INDIANAPOLIS — Hospitals in central Indiana are celebrating the first births of 2025 at their locations.
At Ascension St. Vincent Kokomo, Angel Gael was born at 12:48 a.m., weighing 6 lbs., 3 ounces and is 19.5 inches long.
His parents, Jennifer Esparza and Luis Guillermo, say they are thrilled to welcome their first baby into the new year.
The hospital says both Angel and Jennifer are doing well.
At Eskenazi Hospital, Dashka Estime Classonel was born at 1:12 a.m. She weighs 7 lbs., 14 ounces, and is 21 inches long.
Her mother, Anite Estime, and father, Jacky Classonel, look forward to bringing Dashka home with her two brothers and one sister.
Eskenazi says they have welcomed 11 babies so far in 2025.
At Riley Hospital, Milo Heidinger was born at 2:08 a.m. He and his family are from Newburgh.
Milo has an older brother, Avett, and an older sister, Margot, who are very excited to meet him.
The hospital said six babies had been born by 11 a.m. with Milo being the first.
At Community Health, Lainey Goetz was born at 2:27 a.m., weighing 7 lbs., 2 ounces and is 20 inches long.
Lainey is Bethany and Robert Goetz's first baby. The couple was given a gift basket from the hospital.
Just 11 minutes after Lainey was born, Hudson Dobbs was born at Community Health.
Hudson was born at 2:38 a.m. and weighs 6 lbs., 10.7 ounces and is 19.5 inches long.
Hudson's mom, Amanda Dobbs, is a nurse at Community Hospital East. This is the second boy for Amanda and her husband, Justin Dobbs.
At Franciscan Hospital Indianapolis, Tegveer Singh was born at 9:06 a.m.
Tegveer, the son of Navdeep Kaur and Amandeep Singh, weighs 6 lbs., 11 ounces, and is 20 inches long.
The parents of the first New Year’s Day baby born at Franciscan Health Indianapolis receive a gift basket containing a variety of items for the child.
