Lance Henson was born at 3:08 a.m. Sunday at MultiCare Capital Medical Center in Olympia, making him Thurston County's first baby of 2023, a spokesman for the hospital said.
Henson came into this world at 20 inches long and weighing slightly more than nine pounds, spokesman Scott Thompson said. He is the second child for parents Bernadette, 27, and Colby, 29, of Shelton.
"Both mother and baby are doing well," Thompson said.
A little more than eight hours later, Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia welcomed its first baby of the year, also a boy.
Miguel Inigo Marrero was born at 11:49 a.m. Sunday, weighing 7.44 pounds and was 19 inches long, according to the hospital.
Miguel is the son of Janine April Dumlao-Marrero and Jan Marrero of Lacey, both 32. Miguel is their first child.
The second baby of the year at Providence came just 16 minutes later at 12:05 p.m. A girl, Lilyana, was born to Lydia Sullivan of Lacey.
Baby Lilyana received a goodie-bag put together by the Davis family, who have been bringing a "first girl of the year" package to the hospital since their daughter was the first baby of the year at Providence 14 years ago.
