PHOTOS: Meet the Houston area’s first babies born in 2022

New year, new babies

Autumn Minnick (The Woman’s Hospital of Texas)

HOUSTON – Join us in welcoming these adorable infants into the world.

Autumn Minnick, The Woman’s Hospital of Texas

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Autumn Minnick (The Woman’s Hospital of Texas)

The Woman’s Hospital of Texas welcomed its first baby of 2022 at 12:12 a.m.

Autumn Minnick weighs 7 pounds, 7 ounces and is 21 inches long. Proud parents Ashley and Andrew Minnick, of League City, are thrilled, the hospital said.

Chidiebere Nathaniel Njoku, Memorial Hermann Health System

Chidiebere Nathaniel Njoku (Memorial Hermann)

Memorial Hermann Health System’s first baby of 2022 was born at Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital at 12:36 am.

Chidiebere Nathaniel Njoku weighs 6 pounds, 2 ounces and is 20 inches long. Mom and baby are doing well, the health system said. Chidiebere’s mother said she is grateful and blessed. Chidiebere is her first child.


About the Author

Briana Zamora-Nipper joined the KPRC 2 digital team in 2019. When she’s not hard at work in the KPRC 2 newsroom, you can find Bri drinking away her hard earned wages at JuiceLand, running around Hermann Park, listening to crime podcasts or ransacking the magazine stand at Barnes & Noble.

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