By BG INDEPENDENT NEWS
It was a boy, and then it was a girl at Wood County Hospital on the second day of 2019.
The first baby of the year born was Adrian Jacari Lofton, son of Caitlin Blunk and William Lofton, of Bowling Green. He arrived Jan. 2 at 8:24 a.m.
An hour later Anne Bechstein, daughter of Adam and Jana Bechstein, of Bowling Green, was born.
In both cases the mothers were scheduled to deliver by Cesarean section. Bechstein’s operation came on schedule, not so for Blunk.
She was scheduled to deliver on Jan. 10 but at about 3 a.m. Wednesday her water broke. She was staying with her mother Karah Thomason, who got her to the hospital.
Adrian joins a 4-year-old brother Jaiden Nuzum, who is quite the proud brother, his mother said. “He thinks it’s his baby.”
Adrian weighed in at eight pounds, eight ounces and measured 20.5 inches.
Anne weighed seven pounds, seven ounces and 19 inches in length.
She joins three siblings in the Bechstein household, Michael, 9, who was born on New Year’s Eve in 2009, Joseph, 3, and Mary, 22 months.
Lisa Barndt, the hospital’s head of obstetrics, said the parents of the first born baby were treated to a fine meal by the hospital’s head chef.
The families also received hand knit hats from Donald Navarre, a blanket knit by Retonia Westray, and special outfits made by Amanda Barndt.
