HAMPTON ROADS, Va. - As the year 2020 came to an end, local hospitals helped deliver the area's first babies of 2021.
The first baby was born at 12:08 a.m. at Sentara Leigh Hospital in Norfolk. Pictured in the photos below are parents Hannah Blevin and Rose Merriman with baby Adalynn.
![Sentara Healthcare](https://ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/700d2b3/2147483647/strip/true/crop/960x1280+0+0/resize/960x1280!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fewscripps-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fdd%2Fc7%2F08304c74442d90d9d8e9d3493669%2F2021-slh-new-years-baby-1.jpg)
Shortly after, a baby boy greeted the New Year with his arrival at 12:20 a.m. on at Chesapeake Regional Medical Center’s BirthPlace. Cayden J. Parker weighs six pounds and fifteen ounces.
![Cayden J. Parker, arrived at 12:20 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2021 at Chesapeake Regional Medical Center’s BirthPlace.](https://ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/cd5cbf1/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3024x4032+0+0/resize/1080x1440!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fewscripps-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F58%2F26%2Fb2520c3b4aea8805882b76363ee7%2Fimg-5921.jpg)
In Newport News, baby girl Jiraiya was welcomed into the world at 5:26 a.m. by her parents Janisha Bartlett and Derrick Harris, Jr. at Riverside Regional Medical Center. She weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces and 19 inches long.
![Riverside Regional Medical Center](https://ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/2e54f92/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2048x1387+0+0/resize/1280x867!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fewscripps-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd9%2F05%2Ff662b7a641d69be12ace26700631%2F1-4.jpg)
Congratulations to each family on the birth of their child.