Clinic welcomes first baby of 2016; BP business owners greet first daughter
Published 10:37 am Monday, January 4, 2016
The Lea family of Blooming Prairie welcomed the area’s first baby of 2016 with the birth of daughter Sailor, born Jan. 1. – -Photos by Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com
Mayo Clinic Health System in Austin didn’t have to wait long to welcome its first baby of the new year.
Colette and Tony Lea of Blooming Prairie welcome their daughter, Sailor, at 5:57 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 1.
She weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces and was 20 inches long.
The title of first baby of 2016 came as a surprise to the family.
Tony Lea of Blooming Prairie and his son, Beckett, 6, smile as Tony holds the family’s newest addition, Sailor. The baby girls was the first baby of 2016 born at Mayo Clinic Health System in Austin.
“I hadn’t even thought about it when we were having her that she’d be the first baby of the new year until the nurses said it,” Colette said, adding with a laugh that she “didn’t really care at that point.”
Sailor arrived a few days earlier than expected, as Colette was scheduled to be induced on Monday.
“I was actually not having her until Monday; it was a surprise,” Colette said.
Colette, Tony and Sailor’s big brother, Beckett, 6, took their little girl home on Saturday.
“Now [we] just have a 6-year-old that’s going to want to hold a baby a lot,” Colette said of Beckett.
Not only is Sailor the Leas’ first daughter, but she’s also the first girl in Colette’s extended family.
“So she’ll be a little spoiled,” Colette said with a laugh.
For being the first 2016 baby, the Tony and Colette received a few gifts from Mayo Clinic Health System in Austin, including a pack and play, a little ride-on car and a diaper cake, along with an actual cake from Hy-Vee.
The Leas have owned the Blooming Prairie Cue Company and the Pizza Cellar for about nine years.
