Shirley Bonanni of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, went into labor Thursday. Before she and her husband Fabian could go to the hospital, they waited for Fabian's parents to come and stay with their two-year-old son. By the time they arrived, after dealing with snow-covered roads, Shirley was so far along in labor that she couldn't walk. The car was down at the bottom of the hill, because the road was too slippery to get it up to the house. At this point, the normal thing to do would be to keep the mother in the house and call for emergency help. But Fabian got a snow sled to take her to the car.

The baby couldn't wait, and came into the world as her mother was being transported.
Neighbor George Leader saw the commotion outside, heard Shirley yelling, and called 911.

"I was on the phone with 911, talking him through it and he certainly delivered his own baby, right there, on the side of the road," Leader said.

Fabian ran the baby -- wrapped in blankets back up to their house. The new Grandma and Grandpa -- who'd watched the birth -- helped George and his roommate carry Shirley, still on the sled, into their house to keep warm.

An ambulance arrived later to take mother and daughter to a hospital for observation. Little Bella Sophia Bonanni is doing well. After the publicity of the birth, Firestone is giving the family four new snow tires so this won't happen again. -via Arbroath

Do you love the movie Frozen as much as my little girls? Well, you are going to love this Disney video in which Queen Elsa sings "Let It Go" in 25 languages.

The languages transition from English to French, German, Dutch, Mandarin, Swedish, Japanese, Latin American Spanish, Polish, Hungarian, Castilian Spanish, Catalan, Italian, Korean, Serbian, Cantonese, Portuguese, Bahasa Malaysia, Russian, Danish, Bulgarian, Norwegian, Thai, Canadian French, and Flemish. 

Hit play in the embed video above or watch it over at Disney.com

If you're a geek, you probably want your little babe to end up a geek as well, or at least to be well versed in geek culture so the two of you can relate with one another later on. Thanks to Jonathan M. Guberman, you can start them before they can even talk with these delightful laser engraved baby blocks each featuring four geek icons that start with the letter on the block. You can find a close up of all the block designs here and a full list of all of the characters and icons on the blocks on Guberman's website, Up, not North.

Here's a sweet and simple story about a boy and a fireman. Paul Hashagen is a firefighter in Long Island, New York. One day he was watching his 8-year-old grandson Matthew Smith, who was out of school with an illness, when a fire call came in. Hashagen leapt into action, taking Matthew with him.

The fire was serious, so he parked Matthew in a fire truck to wait. Matthew had never been to a fire before, and was forbidden to leave the truck, but still found a way to be useful. You can probably tell how by the picture, but you should really go read the entire story at The Daily Beast.

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Idyllic scenes abound in this series of photographs by Elena Shumilova, which consists of portraits of her two boys Yaroslav and Vanya, and the animals they love on their family farm in Russia.

Elena took up photography in 2012 in order to document her boys as they were growing up, and the amazingly close relationship they have with the animals on the farm. The warmth of the natural lighting and the wonderfully lush environment that surrounds them makes each pic feel like a private glimpse into the moment a mystical bond is formed between child and critter.

Elena obviously puts a lot of love into her works, and it will be a delight to see which captured moments of her rustic life she chooses to share with the world through her photography in the coming years.

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When you open a book made by Japanese artist Yusuke Oono you won’t find chapters, or titles or words of any kind. The only words to read on these books are the titles emblazoned across their bright covers, with names like In A Cheese and Jungle Book, titles that give you a clue about what you’ll find between two colorful covers.

So what do you find inside these colorful books if not words divided into paragraphs and chapters? Magic, that’s what, a bunch of laser cut pages depicting whimsical scenes that make the inside of these books look like a magical place for your imagination to visit.

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Seven-year-old piano prodigy Elias Phoenix was a guest on The Ellen Show today. He was pretty excited about being there -he is a big fan of hers! Oh yeah, he eventually performs on the piano. He refers to a performance at Carnegie Hall, which is also available online. He is a little charmer. -via Digg

Toddlewood, a photo studio in New York City, has come up with an ingenious way to promote itself. Photographer Tricia Messeroux dressed children to look like celebrities who attended the Golden Globes Awards ceremony a few days ago.

They're very realistic! Pictured above (right) are Chiwetel Ejiofor and Sari Mercer. Ejiofor starred in the movie 12 Years a Slave. Mercer is his girlfriend.

You can see more photos in the series here.

It takes a lot of inner strength to be a parent. Our children may love us, but they are children, so you can't count on them to be understanding. Their needs always come first, even if it's cookies. This is the latest from Lunarbaboon.

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Two middle school basketball teams faced off against each other. The score was tied. In the final few seconds of the game, eighth grader Easton Gamoke hurls the ball the full length of the court. While it is in flight, the buzzer rings. The ball neatly slides through the net. The Winona Running Rebels of Winona, Minnesota are victorious.

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It was an amazing shot and attracts a lot of local press attention. The next day, a reporter asks Easton to demonstrate how he made the winning throw. He obliges and nails a full court basket again.

-via 22 Words

Emily McKenna Winter is a comedian. She apparently comes from a line of comedically-gifted people. When she was a child, her parents, who were both lawyers, compelled her to sign an affidavit for the Tooth Fairy.

The story goes that one of her teeth fell out. But she lost it in a bowl of cereal, so she couldn't turn it in to the Tooth Fairy for cash. So her parents drafted an affidavit attesting under penalty of perjury that she had indeed lost a tooth and requested that the Tooth Fairy accept the document in lieu of the tooth. If the Tooth Fairy agreed, Emily would not seek further remuneration should she locate the lost tooth.

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Baby Hazel lies down for a nap with her cat. The cat, obviously the maternal type, believes Hazel needs a bath first. "Sit still, large kitten, I haven't cleaned all of your head yet. My goodness, you'd think I'm the only one around here who ever licks the hooman child."  -via Daily Picks and Flicks

It's common for daycare businesses to learn about the interests and habits of children who enroll. One daycare manager gave a friend of redditor JesadBellic this form to fill out when he enrolled his daughter, Emma, in the school.

Emma is 11 months old.

So some of these questions are probably not relevant to a child of that age. You can see a larger view of the responses here.

-via Glenn Reynolds

Aren't these little beauties adorable? They look just like Cabbage Patch Kids! Well, to be honest, the real babies are much cuter than the toys, but their yarn hats that resemble wigs go a long way toward making them into little dolls. It works best if your child is chubby-cheeked already. The patterns for these knit and/or crochet caps come from several sources, which you can find at Diply.

And twenty years from now, after they get over the humiliation, these kids will post the pictures on the internet where everyone will laugh and pass them around until they are viral all over again. -via Geeks Are Sexy

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A man takes his toddler daughter to visit his identical twin brother for the first time. She knows what Daddy looks like and sounds like, but now there's suddenly two of them! She has no trouble going to her uncle, but keeps looking back and forth at both guys in adorable confusion. -via Viral Viral Videos