County hospitals welcome first babies of the year

St. Joseph County’s two hospitals have welcomed their 2017 New Year’s babies.
Three Rivers Health recorded its first birth of the year Tuesday morning. Parents Joshua Jones and Alysha Newman, a Constantine native, welcomed daughter Taylor Jones.
She arrived two weeks before her due date.
Meanwhile, Sturgis Hospital saw its first birth of 2017 just a few hours earlier, at 5:21 a.m., also on Tuesday.
Nefertari Cabrera-Galeana was born to Bronson residents Berenice Galeana and Leonel Carbrera.
Like Taylor, Nefertari arrived a few weeks before her due date.
Both families received gift baskets for their timely births.