It took a few days, but the first baby of 2019 is here.
Ryan Dale Gastineau took the honors as the first baby born at Texas County Memorial Hospital, arriving at 1:59 p.m. Jan. 11.
Baby Ryan is the son of Aleisha Stephens and Gary Gastineau of Mountain View. He was eight pounds, three ounces and 20 ½ inches long.
He joins his older sisters, Taylor, 10, Harper, 4, and Henlee, 2, in the Gastineau home.
Roma Hollenbeck and Julia Bryant, representatives of the TCMH Auxiliary, and Wes Murray, TCMH chief executive officer, presented gifts and gift certificates to Ryan and his mother after his birth. Businesses throughout the county donated the gifts to celebrate the arrival of the first child born at TCMH in 2019.
Baby Ryan is held by his mother, Aleisha Stephens, with gifts presented to them at Texas County Memorial Hospital as the first baby of the year. Seated alongside them is TCMH CEO Wes Murray. Standing are TCMH Auxiliary members Roma Hollenbeck, left, and Julia Bryant.