Juneau's first baby of year arrives on morning of the 5th

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First baby Madelyn Rose with her family at Bartlett Regional Hospital room. Photo courtesy of Bartlett Regional Hospital

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Juneau has its first baby of 2021. The baby girl named Madelynn Rose arrived at 7:50 a.m. on the fifth day of the year.

She's the daughter of Alexus Forehand and Kevin McCallister of Skagway.

Madelynn weighed 9.4 pounds and measured 21.5 inches.

She joins three-year-old sister Rayelynn and two-year-old brother Cameron in the family's household.

The family moved here from Georgia early last year, according to a release from Bartlett Regional Hospital.

The family is the fourth recipient of the Bartlett Beginnings tradition for the first baby of the year.  They receive a gift of a hand-wrought wood rocker boat filled with baby clothes, toys, and other goodies.  

The carpenter is Emergency Department Medical Director Lindy Jones who says it's a few feet long and big enough for years of playtime.

 

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