DAD CARES FOR QUADRUPLETS AFTER WIFE'S TRAGIC DEATH IN CHILDBIRTH

It was supposed to be the happiest moment of their lives. Carlos Morales kissed his wife Erica and told her he loved her just minutes before she delivered their quadruplets. 

Tragically, it would be the last time he would ever see her alive, Morales tells PEOPLE. 

Pregnant with four babies conceived through IVF, Erica, 36, went into labor at seven months on Jan. 15. Doctors prepared to deliver the babies by C-section. 

"We were so excited to start our family," Carlos, 29, who works in manufacturing in Phoenix, Arizona, says. "And then it all came crashing down." 

All four babies – three girls, one boy – were safely delivered. But Erica went into hypovolemic shock, an emergency condition where one experiences a severe amount of blood loss. She died at 1:50 a.m. on Jan. 16, before she even had a chance to hold her newborns in her arms. 

Their Love Story

Carlos and Erica met at a nightclub in Scottsdale, Arizona, in 2006. 

"I didn't speak any English and she didn't speak any Spanish," Carlos tells PEOPLE, laughing. "But I asked her to dance and she said yes" 

He only found out later that Erica, a real estate agent, ended up throwing out a piece of paper he gave her that night with his number scribbled on it. 

But through mutual friends, they saw each other again, and this time, they didn't part ways. 

He knew right away he wanted to marry her. Erica learned Spanish, Carlos learned English, and in 2007 they got married in Las Vegas. 

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