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20110602_BABY_DRIVEWAY.jpg Mike Arredondo kisses his wife Martaluz while she holds their newborn baby, Daniel Moses Arredondo, at Boulder Community Hospital Thursday June 2, 2011. With the help of Longmont emergency dispatcher Laura Randolph, Mike delivered his own son at home on Thursday morning. Little Daniel showed up fast and furious and, literally, fell into Mike's hands. Laura kept everyone calm and helped dad tie off the cord until help arrived. Daniel weighed 6lbs. 12 oz.
20110602_BABY_DRIVEWAY.jpg Mike Arredondo kisses his wife Martaluz while she holds their newborn baby, Daniel Moses Arredondo, at Boulder Community Hospital Thursday June 2, 2011. With the help of Longmont emergency dispatcher Laura Randolph, Mike delivered his own son at home on Thursday morning. Little Daniel showed up fast and furious and, literally, fell into Mike’s hands. Laura kept everyone calm and helped dad tie off the cord until help arrived. Daniel weighed 6lbs. 12 oz.
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The first thing Daniel Arredondo’s dad learned about his young son is that he is a speedy little fellow.

Luckily, pop has a good set of hands and caught 7-pound Daniel as he made his grand entrance to the world just a few minutes after 10 a.m. Thursday in the Arredondos’ Longmont home.

Mike Arredondo and his wife, Martaluz, 42, had visited the hospital at about 1 a.m., but the couple were sent home after doctors determined Martaluz was not dilated enough for Daniel’s pending birth.

Mike Arredondo, 42, was on the phone with Longmont emergency dispatch as his son arrived and was following dispatcher Laura Randolph’s instructions.

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