Annie Jo and Effie Rose Scott are twins but they already have a major difference: Annie Jo was born in 2022, while Effie Rose arrived in 2023.
Though the fraternal twins were born just six minutes apart, mom Kali Jo Scott of Denton, Texas had actually gone in for a C-section on New Year’s Eve about a week and a half before her due date. Kali Jo came into the world at 11:55 p.m., and her sister arrived at 12:01 a.m. Happy New Year, indeed!
The babies both were healthy and a good weight at 5.5 pounds each. Their parents were over the moon.
According to Kali, she and her husband had a running joke about their daughters being born in different years. While they couldn’t believe it actually happened, they think it’s unique and will help her daughters find their own identities. The parents are pleased that both Effie Rose and Annie Jo will get to have their own birthdays, now and forever.
“I love it,” Kali Jo said. “I think it is hilarious and just super fun.”
“You always still want to make sure they have their own individual personality and know that they are special and unique,” Kali Jo continued. “So this gets to add to that special and uniqueness that some twins don’t maybe get. One will always get the glitter and confetti of New Year’s Eve and one gets to kick it off with a brand-new year on New Year’s Day.”
Friends of the family are having fun with the birthdates as well.
“Our friends were making fun of us for the tax deduction issue since we only get one tax deduction for last year, but I think that’s just fine,” Kali Jo laughed.
Welcome to this world, beautiful girls! We wish you a lifetime of love, success, and celebrating your own special days — separately, but still together.
