Centra Health celebrates birth of ‘New Year’s Baby’ for 2021 at Lynchburg hospital in Virginia

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Posted: Jan 2, 2021 / 06:32 PM EST / Up to date: Jan 2, 2021 / 06:32 PM EST

Cooper Bryce Van De Perre was born at 1:43 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2021, at Virginia Baptist Hospital, making him Centra’s first child of the brand new yr. (Photograph: Courtesy Centra Well being)

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WFXR) — Proud dad and mom Kaleb and Piper Van De Perre rung within the new yr by assembly their child boy — who will perpetually be often called Centra Well being’s first child of 2021 — for the primary time at a Lynchburg hospital early Friday morning.

“After a yr of unprecedented sickness, election fatigue and social unrest, 2020 was a yr most individuals need to put behind them,” stated Centra Well being in a press release saying the start. “As we enter 2021, the hope of higher instances to return begins nearly instantly with the start of one among our latest residents!”

Despite the fact that Piper wasn’t due till Jan. 18, she ended up at Virginia Baptist Hospital’s Labor and Supply unit on New 12 months’s Eve as a result of her little child couldn’t wait to ring within the New 12 months!

“I assumed we is likely to be the primary child of the New 12 months, however I knew one other mom who would possibly already be in labor might arrive on the hospital and be forward of us,” stated Piper. “I additionally knew there was a mom within the room subsequent to me pushing after I was pushing. So, we weren’t certain till he truly arrived.”

Kaleb and Piper Van De Perre welcomed their second son, Cooper Bryce, at 1:43 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2021, making him Virginia Baptist Hospital’s “New 12 months’s Child.” (Photographs: Courtesy Centra Well being)

Simply earlier than 1:45 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 1, Kaleb and Piper welcomed their second son, Cooper Bryce, into this world at eight kilos, one ounce, and 20 inches lengthy.

Each Kaleb and Piper had been grateful for a wholesome child and a protected supply in the midst of a pandemic, saying “it ended up being actually quiet and calm because it was simply the 2 of us.”

When requested what this meant for the brand new yr, Kaleb stated, “we hope this yr is like his supply, good, protected and simple.”

In keeping with Centra the hat little Cooper is sporting in footage above — which features a little bit of gold sparkle as “a hopeful signal of celebration of life and the yr to return” — was made particularly for the New 12 months’s Child by the mom of a Labor and Supply nurse.