Expectant parents Rebecca Rippe and Derek Frisby toasted in the new year early Friday with grape juice, then went to bed without expectations they might be parents within hours.
They had no reason to think so. Rippe’s delivery date was Jan. 23 during what would be the baby’s 37th week, and that was more than three weeks from Friday.
Instead, the baby was delivered a few hours later, and Maxwell James Frisby became the first baby born in Topeka in 2016.