THUNDER BAY – The city’s first baby of 2019 will have plenty of company when she arrives home from the hospital.
Brielle Rose Almgren, the daughter of Jolene and Darian Almgren, is eagerly awaited by three-and-a-half-year-old sister Payton and older brother Carson, who turns two in February.
Jolene Almgren said the original plan was to have Brielle at home, but Mother Nature altered those plans, and instead the infant was delivered at 2:41 a.m. at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre.
“It’s really special to us. We kind of had a feeling she might be a new year’s baby. It wasn’t real until 12 o’clock passed, since I’d been in labour since 5 p.m. on Dec. 31. She was my longest labour,” Jolene said. “It’s an honour, exciting.”
The third-time mother said New Year’s Day is going to be that much more special going forward in their household.
“She has a special birthday party,” Jolene said.
It’s a great start to 2019, father Darian said.
“It’s very exciting. It’s nice to have a new member to the family that you get to spend time with each day and watch them grow older,” he said.
Adding a third youngster under the age of four will definitely present its challenges, Jolene added, but they’re challenges the couple is ready to take on.
The more the merrier, she said.
“It’s going to be crazy,” Jolene said.
“It’ll be pretty hectic,” her husband added.
“But we’re excited to see (our son’s and daughter’s) faces when they meet her,” Jolene said.
