FORT BRAGG, NC (WTVD) -- Womack Army Medical Center welcomed its first baby of 2018 early Monday morning. Saige Zawadi Sigilai was born weighing in at 7 pounds and 11 ounces.
She was delivered at 2:03 a.m., just one week after her original due date. Both mom and dad are originally from Kenya. Dad is a specialist assigned to the 82nd Sustainment Brigade.
The PX gifted the new parents with a basket filled with essentials for their firstborn.
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Both parents say they are thrilled to bring in the new year with their new addition to the family.
"It's a really great feeling that this is the beginning of the year. Her middle name Zawadi means gift. So we have a perfect gift for 2018 and we couldn't have asked for anything more," said new mom Rosemary Masu Onjiku.
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Both mom and baby are doing well.
The family gets to go home within the next few days.