The Erickson family of Oakland looks forward to Feb. 29 every four years with joy and gratitude thanks to the special meaning it holds in their lives.
Their twin boys were born 11 minutes apart, one arriving in the final minutes of Feb. 28, 2016, and the other in the first minutes of Leap Day. 'Mornings are chaos as you might imagine with three boys,' said Summer Erickson, the twin's mother, on the birthday of the older twin, Miles. It was just like any other in their household. 'You know, begging them to eat breakfast before school, reminding them to brush their teeth and get dressed about 10 to 12 times.
' They can make light of their birthdays now and look forward to fun traditions, but their family had no time to enjoy the novelty or think about it when they were born. 'It was like the scariest time in our lives and those first few weeks with all of the tests and the scans and the unknowns,' Mrs. Erickson remembered.
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