LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- At 1:32 a.m. this morning, Our Lady of Lourdes Women's & Children's Hospital welcomed a new Legacy to Acadiana.

The third child of Baldwin residents 31-year-old Falon Johnson and 33-year-old Louis Green, newborn Legacy Green entered the world at 5 pounds 9 ounces and 18 inches, becoming Our Lady of Lourdes Women’s & Children’s Hospital’s official first baby of 2025.

Legacy's birth date came as a surprise for the couple, as Johnson wasn’t expected to deliver for another four weeks.

“I think he just wanted to be born,” Johnson said.

The holiday week started as expected for the young family. Green, a pipe fitter with Chart Industries at the Port of Iberia, was at work on Monday while Johnson was home with the couple’s other two children preparing for the holiday. Sometime in the morning, Johnson said she noticed something seemed off with the way she felt.

“I was having contractions, and they felt differently than the ones I experienced with my first two children. Call it mother’s intuition, I just knew something wasn’t right,” Johnson said. “I sent a text to my fiancée and family telling them today is going to be the day.”

By that afternoon, Johnson was admitted to Our Lady of Lourdes Women’s & Children’s Hospital with preeclampsia. A potential pregnancy complication, preeclampsia is characterized by a sudden, sustained spike in blood pressure and protein in the urine that develops sometime after 20 weeks of pregnancy. While potentially life-threatening, the condition typically subsides after the baby is delivered.

Although her pregnancy was otherwise uneventful, Johnson said Legacy will be her last.

“That’s why he’s named Legacy, because he completes our family,” she said. “We’re excited he’s here and he gets to be part of our wedding later this year.”

Johnson said she was shocked to learn she delivered the hospital’s first baby of 2025.

“It was such a surprise to find out,” she said. “He’s the perfect gift to begin this new year.”

Ochsner Lafayette General also welcomed its first baby of 2025 -- a baby boy named Jinx Cormier. Jinx is the fifth child to parents Alayna Cormier and Bobby Cormier of Lafayette. He was born weighing 7 pounds and measuring 20 inches long.

As tradition when welcoming the first baby of the year, Ochsner gifted the parents with a stroller, basket of goodies and a diaper bag filled with essential baby items.

Three other babies were born at Ochsner but no additional information on those newborns is available to the public.

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