THE hours ticked down last week when Kelly and Phil Lancaster’s daughters Kara and Gracie were both due to give birth in the North West Regional Hospital in Burnie.
The two little bundles of joy arrived within two days of each other. The sisters Kara and Gracie were able to be in hospital together, with their babies born two days and two minutes apart.
Kara and Damon Pyke had a baby boy, born at 3:54am on April 24 – Thomas Colin Henry Pyke (8lbs 12 ounces). Gracie and Austinn Bake had a girl, Wren Thea, born at 3:56am on April 26 (8lbs 7 ounces).
“Phil and I are very proud to announce the new arrivals to our family, how blessed are we to have two little bundles of joy in two days,” Kelly said after the birth.
“Thomas is a little Damon and Wren is a little Austinn,” Kelly said.
In a time where grandma, granny, and grandmother are not as favoured as in past generations, Kelly hopes to be called Mimi.
“I don’t know what Phil will be known as,” Kelly laughed. “I’ll leave that up to the girls.”
Kelly hopes to stay in Tasmania a bit longer to spend time with Kara and Gracie and her new grandbubs.
“I am hoping to stay another three weeks, who knows, it’s tough farming on the island at the moment and also calving, so I’m not really sure, I don’t ever want to leave them,” she said.