Many remember the big baby billboard off I-10. The baby is now back off Loop-303. Author: Chris Latella Updated: 7:23 PM MST December 31, 2020
PHOENIX She stood as a landmark in the West Valley for 15 years, before freeway construction caused her to be taken down. Now, a Valley icon is back.
Many call her the ‘Big Baby’, a 20-foot baby cutout complete with a horrified farmer and a disapproving Kathleen Duncan cutout standing near-by.
“It’s iconic, people recognize her, they remember her,” said Patty Emmert, who takes care of media relations for Duncan Family Farms. “It’s something if you were coming back into Phoenix from California, and you hit the big baby, you knew Phoenix was right there.”
sorrow. when they learned baby jamie was struggling to breathe. for 20 minutes, a team of doctors tried desperately to resuscitate him, but jamie just didn t respond. he it turned to look at me while his hands were still on the bed and he said have you chosen a name for your son. and we said his name is going to be jamie and he turned around with him already wrapped up and said he lost him. and my mouth fell open. i was devastated. that s probably the best way to describe it. it was quite a shock for both of us. it s the worst feeling i ve ever felt. reporter: overwhelmed with grief, kate and david were given jamie for a kuld to hold and say good-bye to the son they believed was dead. it s normal practice. but what happened was far, far from normal. i unwrapped him from his blanket and he was very limp. feels like you re going to drop
reporter: the 25th of march this year was both the best and worse day of kate and david ogg s lives. the day they eagerly awaited twin, jamie and his baby sister emily, were born. three days of labor. all of a sudden i was there and i was just waiting. i knew i wouldn t be able to hold them because they were so small. the joy that we all held when they actually told us that it was a little boy. i wanted to throw cartwheels. reporter: but within minutes the family s joy turned to sorrow when they learned baby jamie was struggling to breathe. for 20 minutes, a team of doctors tried desperately to resuscitate him, but jamie just didn t respond. he turned to look at me while his hands were still on the bed and he said, have you chosen a name for your son? when we said his name was going jamie, he turned and, he was already wrapped up, he said we lost him. he said, jamie didn t make it, we lost him.