Chicago-area hospitals welcome first babies of 2025

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Thursday, January 2, 2025 12:28AM
Chicago-area hospitals welcome first babies of 2025
Chicago-area hospitals are welcoming the first babies of 2025 on Wednesday.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago-area hospitals are welcoming the first babies of 2025 on Wednesday.

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Scarlett Carmela Sartori was born at 12:12 a.m. at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center to Sophia Sartori and Joshua Sartori of Chicago.

Scarlett weighs 6 pounds, 15 ounces, is 19.75 inches tall and was born to the song "Mr. Jones" by Counting Crows.

Ethan Jovanni Maxinez was born at 12:56 a.m. at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital to Zara Amirova and Giovanni Maxinez of Chicago.

Ethan weighs 6 pounds, nine ounces, is 19 inches tall and is the parents' first baby.

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Julia was born at Advocate Christ Medical Center at 1:20 a.m. to Shuroug and Mahmoud of Hickory Hills.

Saint Anthony Hospital, baby Serrano was born at 2 a.m. and weighs six pounds, one ounce and is 18.5 inches tall.

At RUSH University Medical Center in Chicago, a baby girl was born at 1:03 a.m. to Ingrid Brandt of Chicago.

At RUSH Copley Medical Center in Aurora, Lukas Kuras was born at 2:06 a.m. to Rachael Dewitt and Tomas Kuras of Plainfield.

At UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Hinsdale, ,Van Anthony Larson was born at 12:18 a.m. to parents Andie and Tyger Larson, of La Grange. The boy weighs nine pounds, two ounces and is 21 inches long.

In Hinsdale, a bride gave birth to a baby girl just a day after getting married.

Brittany and Anthony tied the knot at UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Hinsdale hospital on Tuesday at 6 a.m.

Brittany was induced shortly after and gave birth Wednesday morning. Their baby Princess Anyiah Olivia Kolawole-Hawkins was born at 12:56 a.m., weighing 6 lbs. 15 oz., and measuring 19 inches long.

At Loyola University Medical Center in Chicago, a baby boy named Charlie was born at 2:21 a.m., weighing seven pounds, 10 ounces, to mom, Natalia Alwan, and dad, Mason. Natalia is an advanced nurse practitioner at Loyola.

At MacNeal Hospital in Maywood, baby boy Alex Elias was born at 4:34 a.m., weighing six pounds, one ounce, to mom, Yessenia Hernandez, and dad, Carlos Chavez Torres of Cicero.

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