ATLANTA — Metro Atlanta hospitals rang in the early hours of the New Year with their first babies of 2023.
At Northside, little King Jackson was the first newborn of the year - with the hospital saying he was born right at midnight. Yolanda and Vincent Jackson welcomed the little boy weighing 7 pounds, 6 ounces, and according to the hospital Yolanda said she felt "blessed and happy," while Vincent said bringing in the New Year Baby was a "once-in-a-lifetime experience."
In a release, Wellstar said parents Kaci Fowler and Cam Cobb from LaGrange welcomed little girl Kaylor Layne into the world at Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center at 2:02 a.m., the hospital system's first baby of 2023.
Then, at 5:09 a.m., Tyler and Lillian Tate welcomed Aiden, a baby boy, at Wellstar Kennestone in Marietta.
Both babies came in at roughly the same weight - 7 pounds, 14 ounce sand 7 pounds, 15 ounces - and healthy and happy for their proud parents!