Close X
Saturday, November 30, 2024
ADVT 
National

'Our Grand Finale:' Alberta Couple Celebrates Third Set Of Fraternal Twins

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 13 May, 2019 07:45 PM

    RED DEER, Alta. — After three sets of fraternal twins, Pam and Taylor Armstrong are closing in on reality-TV territory but trying for a fourth set isn't in the cards for the couple from central Alberta.


    "We are done. I said this is our grand finale. We'll call it quits here," laughed Pam Armstrong from the couple's new five-bedroom home in Red Deer on Monday.


    The couple welcomed their first son Parker and daughter Emery nine years ago, girls Brynlee and Adileigh five years ago and the newest additions boy Maverick and girl Blakely three weeks ago.


    It was a special Mother's Day for Pam Armstrong who said her four older children are thrilled.


    "They all made me special cards and told me all the things they loved about me, which was great. Then we spent some time with my family — my grandma and grandpa, my mum and dad, and some of my siblings," she said.


    "I didn't have to cook or do dishes or laundry, which was lovely. We avoided all of those things for one day anyway."


    There had only been twins once in her family before when her grandmother gave birth to a set.


    "I say it runs in our family now."


    Armstrong believes her work as a labour and delivery nurse before having children of her own helped her cope. And after two sets of twins, news about a third wasn't a total shock.


    "We were very aware that this could happen but you don't think that it actually would happen a third time," said Armstrong, who turned 34 two days before the latest births.


    "It was kind of, OK, this is our reality. We're going to do this again. I have had much opportunity to perfect my ways in parenting and mothering two babies."


    Her husband took a month's paternity leave from his teaching job in nearby Blackfalds, Alta. He said it's definitely easier to cope the third time around.


    "I don't know if I'd call us a well-oiled machine, but we know what we need to achieve. We don't always achieve it in that well-oiled way. We run a few minutes late," he said.


    "We'll keep doing just the same old thing. Just keep on trucking. We've got a few more critters in the bunch now."


    Tyler Armstrong said he realizes that the pressure will be on to produce something more than just a card from the kids when the next Mother's Day rolls around.


    "I might need to produce something of merit for a few years here yet. That's for sure."

    MORE National ARTICLES

    Study Finds Peanut Allergy Treatment Safe For Allergists To Use With Young Kids

    A new study suggests preschoolers who are allergic to peanuts can be treated safely by eating small amounts of peanut protein with guidance from a medical specialist.

    Study Finds Peanut Allergy Treatment Safe For Allergists To Use With Young Kids

    Canada Post Forecasts Continuing Sector Losses Despite Booming Parcel Deliveries

    Canada Post Forecasts Continuing Sector Losses Despite Booming Parcel Deliveries
     Parcel delivery is booming, but Canada Post says it will struggle to meet its government-mandated goal of self-sustainability in coming years due to an ongoing decline in letter mail, higher employee costs and billions in needed capital spending.

    Canada Post Forecasts Continuing Sector Losses Despite Booming Parcel Deliveries

    B.C. Expands Mental-Health Injury Access To Nurses, 911 Operators And Aides

    B.C. Expands Mental-Health Injury Access To Nurses, 911 Operators And Aides
    VICTORIA — Emergency dispatchers, nurses and care aides in British Columbia will soon have easier access to workers' compensation for mental-health disorders associated to their work.

    B.C. Expands Mental-Health Injury Access To Nurses, 911 Operators And Aides

    'The NDP Is Here To Stay:' Outgoing Alberta Government To Serve As Opposition

    'The NDP Is Here To Stay:' Outgoing Alberta Government To Serve As Opposition
    EDMONTON — Some of Alberta's NDP members say the party has changed the province for the better and believe it will be an effective Opposition.

    'The NDP Is Here To Stay:' Outgoing Alberta Government To Serve As Opposition

    Recipient In Rare Paired Living Liver Donation Thanks 'Angel' Donor

    Recipient In Rare Paired Living Liver Donation Thanks 'Angel' Donor
    TORONTO — One of the recipients of what's believed to be North America's first paired living liver donation is calling the stranger who saved his life "an angel."

    Recipient In Rare Paired Living Liver Donation Thanks 'Angel' Donor

    Kevin Vickers Officially Acclaimed As Leader Of New Brunswick Liberals

    FREDERICTON — Former House of Commons sergeant-at-arms Kevin Vickers has been acclaimed as New Brunswick's Liberal leader.

    Kevin Vickers Officially Acclaimed As Leader Of New Brunswick Liberals