Welcome to the world: Illinois, Indiana hospitals celebrate first babies of 2023
CHICAGO (CBS) -- The new year is underway and with that, there are new additions who met their parents and the world for the first time.
Hospitals around Illinois and Indiana are celebrating their first deliveries of 2023. Prepare to have your faces scrunched for a while as we introduce you to these precious infants.
Advocate Health Care
Aalora was born at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove at 12:37 a.m. Sunday.
Aalora weighed 6 pounds, 10 ounces, and 18 inches long.
She will live in southwest suburban Lemont with parents Lopa and Aashish Vyas and her big brother.
AdventHealth Bolingbrook
AdventHealth in Bolingbrook welcomed Zaviyar at 6:07 a.m.
Zaviyar weighed 5 pounds, 14 ounces and was 20 inches long, and was delivered by Dr. Shamim Patel.
He was born to parents Fadiya and Imram Ahmed and will be welcomed home by one-year-old brother Ammar.
Franciscan Health Family Birth Center Dyer
The Franciscan Health Family Birth Center Dyer in Indiana welcomed Londynn Jones at 12:10 a.m. on New Year's Day.
She was born to Rayven Mitchell and Tomas Jones of Crete.
Londynn weighed in at 6 pounds, 2 ounces, and was 19.5 inches long.
The family received a gift basket containing items to help parents during their first weeks at home with their newborn.
Franciscan Health Olympia Fields Family Birth Center
Jaylah Resendez became the first 2023 baby at the Franciscan Health Olympia Fields Family Birth Center at 5:03 a.m.
She weighed in at 6 pounds, 6 ounces, and was just over 18 inches long.
She is the second child born to parents Alejandra Castillo and Ahbran Resendez of Chicago Heights.
Congratulations to the new parents!
