JACKSONVILLE, Fla., – A Northeast Florida family got a little bigger as it kicked off 2019. A little girl born at Baptist Beaches Hospital, is believed to be the first baby born at a Jacksonville-area hospital this year.
Charlie Mae Rubio was born at 12:31 a.m. on New Year's Day. She weighs 7 pounds, 11 ounces.
Charlie Mae’s due date was for later this month, but her parents are thrilled she decided to make her grand entrance a little early.
"It’s been great. Everybody has been fantastic. She’s nice and healthy, that’s all we can ask for,” the baby's mother, Jennifer Rubio, said.
Charlie Mae has three older brothers -- and the youngest of them is 16 years old.
“You know, I’m not in my 20s anymore. So, being 40, I was considered high risk, so just all the testing and it was a little more nerve-racking than the first three," Jennifer Rubio said. "But she turned out great. She’s beautiful and healthy.”
Her father is delighted to finally have a baby girl.
"We’re very excited. and I’m really happy to have my little princess," Sanny Rubio said.
News4Jax called other Jacksonville-area hospitals and so far none of them had babies born after midnight. But they did say there were a lot of babies born on New Year's Eve. Those babies' parents will enjoy a nice tax break for coming in under the wire in 2018.