broth

You can name them Martin & Luther. Congrats!

TransMonk Jan 20 2014 03:22 PM Re: the miles count triple... (minimm's gonna be a big broth

Very cool! Congrats!

Ceetar Jan 20 2014 04:37 PM Re: the miles count triple... (minimm's gonna be a big broth

Good Luck! Hope you stored up some sleep.

metsmarathon Jan 21 2014 02:56 AM Re: the miles count triple... (minimm's gonna be a big broth

liam lachary metsmarathon Born 8:55 am, 7lbs 1 oz 19.5" ryan alexander metsmarathon. Born 8:56 am, 7lbs 0oz, 19.5" Both redheads. Both Look an awful lot like minimm.. And each other. But for now, we can tell them apart. At least when they're next to each other. Mom and babies are doing great! Now let's go get them some winning baseball!

d'Kong76 Jan 21 2014 03:25 AM Re: the miles count triple... (minimm's gonna be a big broth

Congratulations!

Rockin' Doc Jan 21 2014 03:34 AM Re: the miles count triple... (minimm's gonna be a big broth

Awesome. I am glad to hear that Mrs. Marathon and the twins are all doing well. Congratulations.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 21 2014 04:25 AM Re: the miles count triple... (minimm's gonna be a big broth

That's great. Congrats!

Benjamin Grimm Jan 21 2014 11:35 AM Re: the miles count triple... (minimm's gonna be a big broth

Congratulations! Are they identical or fraternal?

metsmarathon Jan 21 2014 02:30 PM Re: the miles count triple... (minimm's gonna be a big broth

They are fraternal but very similar. Liam's hair is a shade lighter and it's a little fuller too.

Edgy MD Jan 21 2014 02:35 PM Re: the miles count triple... (minimm's gonna be a big broth

Mets – Willets Point wrote: You can name them Martin & Luther. Congrats! Or name them after Willets and Centerfield Jr.! Congratulations on a safe delivery and a manly family.

Frayed Knot Jan 21 2014 02:39 PM Re: the miles count triple... (minimm's gonna be a big broth

"And may your first three children be masculine children"

Gwreck Jan 21 2014 06:06 PM Re: the miles count triple... (minimm's gonna be a big broth

Congrats! and Congrats!

Ashie62 Jan 25 2014 01:00 AM Re: the miles count triple... (minimm's gonna be a big broth

I want three Met fans...congrats!!!

themetfairy Jul 07 2015 03:09 PM Re: the miles count triple... (minimm's gonna be a big broth

So it's almost a year and a half later, and all three of your kids are ridiculously adorable. I'm curious about the twins' personalities. I know that L is taller than R, but how would you describe what they're like? Are their similarities greater than the differences?

metsmarathon Aug 21 2015 03:32 PM Re: the miles count triple... (minimm's gonna be a big broth

sorry... i totally missed this earlier! so, despite being very nearly the same exact size at birth, and being a little hard to tell apart in some pictures, µmmL & µmmR have grown up to be fairly different little munchkins. aside from the obvious, that µmmL is so much bigger than µmmR - about 3 inches and 4 lbs - they've just got very different personalities. and you can kinda glean that just by watching them. µmmL is a moose, and lumbers around with a purpose. he's just so big and strong, and it shows in how he moves. in terms of mets... µmmL is lucas duda, physically. µmmR, on the other hand, just kinda flits, to and fro. with his long straight hair, and the bounce in his step, he's somewhat reminiscent of a fry guy. or maybe a really relaxed muppet. his torso is about the same size as µmmL, the size difference is all in the limbs, as you can see in the middle pic - they're wearing the same exact size shorts, there! µmmR is a full size smaller in shoes, though... with his little limbs, he doesn't really propel himself around, so much as bob and float. he's not excatly small, though. he's almost in the 90th %-ile in height. its just that his brother is so much bigger than he is. he's what i imagine david wright was like as a toddler, happily floating around with a big smile all the time, always ready with a '"hi!" their personalities match them well. µmmR is super-easy going. not much gets him down, or frustrates him. he's naturally, effortlessly a goofball. he's also a hoarder. he loves his "me-me"s and carries them with him everywhere - first a stuffed hippo, soon after he added a stuffed panda bear, and then decided that he also needed a blanket. when he would walk in to school, he would carry all three in his arms. they're not there for security, they're there because he likes them. µmmL, is, by comparison, high strung. he gets frustrated by things, but that's also becuase he tries to do more challenging things. µmmR is happy to take a handful of food and shove it in his mouth. µmmL wants to use his fork the right way, even attempting to emulate us when we use a fork to cut through things sideways - when he can't do it, he gets upset, and will keep trying it until he gets it right, or decides the food is faulty. he has his security thumb, and his security blanket, and his security curls. if he's really upset, he'll use all three and pull a pitch-perfect linus. he's a goofball, but unlike his littler brother, he puts his all into it. he's not trying to be silly, he's really working at it! µmmL loves to do what he sees us do; µmmR loves to do what he sees µmmL do. if L decides, "i'm going to throw my cup really far!" he'll do it, and R will look at him and think, "oh, i gues we're doing that now, ok" and will flit his cup off his high chair. if L decides, i'm going to make a silly loud yelling noise, "AAAAHHHHH!!!" R will look at him and think, "oh, i guess that's what we're doing now, ok" - and respond with a dutiful "aaahhh!" he's his own person, mind you, but he loves to follow his brother's lead. what's been most interesting is that, for hte most part, they've managed to find their own favorites of things. L has his most favorite pair of hot wheels cars, and R has his most favorite, and they're pretty good at not stealing those from each other. they also have their own preferred books, and stuffed animals. they do still, of course, have fights over the same exact toy, when alternatives are readily available. the boys also differ in how they handle bedtime. L is easier to put down. he's sometimes even walk over to his crib and ask to be put in it, but once he's he'll usually lie down with his blanket and his thumb, and be good. R needs a continual stream of good night kisses, and even after he gets cut off, and is in his crib, he's not ready to sleep, frequently bouncing around or playing with his toys. L loves his daddy, and occasionally will demand that I be the one to get him ready in the morning, whereas R can go either way, leaning slightly more towards his mommy. of course, when L isn't feeling well, nothing comes close to mommy, so... they are both afraid of dogs, but not to the extent that minimm was, and aren't as afraid as him of all other things that live and move. and they both love pretty much all the same foods. i think their differences are highlighted by how generally similar they are, at first glance. they're more like different pages in the same chapter, rather than being flip sides of a coin. and, i think that if you averaged tehm together, you'd end up with a kid very similar to minimm...

themetfairy Aug 21 2015 04:49 PM Re: the miles count triple... (minimm's gonna be a big broth

Thanks for the pictures, descriptions and accounts mm. You have a beautiful family!

Edgy MD Oct 07 2015 11:55 PM Re: the miles count triple... (minimm's gonna be a big broth

metsmarathon wrote: they are both afraid of dogs, but not to the extent that minimm was, and aren't as afraid as him of all other things that live and move. and they both love pretty much all the same foods. i think their differences are highlighted by how generally similar they are, at first glance. they're more like different pages in the same chapter, rather than being flip sides of a coin. and, i think that if you averaged tehm together, you'd end up with a kid very similar to minimm... But are they afraid of life-sized Mister Met?

metsmarathon Oct 10 2015 07:23 PM Re: the miles count triple... (minimm's gonna be a big broth

we've yet to try it out... i think we'll be able to gauge them in january when we embark on our annual pilgrimage to the house of mouse. i'm guessing they won't be quite as terrified.

metsmarathon Jan 21 2016 03:58 PM Re: the miles count triple... (minimm's gonna be a big broth

the µmm's are two years old! how did they get so big, and where did they get such wonderful hair? also, the boys like the mouse, so they might be good for the mister.