Houston's First Babies Of 2019: New Life On New Year's Day

PASADENA, TX — One of the first babies born on New Year's Day in 2019 was actually one of the last in the Houston area to be born on Jan. 1. Lucia and Jose Garza welcomed their newborn son at Bayshore Medical Center at 11:44 p.m., making the bouncing baby boy one of the last to enter the world on New Year's Day 2019.

The Garza's are still deciding on a name for the baby boy, who snuck in just under the New Year’s Day wire.

In fact, mom barely made it to the hospital, delivering her son just four minutes after she and her husband got to the hospital.

Baby Garza measured about 19 inches and weighed 5lbs and 14oz, and is helping his family and Bayshore Medical Center Staff kick off 2019 on a high note.

The designation of the first baby born in 2019 in the Houston belongs to Elijah Goodman, who came into the world at the stroke of midnight on Jan. 1, 2019.

Baby Elijah was born at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center to parents parents Veneshia Eaglin and Morris Goodman and weighed 5 pounds and 4 ounces.

Less than 20 minutes later, Luis Villa Jr. was born at The Woman’s Hospital of Texas to Deise Cruz and Luis Villa. Baby Luis weighed 6 pounds, 13 ounces.

An hour or so after Elijah was born, the first baby girl made her grand entrance when Jaycee Mae Trahan entered the world at the Texas Children's Pavilion for Women. Jaycee was born to Gabrielle and Dillon Trahan and weighs 6 pounds and 13 ounces.

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Image: Bayshore Medical Center

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