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Lake County’s first babies of 2017 arrive
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – A little girl in Clearlake and a little boy in Lakeport are the first two babies born in Lake County in 2017.
The first baby born in Lake County in 2017, Aaliyah Rose Shoop, was still comfortably in utero as the new year arrived on Sunday.
It wasn’t until Tuesday that Lake County’s New Year’s baby made her arrival at 8:26 a.m. at St. Helena Hospital Clear Lake to happy parents Billy Dean Shoop and Lindsey Marie Kenton.
Little Aaliyah was delivered by Dr. Kimberly Fordham and Women’s Care Unit nurse Josephine Lutz, RN. She was a healthy 7 pounds, 7 ounces.
“Each new baby is a reason for celebration, but welcoming a new life at the beginning of a new year is special for our entire team,” said Al Hansen, RN, director of Surgery and Women’s Care at St. Helena Hospital Clear Lake. “All year long, we are privileged to provide every family in our community with a healthy, happy beginning for their newborn.”
The hospital gave the family a number of gifts for Aaliyah.
In Lakeport, Sutter Lakeside Hospital's first baby of the year was a boy.
Baby Leo Torres was born to Jessica Johns and Armando Torres at 4:50 a.m. on Friday at the Sutter Lakeside Family Birth Center. Leo measured 21 inches and weighed in at 8 pounds, 13 ounces.
“His older brother Aiden is thrilled,” said Johns. “Leo is the first baby to join our family in a while, so we’re excited.”
The Family Birth Center provided a welcome basket to the family, which included a swaddling blanket, a visual monitoring system and a backseat mirror to allow a clear view of the baby’s face while driving.
All babies born in the Family Birth Center also receive a year-long subscription to the Imagination Library as part of an initiative to boost literacy. The family will receive one age appropriate book each month to encourage reading at home.