Femijet e pare te 1 Janarit ne Nju Jork
First babies of 2011 in New York: Newborns make debut right after stroke of
midnight
Egan-Chin/News
First baby of the year: A baby girl born to mom, Mehnaz Waseem, and dad,
Muhammad Waseem Khan. The baby girl has not yet been named.
Two little _Brooklyn_
(http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Brooklyn+(New+York+City)) girls laid claim Saturday to the title of _New York_
(http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/New+York) 's First Baby of the Year.
And while the city's first baby boy - a 7 pound 14 ounce "bobasek" named
_Kacper Kozlowski_ (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Kacper+Kozlowski) - was
born 57 seconds after the clock struck 2011, he's No. 1 to his mom.
"The doctor said he may very well be the first baby of the new year," an
overjoyed _Marta Kozlowski_
(http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Marta+Kozlowski) , 29, of _Maspeth_ (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Maspeth) , Queens,
said of her firstborn.
"I was like, let me see my baby, I don't care. I'm not going to have
another New Years like this again."
One of New York's first babies of 2011, born in _Coney Island_
(http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Coney+Island) . Egan-Chin/News
Kacper, the son of two Polish immigrants who met and fell in love in _New
York City_ (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/New+York+City) , was born at
_Beth Israel Hospital_
(http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Beth+Israel+Medical+Center) in _Manhattan_ (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Manhattan) . The
time on his birth certificate reads 12:00:57.
The time on the birth certificate of _Princess Avana Andrews_
(http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Avana+Andrews) , who was born at _SUNY Downstate
Hospital_ (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/SUNY+Downstate+Hospital) in
Brooklyn, reads 12:00:00. And she arrived a whole month early.
"For her to be born this early and be this healthy is really special," her
mom, _Helena Ross_ (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Helena+Ross) , 32,
said.
Little Princess weigh 6 pounds 8 ounces.
Mommy's little princess. Bachner for News
"She came out exactly when the ball dropped," said Ross, who has three
other kids. "One minute I'm watching _Lady Gaga_
(http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Lady+Gaga) and then she's out watching the TV with us."
Over at _Coney Island Hospital_
(http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Coney+Island+Hospital) , Muhammad and Mehnaz Waseem proudly displayed the birth
certificate of their 7 pound 3 ounce daughter, who was born before they could
name her.
It, too, reads 12:00:00.
"Right now we're calling her the New Year baby," said the proud papa, 37.
"We'll have to think of something non-traditional because of the special
time she was born."
Kacper's birth certificate says he was born 57 seconds after midnight.
Price for News.
"It's a wonderful way to start the new decade," added the happy 34-year-old
mom. "She's perfect and it's a great joy to have a new member to our
family."
The Waseems have two other daughters, Aimen, 8, and Annoshe, 6.
For midwife Aleyamma Philipose, the Waseems' bundle of joy was another
"first."
She was on hand four years ago when 5 pound 11 ounce _Zahi Saher_
(http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Zahi+Saher) was born at Coney Island at 12:01
a.m., tying Vicki (Shijia) Tang for first New York baby born in 2006.
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