While Dad Ryan Gillespie and Mom Kellee Freimark set the stage, it was Baby Molly who made a grand entrance at 12:39 on January 1, making her Drumheller's 2014 New Year's Baby.
She tipped the scales at 7 pounds, 15 ounces, and was delivered by Drumheller physycian Dr. Derek Maseka.
Molly was originally supposed to appear somewhere close to January 9, but at the thought of winning a host of prizes offered by local merchants, she surprised her mom and dad, who run a ranching operation at Finnegan Alberta, east of Drumheller.
Happy grand-parents are Cameron and Laurie Gillespie and Tony and Lorraine Freimark.
Ryan and Kellee had arrived at the Drumheller Hospital early December 31 at around 5 a.m., but Molly was determined to wait until after midnight before being born. Ryan, being a hockey fan, was able to catch a lot of the hockey games on television waiting for Molly, and said that his Dad Cameron was doing the chores on at the ranch while the family was in Drumheller.
Dozens of gifts await the family, donated by local merchants.