The year is off to a special start for some Chicago area families and hospitals as they welcomed New Year's Day babies. 

Mount Sinai Hospital

At Mount Sinai, mom Shaniqua Jones and dad Brandon Antwon Whittington welcomed their baby boy, Brandon Alexander.

He was born about seven minutes after midnight.

Brandon weighed in at 7 pounds and 13 ounces.

UChicago Medicine AdventHealth in Bolingbrook

Parents Ana and Serghei Mindru, of Yorkville, welcomed baby boy Matthew into their family at 1:46 a.m. 

He weighed 6 pounds, 13 ounces, and measured 19.5 inches long. 

Matthew is the couple's first child. 

Advocate Christ Medical Center

Two babies were welcomed at Advocate Christ.

At 12:50 a.m., parents Olivia Gorney and Ryan LaCount of Chicago were delighted to welcome the hospital's first baby girl of the year, Winona LaCount, into their family.

She weighed 10 pounds, 6 ounces, and measured 22.5 inches long.

Winona is Olivia and Ryan's first baby.

The first baby boy of the hospital was Noah Robert Garcia.

He was born at 3:43 a.m., weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces, and measured 20 inches long to parents, Gino Garcia and Samantha Scuito of Joliet.

The parents are not sharing pictures at this time, the hospital said.

Congratulations to the new parents!