Area hospitals welcome first babies of 2023

(KBSI) – Area healthcare systems celebration the birth of the first babies of 2023.

Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center welcomes Violet Zuri. She was born on Sunday, January 1 at 12:19 a.m. Violet weighs 6 pounds and 7 ounces and measures 19.5 inches long.

Saint Francis Healthcare System welcomes Jade Renee. The 8-pound, 14-ounce girl was born on January 1 at 5:14 p.m.

SoutheastHEALTH welcomed Willow Grace on January 2. She was born at 2:35 p.m.

Lourdes Hospial in Paducah, Ky. welcomed baby boy Deacon Nelson. He was born at 9:07 a.m. on January 1 and weighed 7.5 pounds.