By Jenna MacDermant
Life delivered an unexpected surprise for Markie Smith, a mother from Azle, Texas, who was eagerly awaiting the arrival of her baby. What she received was a much bigger blessing than anticipated.
When her son Canyon was born via C-section just days before Christmas, the delivery room erupted in astonishment.
“Everybody, the whole room just was like, ‘Oh my God’. Like, ‘What, what, what,’” Smith recalled.
“They pulled the curtain down and he was just massive.”
Canyon weighed in at an astonishing 12 pounds, 10.5 ounces—nearly 13 pounds—earning him the affectionate nickname “Grand Canyon.”
Smith described her newborn as having “rolls for days” and looking “like the Michelin Man.”
Though Smith has gestational diabetes, which can lead to larger babies, her previous two children were both 8.5 pounds.
“I was expecting maybe a 10-pound baby, but definitely not a 12-pound baby,” she said.
Now three weeks old and already wearing three-month-old clothes, Canyon is perfectly healthy and thriving.
For Smith, his arrival came at a pivotal moment.
“God blessed me with this baby and I was going through some hardships last year,” she shared. “Literally, he saved my life.”
A true Texas-sized blessing and Christmas miracle, Canyon’s grand entrance has left his mother in awe.
“Like who has a 13-pound baby. Like, what?” she marveled. “I just don’t understand. I didn’t think babies got this big.”