DENISON, Tex. ―A Christmas bundle of joy cam late for an area couple who expected the birth of their daughter to come Friday, but they say their special delivery had to be made at the side of the road. Rita Kotey has the story.

Betty fine says when her water broke Friday morning, her mother’s intuition told her there was no way she could make it from her home in Savoy to Texoma Medical Center in Denison in time for the birth of her baby, so she was forced to have a road side delivery.

"All I wanted to do was make it through Christmas," Betty Fine says.

Betty Fine did make it through Christmas, but when her water broke, she got in the car, but did not make it to the hospital.

"We couldn’t go any further. We had to pull over," Fine says.

Fine, along with her sister-in-law, pulled over near the 654 exit on Highway 82.

"She arrived in a Dodge Dynasty car," Fine says.

Fine says her sister-in-law delivered the baby on the side of the road. She says they both were scared and called an ambulance for help.

"I had a robe and that’s what we wrapped her up in to keep her warm was a robe, and she laid on my chest until they got there," Fine says.

Fine says is thankful that this late Christmas present arrived safely, considering the circumstances.

"Things could have gone really wrong. She could have fell on something, and it could have went really bad, but I’m thankful it went really well," the new mother said.

Fine says when the baby gets older she will have an extra special story to tell her five sisters and brothers.

"I’m happy she's here. I was ready for her to be here."

Fine and the baby are doing well. They are now resting in Texoma Medical Center.

Fine says she is still debating on what to name her daughter, but she says she is leaning toward the name ‘Haylee’.