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A number of families kicked off 2013 by welcoming little bundles of joy into the world.
Keep clicking to see the babies that earned the honor of being among the first born on New Year's.
Here's Paige Wilkerson and Richard Jeffries, as they pose for a photo with their new son, Dallas Jeffries, and Dallas' sister, Kallie Wilborn, 3. Dallas was born New Years Day at Alamance Regional Medical Center in Burlington, N.C.
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Newborn Jesse Emmanuel Espinoaza, who was born at 12:04 a.m. on New Year's Day, Jan. 1, 2013, lays in blankets at Memorial-Hermann Hospital in The Woodlands, Texas.
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Monica Rossano holds her daughter Anna-Sofia, who was born 12:01 a.m., during a news conference, Jan. 1, 2013, at the Intermountain Medical Center, in Murray, Utah. "It wasn't induced labor or anything. It was totally natural. We weren't trying to be the first," Intermountain Medical Center spokesman Jason Carlton told The Associated Press.
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Jesse Espinoza watches as Susanna Garcia holds their newborn son, Jesse Emmanuel Espinoaza, born at 12:04 a.m. on New Year's Day, Jan. 1, 2013, at Memorial-Hermann Hospital in The Woodlands, Texas.
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Monica Rossano holds her daughter Anna-Sofia, who was born 12:01 a.m., during a news conference, Jan. 1, 2013, at the Intermountain Medical Center, in Murray, Utah.
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Eve Kinison, right, sits on her mother's lap with her sister Lily Kate Kinison, born on New Year's Day to Anna Kinison at Owensboro Medical Health System, Jan. 1, 2013, in Owensboro, Ky.
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Monica Rossano and her husband, Sal, hold their daughter Anna-Sofia, who was born 12:01 a.m., during a news conference, Jan. 1, 2013, at the Intermountain Medical Center, in Murray, Utah.
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Anna-Sofia Rossano, who was born at 12:01 a.m., looks on during a news conference, Jan. 1, 2013, at the Intermountain Medical Center, in Murray, Utah.
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Mobley Alexander Dutton is held by his father, Matthew Dutton, in the neonatal intensive care unit at Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. 1, 2013. Mobley, an 8 pound 7 ounce boy, was born to Matthew and Maria Dutton at 33 minutes into 2013, making him Chattanooga's first newborn of the year. The 21-inch infant is the couple's first child; he was treated for a small amount of fluid in his lungs after birth but is expected to leave the NICU soon.
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Matthew Dutton rocks his newborn son, Mobley Alexander Dutton, in the neonatal intensive care unit at Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. 1, 2013.
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Matthew Dutton holds his newborn son, Mobley Alexander Dutton, who was born New Year's Day, for the first time in the neonatal intensive care unit at Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. 1, 2013.