11/05/2025
Zander (pictured left) and Ryder (right), the first twins born at Bailey Medical Center (BMC) and in a hospital in the city of Owasso, recently celebrated their 18th birthday! BMC was one of the first hospitals established in Owasso in 2006. Ryder and Zander were born on Labor Day in 2007. Their mom, Ronda, spent 12 days in the hospital before giving birth to her twins.
“Zander was first; he was born at 10:20 a.m., and Ryder was born at 10:22 a.m.,” said Ronda. “We haven’t had any twins in our family, so I really didn’t know what to expect. Immediately, the nurses just jumped right in, and I truly would not have been as successful a new mom without them. The staff was just amazing, so reassuring.”
The twins' birthday was marked as a special occasion by a proclamation from the City of Owasso, OK - Gov, naming Sept. 2, 2007, as Zander and Ryder Davis Day.
Now, 18 years later, Ryder is a Special Olympian in skiing and tennis. He will compete at the 2026 Special Olympics USA Games in Minnesota next year for tennis. The brothers are in their senior year at Owasso High School, where Zander participates in sports media filming Owasso sports and Ryder is a member of the Adventure Crew, an outdoors club that teaches skills like fishing, archery and boating.
They have similar career plans after they graduate; their entire family works in the aerospace industry.
“I would like to be an airplane mechanic,” said Ryder. “If that doesn’t work, maybe an auto mechanic, I like to work with my hands a lot.”
“I have two thoughts,” said Zander. “I want to go to a tech school and get my A&P license, so I can work as an airplane mechanic. Or I can go to OSU and learn architecture. I love drawing buildings.”
The family says they are grateful for the care they received from BMC for their entire lives, well beyond the twins’ birth.
“[The staff] called me afterwards just to check on me, offered to visit me, and it was just so nice,” said Ronda. “We love Bailey. It feels very much like a community; it feels like home.”
The family is pictured with longtime BMC labor and delivery nurse, Stacie, who helped deliver the twins.
BMC’s labor and delivery unit has changed a lot since 2006; it was recently expanded with three additional labor, delivery, recovery and postpartum rooms. Our labor and delivery team expects to deliver about 900 babies in 2025.
