It's a Girl! Meet West Bloomfield's First Leapling of 2012
Evelyn 'Evie' Jane Szirtes was born at 4:20 a.m. on Leap Day at Henry Ford Hospital.
Due on Feb. 20, Evelyn "Evie" Jane Szirtes, decided to wait an extra nine days to hop into this world and become Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital's first Leap Day baby for 2012. "The grandparents are going to be so excited to celebrate her birthday every four years," said Sarah Szirtes of Birmingham, who is completely healthy after giving birth to her first child at 4:20 a.m. "It's the first grandchild on both sides of her family, so the grandparents today were going off the wall." Father Joel Szirtes said that once the baby was past due, he began to tell his wife how excited he was that Evie could be born on Leap Day. "Sarah told me there was no way it could happen, because the odds are so great," the new father said. "It's great. The …
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