CALDWELL, Idaho — A new year is bringing new joy for some local couples.
Saint Alphonsus tells us it took just nine minutes into the New Year for the first baby of 2021 to arrive.
Ella Lyle was born at 12:09 a.m. in Boise. She weighs 7 pounds and 1 ounce, and measures 20.75 inches long.
Her parents are Amy and Kevin Lyle of Meridian, and she has a big sister named Penelope.
To commemorate the hospital's first baby of 2021, Saint Alphonsus presented Amy and baby Ella with a basket of gifts, including a reusable diaper bag/tote, onesies, and other newborn necessities.
Congratulations are also in order for a Caldwell couple.
West Valley Medical Center announced Friday that the first baby born at hospital in 2021 is a healthy baby girl named Sophia.
She was born just after the new year at 1:06 a.m. to Sierra and Jose.
Sophia weighed 8 pounds, 10 ounces and measured 20 inches in length.
Parents welcome newborns on New Year's Day
The family received a gift basket of baby items that was provided by the West Valley Volunteer Auxiliary.
Just minutes after Sophia was born in Caldwell, St. Luke's in Nampa welcomed its first baby of 2021.
Emersyn Bennett is the first baby born at a St. Luke's hospital in Idaho in the new year.
Emersyn arrived at 1:10 a.m. at St. Luke's Nampa Medical Center, about a week earlier than her family expected. She weighs 6 pounds, 15 ounces and is 20 inches long. Her parents are Lindsey and Sean Bennett, and Emersyn has a big brother Declan. The family lives in Nampa.
St. Luke's Boise Medical Center also had a New Year's Day baby arrival at 1:48 a.m. and St. Luke's Magic Valley's first baby came a few minutes later at 1:52 a.m. Remington Hudelson is a little brother to Emily and the first son for Katie Wallis and Dennis Willis Hudelson.
All babies born at St. Luke's on New Year's Day receive a St. Luke's onesie and receiving blanket. St. Luke's Children's also provided a special gift basket for the 1st 2021 baby that includes handmade blankets, books, toys, a stuffed animal, and other baby basics.
