Provo, Utah - A Utah couple may want to start buying lottery tickets after they
beat astronomical odds to have their third consecutive Leap Day baby
earlier this week.
David and Louise Estes are believed to be just the second family to have three babies born on Feb. 29, reports the Provo Daily Herald.
Xavier, their eldest of five children, was born on Leap Day 2004. Remington came along exactly four years later. And Jade was born this past Wednesday.
David thought it would be "cool" if they could time Jade's birth, the report said, but in fact, she was due Feb. 24. Louise was induced, as she has been with all of her previous pregnancies.
Although three of their children were born on Leap Day, the couple tries to make sure each child has their own special celebration, David told the paper.
The Henriksen family of Norway is the only other family on record with three children born on consecutive Leap Days — in 1960, 1964 and 1968. The odds are said to be less than one in a billion.
There are no plans yet to attempt a fourth Leap Day baby for the Estes family, but, David said, "You never know..."
David and Louise Estes are believed to be just the second family to have three babies born on Feb. 29, reports the Provo Daily Herald.
Xavier, their eldest of five children, was born on Leap Day 2004. Remington came along exactly four years later. And Jade was born this past Wednesday.
David thought it would be "cool" if they could time Jade's birth, the report said, but in fact, she was due Feb. 24. Louise was induced, as she has been with all of her previous pregnancies.
Although three of their children were born on Leap Day, the couple tries to make sure each child has their own special celebration, David told the paper.
The Henriksen family of Norway is the only other family on record with three children born on consecutive Leap Days — in 1960, 1964 and 1968. The odds are said to be less than one in a billion.
There are no plans yet to attempt a fourth Leap Day baby for the Estes family, but, David said, "You never know..."
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