FIRST SET OF TWINS IN FAMILY DOUBLES JOY FOR PARENTS
_ MARLO MAIMONESUN-SENTINEL
Rosemarie and Hector Roque Jr. of Sunrise wanted to have children for quite some time.
When Rosemarie became pregnant, she and her husband were too excited to wait for a specific occasion to tell their parents and friends.
"We've been wanting children very much," Rosemarie Roque said.
"My mom was very anxious to know if we were going to have a baby, and I just couldn't wait to tell her. We immediately went to everyone's house to tell them the good news."
Then, the couple found out they would be having twins.
Chloe Marie Roque and Nicholas Hector Roque were born on Nov. 18 at Memorial Hospital West in Pembroke Pines. The new mom said they are very different.
"They already each have their own personalities," she said. "Chloe is very high-powered like her mom. Nicholas eats and sleeps a lot and is very mellow like his daddy."
Chloe and Nicholas are the first set of twins in the family, and Nicholas is the first grandson for Celeste and Hector Roque of Hollywood. Rosemarie Roque said the boy is named after her late father, Nicholas Stabile. She said her mom, Ingrid Stabile of Tamarac, is a tremendous help with both babies. '
'She comes here almost every day and sometimes she is here from 9 in the morning until 7 at night," the children's mother said. "Mom takes one child and I take the other when they are crying or need to be fed or changed."
When Rosemarie Rogue and her mom take the twins on a stroll, they are accompanied by Rosemarie and Hector Roque's two dogs, Schatzie and Sweet Pea. Hector Roque owns Affordable Rates Insurance in Hollywood. His wife is on maternity leave from a service representative's job at BellSouth in Fort Lauderdale.
The couple met at McArthur High School in Hollywood 20 years ago and have been married for 10 years.