CHICAGO - A Chicago mother got a surprise she’ll never forget just moments after giving birth: her boyfriend’s marriage proposal, delivered by their newborn son.

What we know:

Challis Bell, 28, and Denzel Kimbrough, 30, had just welcomed their first child, a baby boy named Ace, at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn on Friday afternoon.

With the hospital staff’s help, baby Ace was dressed in a custom onesie that read, "Mommy, will you marry Daddy?" Kimbroughthen then got down on one knee beside Bell’s hospital bed.

"I looked over and he was on one knee," Bell said. "I was shocked."

The backstory:

Bell and Kimbrough first met more than a decade ago while attending Mother McAuley and Marist high schools on Chicago’s South Side. They lost touch when Kimbrough’s family moved awa

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