1st Austin Newborn Of 2021 Born 3 Seconds After Midnight

AUSTIN, TX — The first baby born in Austin this year already has distinguished himself as an over-achiever, coming into the world at just three seconds after midnight at Ascension Seton Medical Center.

Paolo Andres Casterlin Escobar — son of Ivana and Andrew Casterlin — was born just past midnight on the first day of 2021, and weighed in at seven pounds, one ounce at a length of 19.5 inches.

Ascension Seton Medical Center officials provided Patch with photos of the infant, comfortably swaddled in a warm blanket with a tiny knit cap protecting his head. In another photo, the new parents beam with pride as they hold their newborn — the titleholder for first baby born in Austin in 2021.

Ivana and Andrew Casterlin beam with pride as they hold their newborn, Paolo Andres Casterlin Escobar — the first baby born in Austin in 2021. Photo courtesy of Hello & Co. Photography / L. Brent Gilmore.

The second area baby to be born in the new year arrived 30 minutes later at the St. David's Women Center, a part of the St. David's HealthCare system. Kesha Matthews and Jordan Arvie welcomed their third child, a boy named Jordan Arvie Jr., weighing seven pounds and measuring 20 inches long.

Kesha Matthews and Jordan Arvie welcomed their third child, a boy named Jordan Arvie Jr., weighing seven pounds and measuring 20 inches long. Photo courtesy of St. David's HealthCare.