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Welcome to the world Sayler Roy Perales, the first baby born in 2020 at Southwest Memorial Hospital in Cortez.<\/p>\n
Zhjade Perales, of Cortez, gave birth to Sayler at 5:16 a.m. New Year\u2019s Day as a soft snow fell outside her hospital window.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt all went very fast,\u201d said Zhjade, 26. \u201cMy mom drove me here around 2 a.m., and he was born a little while later. It\u2019s a big surprise, kinda surreal, that he\u2019s the first baby of the year. I did not expect that. It\u2019s fun.\u201d<\/p>\n
The healthy boy weighs in at 7 pounds, 12 ounces, and was not originally due until 12 days later, but decided to arrive a few days after his mother\u2019s birthday.<\/p>\n
On New Year\u2019s Eve, she watching the ball drop in Times Square on television with her parents, then had a restless night and was pacing about. Her mother, Sherry Lansing, noticed, and they decided to drive to the hospital to be on the safe side.<\/p>\n
A quick delivery followed \u2014 a preferred natural birth with no pain medication, and there were no complications.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s tough, we\u2019re so proud,\u201d Lansing said. \u201cI got to cut the umbilical cord.\u201d<\/p>\n
Zhjade also was born at Southwest Memorial, she added, almost 26 years ago to the day.<\/p>\n
The joke in the family is that a spicy meal of enchiladas on New Year\u2019s Eve triggered the early birth of Sayler.<\/p>\n
The special birthday gift is a blessing, the family said. Zhjade\u2019s 3-year old daughter now has a baby brother to grow up with.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy daughter is very bright. She\u2019s opening up to her brother and understood that I was carrying him,\u201d she said. \u201cI feel more prepared for the second one, except a boy will be different.\u201d<\/p>\n
That\u2019s where grandpa Roy Perales can help, teaching his new grandson his favorite hobbies of fishing and the sport of running, Lansing said.<\/p>\n
Zhjade, who is a hair stylist at the Shear Shack, said she looks forward to raising her family in Cortez.<\/p>\n
\u201cI grew up here and like the tight-knit community of a smaller town,\u201d she said. \u201cThe nurses and doctors have been great.\u201d<\/p>\n
The hospital presented the family with a gift basket, and photos will be posted on Southwest Memorial\u2019s social media, with mom\u2019s permission.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s pretty special the legacy of mom being born here, then 26 years later, her son being born here too,\u201d said hospital communications manager Lindsay Yeager. \u201cIt\u2019s our privilege to care for generations of families in our community. Congratulations to this special family!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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