Nelson’s New Year’s baby came right on cue and wasted no time.
Kristian Bowen was born New Year’s Day at 6:20 a.m. and came in at eight pounds, eight ounces and 21 inches long.
“I went to bed on New Year’s Eve thinking nothing was going on,” said proud mother Jessica Demars.
“At about 3:45 a.m. my water broke so we went up to the hospital and got there at about 4:30 a.m. and he was born at 6:20 a.m.”
Being the holiday season, both sides of grandparents happened to make it into town to meet Ryan Bowen and Jessica Demars’ new boy just in time.
“It’s very exciting because I was hoping that I was going to be early, so I was [thinking] well if I’m not going to be early then I might as well have the first New Years baby, and so I did,” Demars said, whose original due date was January 1.
The couple was given a quilt from the Nelson Quilters’ Guild as well as a knitted sweater from the Ladies’ Auxiliary.
“I think I was the only one there, so I got lots of good care, but you do every time… that early in the morning I don’t think anyone’s celebrating too much,” she said.
The coming of the New Year’s baby also means that four-year-old Nicholas is now an older brother.
“He loves it, we just have to watch because he just wants to hug him and hold him and touch him. He’s been really great, he’s been really excited to be a big brother,” Demars said.
“It’s pretty cool, I mean it’s going to be a story that he’ll have for the rest of his life about being the first baby born [in 2012] in Nelson. That’s kind of cool.”
