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Leap Day baby has own Leap Day baby

Kimberly Cassingham and her youngest son can share a birthday cake.

Every four years.

Mom and baby, Victor Alexander, both came into the world on Leap Day - Feb. 29.

They just got here 36 years apart.

Baby Cassingham entered the world just after 1 a.m. Friday, weighing in at 7 pounds, 15.2 ounces.

"He's healthy," his mother said proudly.

The little boy was officially due today, but Cassingham and her doctor decided to induce labor so he could come into the world on Leap Day at University Hospital.

But Mother Nature had other plans: Cassingham went into labor all by herself Thursday afternoon, and baby obligingly arrived shortly after the calendar turned to Feb. 29.

Leap Day babies may only get to celebrate their official birthdays every four years, but some clean up: At St. Elizabeth Medical Center South's Family Birth Place in Edgewood, babies born Friday received picture frames decorated with frogs (the leaping kind) and frog Beanie Babies. The hospital expected at least five births Friday, including a set of twins.

Victor Alexander joins two siblings, Sabrina, 17, and Joshua, 13.

"I couldn't believe I was pregnant again after 13 years," Cassingham said.

The little guy's worth it, though, she said, adding that though she thinks most newborns are "kind of ugly," her youngest is ready for his close-up.

"He's adorable," she said. "I got lucky. He's a little cutie-pie."