LAKE FOREST – As Lake County residents rang in the new year, two area couples welcomed newborns to the world.
Bailey Coronado and Kobe Lear of Fox Lake welcomed a boy named Devin Lear at 5:12 a.m. Jan. 1 – the first baby of the year born at Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital. Devin was 19.5 inches and weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces.
Stephanie Quinn and Domingo Arriola of Grayslake welcomed a boy named Gianni James at 1:54 a.m. Jan. 2. He was the first baby born in 2023 at Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville.
Gianni was 19.5 inches and weighed 8 pounds, 6 ounces.