Buffalo Hospital celebrates the first baby born in the hospital in 2024
The baby girl was born at 12:12 a.m. on Jan. 3
BUFFALO, Minn. (Jan. 08, 2024) — Adeline Vivan Kay Lucart is the first baby born at Allina Health Buffalo Hospital in 2024. She was born on Jan. 3 at 12:12 a.m. to Aubri Hernandez and Aiden Lucart of St. Michael, Minn. At birth, Adeline weighed five pounds, nine ounces and measured 18 inches long.

Adeline’s parents say she shares a birthday with her uncle. They say Adeline’s uncle was the first baby to be born in Spirit Lake, Iowa in 2010.
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