One central Minnesota baby has made a grand entrance, being born during a minute of chronological coincidence.
Anthony Patrick Mertens showed up at 1:23 p.m. on 4-5-06 and weighed 7 pounds. His parents are Linda Kolodjeski and Anthony Mertens, of St. Cloud.
The baby was due April 26, but doctors at St. Cloud Hospital began inducing his mother at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday.
What the birth time and date means, Mertens' parents don't know. "Hopefully something good," Kolodjeski said.
Mertens has two older sisters, Courtney, 6, and Zoe, 15 months. His dad said he's happy to have a boy in the family.
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Anthony Mertens said he plans to take his son to Twins' games for his birthday every year. "That's the fun part," he said.
