Sunday, August 10, 2008

Oh (8), babies!

It probably sounds fabricated, but two babies in neighboring states --both weighing 8 pounds, 8 ounces-- were born at 8:08 a.m. on 8/8/08. No lie!

Hailey Jo Hauer, was born to Lindsay and Joe Hauer at Lake Region Hospital in Minnesota Friday (below, left). Over in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Xander Jace Rinike (below, right) was being born at the same exact time... and Xander is the eighth grandchild born to his mother's parents.



Both families and hospital staffs joked to local media about the extreme coincidence of the babies' birthdays, birth times and birth weights and said they considered playing the lottery and/or making eight their new lucky numbers.

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