Every baby is special, but there can only be one first baby of the New Year born at Day Kimball Hospital’s Burdick Family Birthing Center. This year, that honor belongs to Emma Marie Ruiz who was born at 9:05 p.m. on Jan. 2 to Jessica and Jack Ruiz of Brooklyn, CT. Emma has an older brother James who is four years old.                         

The healthy baby girl weighed in at five pounds, 13 ounces and measured 19.75 inches long. Emma and Mom are doing great! Emma’s birth makes the first baby born at the Day Kimball Hospital and in Northeastern Connecticut in 2024.

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Day Kimball Hospital’s first baby of 2024, Emma Marie Ruiz with (l to r) Dr. Devon Jacobson, mom Jessica Ruiz, and dad Jack Ruiz.