LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – As many were ringing in the new year on Wednesday, one Lincoln family had an even more special way to start off their year, with the birth of their baby girl at Bryan Health.
Andrew and Paige Petts and their baby girl were born at 12:21 a.m., weighing eight pounds, seven ounces and 19 inches tall, making her the first baby born in 2026 between Omaha and Lincoln.
The pair didn’t know the gender and were pleasantly surprised when they found out it was a girl, though they said their 2-year-old son had been telling them it was a girl for a while.
Paige said she was a little shocked when her water broke because she wasn’t technically due until Jan. 7, so she thought she had a few more days to get ready. This also isn’t their first holiday birthday in the family, the couple’s son was born on Thanksgiving…