Newborn Mia Calla didn鈥檛 wait long into the new year to enter the world at 91原创 Memorial Hospital.
Parents Ashley McFarlane and Chris Calla celebrated the birth of their daughter at 12:07, officially making Mia the first baby born at LMH in 2018.
Mia, weighing seven pounds, 15 ounces, is a baby sister to brothers Enzo, six, and Tommy, three.
Adding a daughter to the family is exciting for the 91原创 couple.
鈥淚t鈥檚 like having a new adventure,鈥� Chris said. 鈥淲e鈥檙e looking forward to it.鈥�
Ashley had a Dec. 24 due date.
鈥淲e were a little overdue and they started to induce and then we had a c-section at about 11:30 last night,鈥� Ashley said as she held Mia on Monday afternoon.
Mom and daughter are doing well.
鈥淓verything went awesome,鈥� Ashley said. 鈥淭he doctors were amazing.鈥�
And while Mia was born seven minutes after midnight, she wasn鈥檛 B.C.鈥檚 New Year鈥檚 Baby.
That honour belongs to a girl born nine seconds after midnight at Surrey Memorial Hospital via c-section.
The baby girl was born at eight pounds, seven ounces to mother, Manpreet Kaur Nijjar, and father Hardip Singh Shergill. She is their first child.
