A local couple started the New Year by becoming parents.

Rachel Simpson gave birth to Thompson’s first baby of 2015 on January 1 at 3:44 am at Thompson General Hospital. The baby boy has been named Jaden Xavier Simpson Muminawatum and weighed 7 pounds 15 ounces.

This is the couple’s first child. Dad Tobin says everyone is doing ok and other than low-sugar levels, the new born is healthy.

A couple in The Pas might have everyone in the province beat. Their baby boy was born on New Years Day at 12:07am, and is reported to be Manitoba’s first baby of 2015.