Albert Lea couple welcomes daughter on New Year’s Day

An Albert Lea couple welcomed their third child — and Baby New Year — on New Year’s Day.

Arianna Lynn Baseman was born at 8:58 p.m. Thursday at The Baby Place in Mayo Clinic Health System in Albert Lea. She weighed 5 pounds, 2 ounces and was 18 1/2 inches long.

Her parents, Heather Brigston and Cody Baseman, are both of Albert Lea. Arianna is their third child; the couple also have a 4- and 3-year-old.

Brigston works at Trail’s Travel Center and Baseman works at Hardee’s.

“This is definitely not what we had planned for our New Year’s,” Brigston said with a laugh.

Arianna definitely came as a surprise; she was originally due on Jan. 20.

While Arianna was the first baby born in 2015, there was another baby in the maternity ward on Friday. That child was born on Friday, according to a nurse at The Baby Place.

According to hospital records, 366 babies were born at The Baby Place in Mayo Clinic Health System of Albert Lea in 2014. Of that, 185 of the babies were girls and 181 were boys.

 

Albert Lea Baby New Year stats

Name: Arianna Lynn Baseman

Born: 8:58 p.m. Thursday

Weight: 5 pounds, 2 ounces

Height: 18 1/2 inches

Hair color: brown

Parents: Heather Brigston and Cody Baseman of Albert Lea