It was almost two years ago to the day that Seth Meyers welcomed his first son. It is not a normal birthing story. It was Easter Sunday and their baby was ready to hatch. The Late Night host called Uber and his wife barely made it to the hospital in time. When they got there, just in the nick of time, the doctors and nurses were wearing bunny suits. The first thing Ashe saw, very shortly after they arrived, were bunny ears.
Crazy story, right? That was a cakewalk as compared to what happened on Sunday, a week after Easter. Meyers and his wife Alexi Ashe were having a normal day. They went to brunch and then to the park with their 2-year-old and his wife knew it was time. They thought they had time. They went back to the house, she lied down and Meyers fed their son.
Twenty minutes later, his mother-in-law came down in a panic and said let’s go. He called the Uber (since it worked so well the first time) and went downstairs to meet him. Once they hit the lobby, his wife said she cannot make it to the car because the baby was coming. As Meyers, his mother-in-law and the Douala were trying to calm her down, Alexi lied down on the floor.
It was then that Meyers saw his son’s head peeking out. He called 911 and within a minute it went from I am having a baby to I had a baby. Who else sees this as a storyline on Ryan Murphy’s show next season? Anyways, within minutes, NYPD and FDNY showed up and helped them with the final preparation to get to the hospital. Since the hard job was already done.
Back to the lobby, aren’t you wondering how the neighbors are feeling about this? After all, this is NYC and us NYers have a reputation. The doorman blocked them from coming in, but that did not stop them from giving the new parents blankets and warming their towels in the dryer for them. Which is really sweet considering they have only been living there for less than 6 months.
What about the Uber driver? The bastard actually charged them. Too bad it was the not guy from the first go around because he would have probably come in and cut the cord for free.
When it comes to their second son, they named him Axel after the firemen. He jokes that was a name he had already chosen. His middle name, Strahl, is after his wife’s mother’s parents who met the day after they were freed from a Holocaust camp, He never met her grandparents.
When it comes to Meyers, since both kids were born around Easter, we know when he and his wife are having sex! Oh and FYI each labor gets shorter, so he better learn how to birth a baby!
Congrats to Meyers family! Can’t wait to hear the crazy story about how their third child comes into the world.
