In a letter to the foundation dated Feb. 7, 2006, Dana wrote, “As a young girl, I did not stand out from my friends. I was happy, healthy and full of energy. Like other little girls I played with dolls and pretended to be the ‘mommy’ and never gave one thought to what a massive gift having that title was ...

“(After learning she couldn’t have children) It was then that I realized being able to have a baby is a gift from God and not a guarantee. When I was given the news eight years ago that I could never have children, I was saddened even at such a young age. However, it was not until later on in life and after being married that this would take a great toll on my heart.

“I watched as my brother and sister-in-law started a family. I witnessed the great joy my parents experienced knowing they were going to be grandparents. I remember watching my sister-in-law’s ‘belly’ grow, seeing them shop for baby clothes, pick out baby names, and most of all watching her read ‘What to Expect When You’re Expecting.’ It was then that I realized all the little joys that I would never experience by being pregnant. My nephew is now 2 1/2, and is my pride and joy. In April he will be welcoming his twin brothers. They, too, already have a special place in my heart,” Dana wrote in 2006.

Dana was giving Jane a ride home from their office on July 28, 2006, when they got the call they had landed one of nine scholarships given twice a year by INCIID The Heart Program.

“I almost didn’t answer my phone,” Dana recalled. “We screamed.”

Months of shots and medicine followed for both of them to get their bodies in sync.

INCIID The Heart Program asks physicians around the country to do the invitro for free. Dana and Jane had been matched to a clinic.

“Our options were New York or Las Vegas,” Dana said, “so we went to see a wonderful doctor in Las Vegas for two weeks straight.”

“They harvested four eggs from Dana which was a very low number,” Jane said.

“Two of them survived to be transferred to Jane,” Dana added.

Dana, Jamie and Jane returned home to anxiously await the first pregnancy test.

A week and a half later, they learned Jane was pregnant.

“I was very, very excited,” Dana said as we sat down with Jane for an interview after work the evening of Jan. 14 in their Lakeland office. “Everybody was. The whole town of Lakeland is excited for us. Every day we get calls at the office, ‘Has Jane had the babies yet?’”

A month after learning about the pregnancy, Dana and Jamie, Jane and Patches went to the first ultrasound.

“We could see two sacs and two little butterbeans,” Dana said. “My husband said he knew all along that it was twins, that Jane was fertile.”