Michigan Couple Pulls Off A Triple Triple

Chad and Barbara Soper, of Rockford, Michigan, shouldn't have any difficulty remembering their childrens' birthdays.  Oldest daughter, Chloe Corrin, was born August 8, 2008.  Son, Cameron Dane, was delivered on September 9, 2009.  Now, just a few days ago, youngest daughter, Cearra Nicole, arrived on October 10th.  That's three children with birthdays of 08/08/08, 09/09/09, and 10/10/10 respectively.  Now a blind Bambi like myself might think that this is a pretty unlikely feat.  It turns out, however, that thousands of women in the United States had kids in each of the three consecutive years:  2008, 2009 and 2010.  Having three children separated by two spans of 13 months is also probably not incredibly rare.  Somehow, though, lining these events up early in the century, where patterns such as this are possible, is pretty cool.  If I were them, I might try buying a few lottery tickets to see if similar numeric trends work out for them there.  In case you're wondering about whether they might extend the streak with a child on 11/11/11, they apparently don't currently have any more planned.