Alaina Larkin is First Baby of the Year at Veterans Memorial Hospital; Born less than two hours after the new year begins
First Baby of the Year born less than two hours into 2022 ... Pictured above are Sean and Samantha Larkin of Harpers Ferry holding their newborn daughter, Alaina Lucille Larkin, the First Baby of the Year born at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. She was born at 1:40 a.m. January 1, 2022, just one hour and 40 minutes into the new year. The family will enjoy many gifts (some of which are pictured above) thanks to local merchants who helped celebrate the First Baby of the Year born at Veterans Memorial Hospital in 2022. Submitted photo.
Physicians and staff at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon have announced that Alaina Lucille Larkin is the first baby of the year 2022 born at the hospital, earning the hospital’s annual honor of First Baby of the Year. The newborn is the daughter of Samantha and Sean Larkin of Harpers Ferry and she joins two siblings, Jonah and Charlotte, at home.
Alaina was born January 1, 2022 at 1:40 a.m., just one hour and 40 minutes into the new year. She weighed 7 pounds, 2 ounces and measured 19 inches long at the time of her birth. Dr. Nicole Barbee assisted with the delivery.
This fortunate child and her family received the following generous gifts compliments of these area merchants:
• $100.00 cash from Moellers and Moellers Family Dentistry, Lansing.
• A $100 meat bundle from Waukon Feed Ranch.
• A one-year subscription to The Standard newspaper from The Standard/News Publishing Co., Inc.
• A $25 gift certificate from Outdoor Creations, Monona.
• A free pedicure from the Hair, Body and Mind Salon and Day Spa, Kim Sylvester of Waukon.
• A $10 gift certificate from the S&D Café, Waukon.
• A $10 gift certificate from the Village Farm and Home, Waukon.
• A Tastefully Simple gift basket from consultant Jan Baumler, Waukon.
• A $20 gift certificate from Sycamore Floral, Waukon.
• A sterling silver Mother/Child Pendant on 18” chain from Elliott Jewelers, Waukon.
• A $20 gift certificate from Milty’s Restaurant and Skinny Dip, Lansing.
• A $15 gift certificate from the Waukon City Club.
• A Baby Gift Bag from Waukon Dental.
• An 11”x14” canvas photo wrap from JaDecc’S & the Copy Shoppe, Waukon.
• A 10-punch pass from the Waukon Wellness Center.
• A handmade baby afghan from the Auxiliary of Veterans Memorial Hospital, Waukon.
• Mary Kay hand cream from Debbie McGeough, Mary Kay Consultant.
• Diapers, wipes and laundry basket from Veterans Memorial Hospital, Waukon.
All other babies born at Veterans Memorial Hospital in the year 2022 will receive a Baby Coupon Book coordinated by the hospital through coupon donations from over 60 area businesses in Harpers Ferry, Lansing, Monona, Postville and Waukon. The hospital coordinates this in an effort to assure all babies born at the hospital are treated extra special.
Alaina’s grandparents are Becky and Greg Benjegerdes of Waukon, Shari and the late Alan Brink of Postville, Angie Anderson of West Union, and Bob and Peggy Larkin of Dorchester. Her great-grandparents are Curt and Linda Gjere of Decorah, Rose Larkin of Lansing, Dale and Eleanor Underbakke of Burr Oak, and Lucille Brink of Postville.
