My wife's due date was 9/11 but as of her appointment friday 9/6 morning, we knew the baby was going to be arriving sometime in the next 24 hours. We thought we had several hours to go and my parents and sister were coming over to watch the kids and were already on their way. Then out of nowhere things got intense. Several weeks before, we had asked our neighbor of only one year if she could watch the kids in an emergency if needed.

We decided to head to the hospital (about 1 mile away) a couple minutes after 5pm and around 5:08 my wife knocked on the neighbors door to watch the kids for 15 minutes or so until my parents could get over. Right after talking to our neighbor, another big contraction came while I was gathering the hospital bag. I heard my wife scream from outside and ran out, to see her water break right there on the sidewalk with our neighbor helping her through contractions. With the previous two children, once the water broke, baby arrived within minutes so I knew we had no time.

I moved the car as close as possible to her and ran over but knew almost immediately that I needed to call 911. A couple of minutes after calling my wife knew she needed to push and that baby would arrive before EMS would arrive. Our neighbor went in to grab towels to keep baby warm and by the time she came back outside around 5:17pm, baby boy Arthur Alexander had arrived right into my arms with my wife standing on the sidewalk and my 3 year old son right next to me. We wrapped baby and mom up in towels and waited for EMS to arrive which was probably 7 minutes after he was born.

Firemen as and EMTs arrived and helped get my wife to lie down and finish delivery, cut umbilical cord and load healthy baby and mom into the ambulance. After initial checks. the 3 of us made it off to the hospital while the firemen cleaned up and even sprayed off the sidewalk.

Everyone was fine and we now are adjusting to life with 3 little ones under 4. It's quite exciting in our home any given moment!