The McCaughey Septuplets: Celebrity Profile

Names: Kenneth Robert, Alexis May, Natalie Sue, Kelsey Ann, Brandon James, Nathan Roy, and Joel Steven

Job: World's first septuplets

Born: November 19, 1997

Personal: Parents Bobbi and Kenny; big sister Mikayla.

• Nathan and Alexis both suffer from forms of cerebral palsy. Nathan has spastic diplegia, a condition that causes rigidity in his legs. Doctors warned he would never walk or crawl. At age 2 1/2 he took his first short crawl. Today, with therapy, botox injections and orthopedic support, Nathan is becoming more and more mobile.
• Alexis suffers from hypotonic quadriplegia, which weakens her muscles. She is receiving care similar to Nathan's and is gaining strength. She and Nathan both attend a special school to receive therapy with the support of other special-needs children.
• The McCaugheys say that all the challenges that have come with raising eight children have strengthened their marriage.
• Now rambunctious 5-year-olds, the children's safety has become the family's top priority. Brandon is a climber and has even managed to scale the family's seven-foot backyard fence.
• Brandon and Joel have also figured out how to open their bedroom windows, and Joel was discovered one day hanging out the window on his stomach!
• Volunteers who once helped watch the babies around the clock are now only needed a few days a week.

• When the children were born, the McCaugheys received a custom-built house with seven bedrooms and five bathrooms.
• The children have been promised scholarships to three different colleges.

Told LHJ: "We have so much to be thankful for," Bobbi McCaughey says, her blue eyes welling with tears. "We're very blessed."