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AUSTIN (KXAN) — The bundles of joy born Thursday have a little extra to celebrate! The newest residents of Texas are celebrating Leap Day birthdays, ringing in the specialty occasion on Feb. 29.
In Austin, St. David’s Women’s Center of Texas said as of Thursday afternoon it welcomed 15 babies with more expected in the evening. Its first “leapling” of the day was born at 5:21 a.m.
St. David’s gave us details about two babies in particular. Baby girl Stevie Lien was born weighing eight pounds and eight ounces and measuring 21 inches long. Baby boy Ignatius was also born at the medical center, weighing in at seven pounds and 15 ounces.
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Baby Stevie Lien is one of the babies born on Leap Day 2024 at St. David’s Women’s Center of Texas. (Courtesy: St. David’s Women’s Center of Texas) -
Baby Ignatius is one of the babies born on Leap Day 2024 at St. David’s Women’s Center of Texas. (Courtesy: St. David’s Women’s Center of Texas)
Elsewhere in the state, Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston is celebrating its first leap year baby born on Thursday morning.
The pediatric hospital system announced Aaron McAdams was born just after 6:30 a.m. weighing eight pounds, 12 ounces and measuring 19.5 inches long.
Texas Children’s went on to say Aaron isn’t the only baby born on leap day for the hospital system and others are getting ready for their photo op.
Texas Children’s shared that being born on a leap day is the rarest of birthdays, with only a one in 1,461 chance.
Congrats to these families!
