One of the first babies of the new year was Maverick, born to Kratia and Marlon Franco, residents of Crete at 12:01 a.m. Friday at Advocate Christ Medical Center. Maverick weighs 7 pounds and 6 ounces and is 20 inches long. He is now one of seven brothers.
Baby Boy Canniff, whose name has not yet been decided, was born at 12:05 a.m. at the Advocate Condell Medical Center in Bridget and John Canniff. They are “excited to start the new year with a lot of joy.” It weighs 6 pounds and 11 ounces and is 18 inches long. He has two brothers in Grayslake.
Madelyn Jessica was born at 12:41 a.m. at Michael and Nicole Woltcheck’s Northwestern Medicine Prentice Women’s Hospital in Chicago. It weighs 7 pounds and 9 ounces and is 19.5 inches long.
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Baby Girl Gonzalez was born at 1:04 a.m. Angelica Gonzalez and Andrew Spence at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital. It weighs 3 pounds, 3 ounces and is from Mundelein.
Javien was born at 1:08 a.m. from Joseline Cuevas and Jean Rivera at the Illinois Masonic Medical Center Advocate. He has 6 pounds, 11 ounces and has three brothers in Chicago.
Baby Declyn was born in Sydney and Nicholas Walden in Glenview at 5:28 p.m. He was born 7 pounds and 5 ounces at NorthShore Evanston Hospital and is the couple’s first child.
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