A baby girl, Elinora DeGrasse, was born at 2:51 p.m. on New Year’s Day at Cariboo Memorial Hospital in Williams Lake.
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Elinora weighed in at 8 pounds, 4 ounces.
Danaya Rankin and Bryce DeGrasse of Williams Lake are the proud parents.
Danaya says Elinora also has a big sister Juniper, who is 4 1/2, and a two-year old big brother Oberon.
Here’s what they think.
“They’re pretty excited. My daughter, definitely she’s been wanting to hold the baby and really enjoying being a big sister again. And my son, he’s just kind of figuring it out but he’s definitely wanting to come and pet the baby like a dog.”
Danaya says they were thinking about the possibility of having the New Year’s baby in Williams Lake.
“We were definitely thinking that the timing might be right and when we were in the hospital there was someone else in labour, so it was a race to the finish.”
She says there is a gift basket that they will get from the hospital auxiliary.
The first baby of 2026 for Northern Health was born in Quesnel !
A baby boy, named Ezren, was born at G.R. Baker Hospital at 5:47 a.m. on January 1st.
He weighed in at 6 pounds, 3 ounces.
Kendra and Reighven are Ezren’s parents.
