Miami Couple's Triple Double
It's three sets of twins for the Hinrichsens of North Miami Beach
NBCMiami.com
Kathy and Nick Hinrichsen of North Miami Beach have a full house and quite a handful with three sets of twins.
Kathy and Nick Hinrichsen like things in pairs, so when it came time to have kids, they figured two at a time would be twice as nice.
Six kids later, this North Miami Beach couple says they're spent.
"This is it," said Nick, a baby in his arms and surrounded by kids on his couch.
You'll excuse Mr. Hinrichsen if he's a little tired. With six kids seven years old and younger, he and Kathy are worn out.
"I was a little nervous 'cause we had the first set and I was like, 'Well, at least I have two hands and she has two hands,' then we had the second set and I was like, 'OK, at least we have four hands total so i can hold two, she can hold two' and then I was like oh, six, now what are we gonna do, we're gonna start using legs to actually hold onto some of the kids," he said.
The Hinrichsen roll call includes 7-year-olds Austin and Tyler, 3-year-olds Hunter and Chase, and Summer and Dylan, born just three months ago.
Though the couple conceived the doubles with the help of fertility drugs, the odds of having three sets of twins is very unlikely.
"Initially, I thought that she wanted to have three kids, but then she told me no, she wanted to have three pregnancies," said Nick.
Kathy is just happy that with the last set, she finally got the girl she wanted.
"It's not too bad, really. I thought it would be a little bit more crazy and it's not at all," she said.
Despite Kathy's upbeat attitude, Nick says chaos is inevitable.
"It can be quite a zoo, especially like 5:30, 6 o'clock, the house definitely gets loud because then they start running around, screaming, yelling," he said.
Going out in public has its own little challenges too, from piling everyone into the car to navigating through stores with inquisitive onlookers.
"People are always saying stuff, always coming up, always, you know, taking that turn back and looking again to see, oh my God, or people are pointing," Nick said.
Posted Tuesday, Oct 6, 2009 - 11:14 AM EST
