HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Meet the Houston area’s first babies of 2022!
Little Sara Juliana Laverde was born to parents Johanna Ortiz and Julian Laverde at 12:06 a.m. Saturday at Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital.
According to the hospital, Sara weighed in at 6.9 pounds and measured 20.3 inches long.
Sara and her mother are both doing well.
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Baby Autumn was delivered at 12:12 a.m. Saturday at the Woman’s Hospital of Texas, weighing in at 7 pounds, 7 ounces and measuring 21 inches long.
Proud parents Ashley and Andrew Minnick of League City are thrilled with the safe delivery of their new baby girl, the hospital said.
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Over at Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital, little Chidiebere Nathaniel Njoku was born at 12:36 a.m. Weighing in at 6 pounds, 2 ounces and measuring 20 inches long, the hospital says baby Chidiebere and his mother are both doing well.
The first-time mother said she is grateful and blessed.
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