A Highland City family is celebrating a brand-new addition, thanks in part to the help of Polk County Fire Rescue crews.

One-week-old Theodore Hartl is the calmest newborn a parent could ask FOR.

Hes just a very quiet baby, as you can see, he will sleep this entire time, said Kaylee Hartl.

Quite different than how baby Theodore came into the world. Kaylee and Marquise Hartl planned to have a peaceful home birth surrounded by family to welcome their fourth child. On August 19, that plan suddenly fell apart.

I called my midwife, and I said OK, I know Im in active labor, so you need to come, but shes an hour and a half away from us, so I thought I would have enough time, Kaylee said.

Fifteen minutes after that call, her water broke. With the midwife nowhere near, panic began to set in.

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