The Member of the Month for January is Leslie Soderquist. Leslie is a fairly recent member; as her boys were born this past summer. In her time as a member she has become a very active member. She attends most of the meetings and has participated in the family events. She was even gracious enough to host the MoMs Holiday Party. She was a fantastic hostess; here she even had great twin related games for all to play.   Thank you Leslie for the support to the club!

We are currently seeking items to be donated for the raffle at the Spring Sale.  If you are interested in donating any items, contact Sienna Newman or Nancy Forsha.  If you have any suggestions for businesses to request items from, please let either Sienna or Nancy know as well.  This could include photographers, restaurants, bakeries, cake decorating,  anything sold on a party basis (jewelry, food, purses etc), or any other service based company

Some Quirky Thanksgiving Fun Facts:

1. Only male turkeys (Toms) gobble. It is a mating call to attract the females (hens)

2. Turducken has become a modern-day staple at many Thanksgiving meals. It consists of a de-boned turkey stuffed with a de-boned duck, which has been stuffed with a small de-boned chicken.

3. Benjamin Franklin gave male turkeys the name "Tom" in honor of Thomas Jefferson, who refused to declare the turkey as the national bird.

Jaymi Yantis – for the hard work for the fall festival

Rebecca Rebilas – for being the photographer for the fall festival

All those who helped with the last minute details and changes for the fall festival

Just a reminder to contact Julie Green to add your name to the “List of Experts”.  Everyone has experience in at least one area of child rearing, so share your knowledge! Use the “List of Experts” already in the “Files” tab on Big Tent for some ideas or email Julie with your own idea as well. As a reminder, we are in great need for those who have experience with breastfeeding multiples and having multiples in the NICU.  Julie can be reached at juliegreen on Big Tent or Julie Green on Facebook.

Michelle Ard and Julie Green for providing transportation for Natalie, twiniverisity creator, when she flew in for the ABC Expo

Leslie Soderquist for her generous offer to host the Holiday Party

LMOTC is looking for a few good volunteers.  Please contact Julie Green via Big Tent and volunteer to reach out to a new mom or a new member in need. Volunteer opportunities include cooking a meal, visiting a new mom, house cleaning for a couple of hours, or reaching out with a phone call.  Every little bit counts!  Is it your turn to give back?

Congratulations to the member of the month, Jaymi Yantis. Jaymi has been an integral part of the chapter for over two years. She has served on the board of directors as the VP of Support and Outreach and is currently the VP of Programming. This month she stood out for the fantastic job she did on preparing the summer family outing for the club. The splash park was great fun for all ages! Jaymi has also been our outreach person to the Louisville March of Dimes chapter, and is currently planning our team for mud volleyball. Jaymi has three girls, the twins Caitlin and Mackenzie who just turned three and ten month old Rosaline.

Jaymi Yantis for organizing the summer family outing!

Dortha Fazio joined the Louisville Mothers of Twins Club in the recent months. She has not only just joined the club, but she has stepped up to help shape the Club’s activities. She has planned several summer play groups and has been an active participant in every event since she joined. Dortha is a mother of one son and the twins are die in September. Thank you, Dortha, for helping the LMOTC and becoming an active member of the club from the day you joined.

We are looking for members who will personally greet new and prospective members at the General Meeting sign-in table and sit with them during the evening.  You will be asked to answer any questions our first time visitor may have about the club and stand up and introduce them during the meeting.  Contact Rebecca Rebilas at 270.763.9846 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it if you would like to volunteer as an Ambassador.  Let's work together in welcoming our new members and growing our club!

The Early Childhood Education department at Sullivan University contacted the LMOTC with information regarding their nanny program and an opportunity to be a host family for their externs.

We would like to thank Sarah Walther for being such an incredible asset to the club for the last few years.  We will greatly miss you, Sarah, and wish you luck on your move!

Sarah Walther for coordinating Henry’s Ark Event

Dawn Korfhage for designing the new club brochure

Julie Green for coordinating the play date at Don Fightmaster Park

Cara Kramer for hosting the New Member Social

We are looking for players and/or donators for our March of Dimes mud volleyball team.  Please contact Jaymi Yantis for more details if you are interested in playing, donating, or coming out to cheer us on!

Sarah Turrel – Organizing the Easter Egg Hunt, and for all of her flexibility with the weather changes

Jillian Currie – for helping Sarah with the Easter egg Hunt

Sarah Walther – Organizing the Frankfort Ave Easter parade participation by the club

We are looking for members who will personally greet new and prospective members at the General Meeting sign-in table and sit with them during the evening.  You will be asked to answer any questions our first time visitor may have about the club and stand up and introduce them during the meeting.  Contact Rebecca Rebilas at 270.763.9846 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it if you would like to volunteer as an Ambassador.  Let's work together in welcoming our new members and growing our club!

Congratulations to the member of the year, Sienna Newman, for all the hard work she did for the club this past year!  We look forward to a fantastic upcoming year with Sienna as President.

• Michelle Ard for all the hard work she did planning the annual banquet and great gifts to the outgoing and incoming officers.
• All previous officers for a fantastic year!
• Sarah Walther for arranging the play event at Kazoing!

Here are some fun facts and figures about twins

• Identical twins share the same DNA, but will have their own fingerprints
• Male twins will not have twins unless their wives have the ability to produce 2 eggs
• China has the lowest rate of twinning in the world
• It is a myth that fraternal twins skip a generation
• Fraternal twin girls have twice the chance of giving birth to twins than singletons
• 1 in 250 pregnancies can result in identical twins
• In Nigeria, that rate of twin pregnancies can be 1 in 20
• 22% of twins are left handed, compared to 10% of singletons
• Gemellogy is the term for scientific study of twins
• Identical twins experience nearly identical brain patterns
• Australia produced the first set of test-tube twins in 1981.  They also produced the world’s first triplet and quadruplets.
• Slightly more than half of all twins are male

Wonder if another MoM has experienced what you're working through? Check out the LMOTC List of Experts, located on BigTent under the Files tab. Are you willing to share your experiences with another MoM? Contact Jaymi ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) to have your information added.

It’s time to start thinking about the LMOTC Member of the Year Award!  If you would like to nominate someone, please send their name and the reason that you think they should be nominated to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Be sure that you put Member of the Year Award in the Subject line of the e-mail.  The top nominees will be announced in the February newsletter and we will make the final vote in February with the award to be announced at the Annual Installation Banquet in March.  Let your voice be heard, and vote!!

If you’d like a hard copy of Double Delights News, you can print it out on your printer at home.  You can choose to print it out in whole, or you can select to print just a page or two of the children’s activities.

We have started a new photo site through Shutterfly for all the pictures from club events throughout the year.  The address is http://louisvilletwinsclub.shutterfly.com. Contact Sarah for the password. Over the next few weeks we will be uploading the pictures from the Fall Festival and the other events we've had (any pictures that are on the main website.)  Once the pictures are up on the photo site you will be able to log on, view the pictures, and order prints. To order prints you will have to have a Shutterfly account.

Hopefully this will make it easier to get pictures of events.  Have some patience while we get everything up and running, but definitely email me and let me know if you have issues accessing the site, ordering pictures, etc.  My email is This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

We would like to ask for book and media donations  from MoMs who don’t need them anymore.  We would definitely appreciate it, and let’s admit it, it’s always nice to pass on extra  stuff that we no longer need to a good cause.  Please support your fellow MoMs and donate to this cause!

I want to be locked up
Away from everything,
Free from all the craziness
A mother's day can bring.

No planning, shopping, cooking
Three healthy meals a day,
Served up with love to finicky kids
Who throw most of it away.

No constant interruptions,
Dirty laundry on the floor,
Driving everyone every place,
Sibling rivalry (It’s war!)

You are if you're involved in the scientific study of twins!