- Good Morning America/Courtesy Marcella Farson -
Identical twins Aimee and Ashlee Nelson, 19, of Akron, Ohio, gave birth Dec. 31 to sons about two hours apart at Summa Akron City Hospital.
"I'm overwhelmed," Marcella Farson, the twins' mother, told ABCNews.com. "It's wonderful. This is the best New Year's that anyone could have ever given me. I think I'm still in shock."
Ashlee's due date was Jan. 1, Aimee's Jan. 6. But the young women ended up having two baby boys on the same day. Donavyn Scott Bratten was born first, with Aimee delivering around noon. Not long after, around 2 p.m., Ashlee gave birth to Aiden Lee Alan Dilts, the larger of the two boys.
"She [Aimee] actually started calling me at 8:30 Sunday evening and said, 'Mommy, I'm having these feelings, I've never had these feelings before.' And I didn't hear from her again until 2:30 in the morning. But by 3:30, we were on the way to the hospital. Things moved quite rapidly," Farson said.
Ashlee was still at home at this point and had no idea her twin sister, who was due after her, was already at the hospital going into labor.
"Then I got a text from Ashlee," Farson said. "I let her know we were at the hospital with Aimee. Then she calls me back 20 minutes later saying, 'I'm going to go back to bed,' and about five minutes later she thought her water broke. I said, 'Sweetheart, get up and come join us.' She got there about 6:30, quarter 'til seven. It just progressed from there."
The nurses were joking with Farson, saying she needed roller skates to bounce back and forth between the sisters' rooms.
"I am so blessed they both wanted me there. Someone was looking down on me, allowing enough time on the two of them for me to be able to experience it with both of them. It just makes me well up thinking about it," Farson said.
The dads, Matthew Bratten, 20, and Cody Dilts, 22, are doing well, also.
"The dads are holding up wonderful. I was able to step out and get the boys a good meal," Farson said. "They've not left the hospital. The dads have been right by their side. I know both of them have stepped up to the plate. They're all doing wonderful and I'm very proud of all of them."
When asked what the best part of being a grandmother to the new baby boys was, Farson said, "It's a great addition because I've got all girls. They already had presents under the tree and both had stockings. They have their first 'Hot Wheels' sets waiting for them."
The boys and their mothers are being released from the hospital today.
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