(WXYZ) It's Mother's Day and we wanted to shine the light on the family of one of our homegrown Tigers players - Eric Haase.<\/p>\n
He and his wife just celebrated the birth of their fourth child only 4 months old. Three of the four were born at home at Ascension Michigan where his mom has been helping to deliver babies for more than 25 years.<\/p>\n
As we've seen throughout this pandemic our health care heroes never stop working, especially when it comes to delivering babies because COVID or not babies never stop coming.<\/p>\n
Lori Haase has helped bring thousands of babies into this world. She's been a labor and delivery nurse at Ascension Michigan for 27 years.<\/p>\n
\"For a short period of time you're a part of someone's family bringing a new member into the world,\" she sasy.<\/p>\n
Lori is also mom to a daughter and our homegrown Tiger great Eric Haase. He and his high school sweetheart and now wife Maria moved home two years ago.<\/p>\n
Sports Director Brad Galli asked him about playing for the team he grew up rooting for, his success on the field, and now raising a family in his hometown.<\/p>\n
\"Just like out at Costco or running to the grocery store, people are genuinely surprised when I still do dad stuff. It's hilarious,\" he said. \"you live at home and drive to the stadium.\"<\/p>\n
Eric and his wife now have four little ones, including a baby daughter just 4 months old.<\/p>\n
\"We used to stay with Lori all the time for the season. We'd pile into her house. Now we were able to buy our own house.\"<\/p>\n
All but one of their babies were delivered at Ascension Michigan, but this last go-round Maria and Eric were both hit with COVID two days before.<\/p>\n
Still, it was disappointing Eric could not be there, so Lori stepped as her support person.<\/p>\n
\"We Facetimed with Eric so he got to see the baby and all the kids were gathered around the computer when the baby was born.\"<\/p>\n
Now on this Mother's Day, with Eric playing in Houston for the Tigers?<\/p>\n
\"I just realize these times when they're so little, it's just important to appreciate this time even though it's really hard there are challenging days.\"<\/p>\n
So to all our moms no matter which hat you're wearing today we say Happy Mother's Day.<\/p>\n
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