A Florida mom who tragically lost both her young children while they were under their grandmother's care has welcomed a new baby boy.
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Kaila Nix-Schock has described the arrival of her baby Elam Gregory Schock as part of 'God's restoration' after years of unimaginable grief when she lost 16-month-old son Ezra and seven-month-old daughter Uriel within the span of a year.
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Both children died while being cared for by Kaila's mother, Tracey Nix, 69, who just months ago was sentenced to five years in a Florida prison after being convicted of leaving Uriel unattended in a vehicle and causing bodily harm in the child's 2022 hot-car death.
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Now, Kaila, 37, and husband Drew are celebrating a joyful new chapter following the dramatic arrival of Elam on December 16, 2025, weighing 5lbs 13oz.
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Kaila had hoped to keep the birth private, but those plans fell apart when she went into labor and ended up giving birth in the back of an ambulance.
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'Talk about an epic fail on those goals,' she joked in a public Facebook post.
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Hardee County Fire Rescue came to the family's aid, delivering the baby boy in transit.
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The department later celebrated the unusual delivery on social media, saying its first responders stayed calm and worked quickly to keep both mother and baby safe.
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Kaila Nix-Schock and husband Drew suffered the loss of two children, Ezra (pictured) and Uriel, who died in the care of their grandmother in the span of one year.
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Source: Kaila Nix-Schock/Facebook
Kaila welcomed her newest baby boy, Elam, last December after a dramatic ambulance birth.
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For Kaila, the birth represents a striking new chapter in a family story that has been marked by tragedy since the death of her 16-month-old son, Ezra, in December 2021.
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Ezra was the first of Kaila's children to die while in the care of her mother, Tracey Nix, at her home in Wauchula, Florida.
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According to the Hardee County Sheriff's Office, the toddler managed to get out of the house while his grandmother was asleep, slipping under a fence and wandering to a nearby pond, where he drowned.
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Nix was not charged over Ezra's death after prosecutors determined there was insufficient evidence to establish culpable negligence.
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But less than a year later, tragedy struck again.
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On November 1, 2022, Nix was looking after seven-month-old granddaughter, Uriel, while Kaila went to a hair appointment.
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Nix took the baby to lunch with friends before returning to her home, where she left Uriel inside her Lexus SUV – with the windows rolled up.
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Temperatures in Wauchula reached around 90 degrees as, according to the arrest affidavit, Nix went inside her house, spoke to her dog and practiced the piano for a period of time before realizing that Uriel was still in the vehicle.
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Hardee County Fire Rescue came to the family's aid, delivering the baby boy (pictured in his father's arms) in the back of an ambulance.
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The fire department later celebrated the unusual delivery on social media
By the time the baby was discovered, she was unresponsive and could not be revived.
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A medical examiner determined that Uriel had died from hyperthermia caused by being left inside the hot car.
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In January 2025, a Polk County jury acquitted her of aggravated manslaughter while finding her guilty of leaving a child unattended in a vehicle for more than 15 minutes, causing great bodily harm.
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The jury was not permitted to hear about Ezra's death during the trial, although that tragedy became central to the emotional sentencing hearing three months later – when Judge Brandon Rafool sentenced Nix to the maximum five years in prison, including time served.
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Judge Rafool said Uriel's death was 'not an isolated incident,' noting that Kaila and her husband, Drew, had lost two children in Nix's care.
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Kaila, who had been six-and-a-half months pregnant with Uriel when she and Drew were forced to take Ezra off life support, addressed her mother directly.
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Through tears, she told Nix: 'I still love you.
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I hate this.
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I hate that I have to choose.
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But you know I had to.
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But it doesn't change my heart.
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Nix told the court that she was 'broken' over what had happened and acknowledged that she had forgotten her granddaughter was in the car.
Ezra (left) died at 16 months in December 2021 after drowning in a pond on his grandmother Tracey Nix's property while she slept. Less than a year later, the bereaved parents suffered another unthinkable tragedy when their seven-month-old daughter Uriel (right) was left in a hot car under the care of her grandmother
Tracey Nix, 69, seen in her mugshot, was not charged over Ezra's death after prosecutors determined there was insufficient evidence but she was later found guilty of leaving her granddaughter Uriel unattended in a vehicle, causing great bodily harm
Through it all, Kaila and Drew have remained together, navigating the deaths, Nix's prosecution and, now, life with their growing family.
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The couple celebrated their anniversary in May, with Kaila sharing photographs from their wedding and writing an emotional tribute to her husband.
'I'd pick the worst day with you over the best day without you….
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We have tested that!' she wrote.
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'God has truly blessed me with you – I love you.
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Nix is currently serving her five-year sentence at the Florida Women's Reception Center in Ocala, according to Florida Department of Corrections records, with her release date set for August 1, 2029.
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Kaila has repeatedly posted on social media about the difficulty of trying to rebuild her life while still being drawn back into her mother's case and the public scrutiny surrounding it.
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In one emotional post, she described feeling a 'tortured fissure' over public fallout, acknowledging that there were people who loved her parents and hated what had happened while also loving Kaila and her family.
'I have never asked anyone to choose me,' she wrote, adding that she had tried to control what she could by hiding content and deleting comments.
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'I have a life to piece together, children to raise, a business to run,' she wrote.
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Her mess has consumed my existence long enough.'
Kaila and her husband Drew have remained together through the unthinkable tragedies, and celebrated their anniversary in May.
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On Facebook, the bereaved mom appears to grapple with the reality of watching her surviving children, including toddler Asher (pictured) grow up without his baby siblings.
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…and 13 more, not listed.
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