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2012's First Baby Is A Girl

Her name is Haylee.

Nicole Marie Klemond had the honor of delivering the first baby of 2012 at just minutes after the calendar flipped to the New Year.

Haylee Bree Dufkis was born at 12:19 a.m. Sunday to Klemond and Joel Dufkis of Mount Prospect. Haylee was 19 inches long and six pounds, one ounce.

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Though they missed the tax deduction, the hospital gave them a gift basket of baby items.

Haylee could be the first of thousands. The hospital announced it delivered 3,520 babies in 2011.

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