A Texas couple has double to celebrate after welcoming fraternal twin girls who were born on different days in different years.
Kali Jo Scott, 37, from Denton, gave birth to her first daughter, Annie Jo, at 11:55 p.m. on December 31. The New Year’s Eve baby was the last to be born at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton in 2022.
Just six minutes later, Annie Jo’s sister, Effie Rose, was delivered at 12:01 a.m. on January 1, making her the hospital’s first newborn of 2023.
‘I love the unique aspect that they get to go forward with a little bit of individualism right out of the gates,’ the mom told Good Morning America.
Kali Jo and Cliff Scott, from Denton, Texas, welcomed their fraternal twin girls Annie Jo and Effie Rose on different days in different years
Kali gave birth to her first twin, Annie Jo, at 11:55 p.m. on December 31. The New Year’s Eve baby was the last to be born at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton in 2022
Kali and her husband, Cliff Scott, initially thought both of their daughters would be born in the new year because of her due date.
She was scheduled to have a cesarean section on January 11, but she was hospitalized for her blood pressure after a checkup on December 29.
That’s when it first occurred to them that their twins might be New Year’s babies.
‘We had joked at that point, once we realized that we weren’t going to leave the hospital without babies, that wouldn’t it be funny,’ Kali said. ‘We had a couple friends who said the same thing, and then it ended up happening that way.’
Just six minutes later, Annie Jo’s sister, Effie Rose, was delivered at 12:01 a.m. on January 1, making her the hospital’s first newborn of 2023
The twins, who arrived two weeks early, were both healthy and weighed 5 pounds, 5 ounces
It was late on New Year’s Eve when her doctors made the decision to perform her C-section two weeks early, leading to the twins’ different birthdays.
Annie and Effie were both healthy and weighed 5 pounds, 5 ounces each.
After a New Year’s the new parents will never forget, Kali and Cliff are already thinking about how they will be celebrating their daughters’ individual birthdays in the future.
‘I had been thinking, you know, so traditional of one birthday, but now it’s two totally different birthdays,’ she said. ‘One will get to celebrate New Year’s Eve going out and [the other] gets to celebrate New Year’s Day and the new year coming in.’
‘I love the unique aspect that they get to go forward with a little bit of individualism right out of the gates,’ the new mom told Good Morning America
After a New Year’s the new parents will never forget, Kali and Cliff are already thinking about how they will be celebrating their daughters’ individual birthdays in the future
The couple has also been made aware of some minor complications that may arise because their twins were born in different years.
‘Our friends were making fun of us for the tax deduction issue since we only get one tax deduction for last year, but I think that’s just fine,’ Kali told Fox station KDFW.
They also might have scheduling issues in the future because many youth sports are based around a child’s birth year, but they don’t mind.
‘I love it. I think it is hilarious and just super fun,’ the mom said.
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