Brothers' beam with pride after their babies are born at the same hospital on the same day and even delivered by the same doctor

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When two Wisconsin brothers found out their babies were due a week apart, the newborns' arrivals turned into a bit of a family competition that ended in a relative tie.

Chris Hicks and his younger brother Matthew were stunned to find out that their babies were due around the same time in December.

On Friday, Chris and Courtney Hicks arrived for a scheduled cesarean section Friday at Aurora Medical Center and found out Chris' younger brother Matt and his fiancee, Allie Osheim, were already at the hospital, awaiting their newborn's arrival. 

Matt Hicks holds his son James, left, as his brother Chris Hicks holds his daughter Kadence, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The babies were born on the same day at the same hospital and delivered by the same doctor

James Hicks, left, and his cousin Kadence Hicks are held in their father's arms, in Kenosha, Wisconsin

Chris and Courtney's daughter, Kadence, left, arrived first followed by Matt and Allie's baby, James, right,

Both babies were born at the same hospital in Kenosha on the same day, delivered by the same doctor. 

Chris and Courtney's daughter, Kadence, arrived first and was followed just hours later by Matt and Allie's baby, James.

Courtney Hicks told WISN-TV: 'We were all making jokes,' Courtney Hicks said. 'What if they were born on the same day? Lo and behold!'

Family members tell WISN-TV that visiting the new cousins is easy because they can just walk from one hospital room to the one next door.

'My nurse was in awe,' Courtney Hicks said. 'She was like 'I can't believe this just happened and I got to witness it.' 

Chris Hicks, left, and his younger brother Matthew, right, were stunned to find out that their babies were due around the same time

Courtney Hicks, left, said: 'We were all making jokes [beforehand.] What if they were born on the same day? Lo and behold!' (Allie Osheim is pictured right with her baby James)

The brothers, pictured in the hospital, will have a great story to tell their children when they grow up

The two men are delighted at the happy coincidence and are pictured here holding their babies at the hospital

Family say that visiting the new cousins is easy because they can walk from one hospital room to the next