When newborn baby Nathan Vincent Coronado grows up, he’s
destined for stardom as a quarterback, according to his mother
Victoria.
Nathan, San Benito County’s first birth of 2003, seemed unfazed
by the esteemed honor. He lay motionless in his mother’s arms
Thursday afternoon, wrapped by a blue blanket, eyes shut, his tiny
tongue worming from his mouth.
Nathan, honorably, declined comment. His mother spoke for
him
– at least for now.
When newborn baby Nathan Vincent Coronado grows up, he’s destined for stardom as a quarterback, according to his mother Victoria.
She predicted his future with a playful smile – the slightest emotion she could muster from her room at Hazel Hawkins Hospital after Wednesday’s “brief” seven-hour labor.
Nathan, San Benito County’s first birth of 2003, seemed unfazed by the esteemed honor. He lay motionless in his mother’s arms Thursday afternoon, wrapped by a blue blanket, eyes shut, his tiny tongue worming from his mouth.
Nathan, honorably, declined comment. His mother spoke for him – at least for now.
“He’s a little exhausted from all this trauma he went through,” Victoria said, speaking of the labor and Nathan’s circumcision surgery earlier in the day.
Victoria gave birth to Nathan, her second child, at 9:41 a.m. on New Year’s Day at the hands of Dr. Parviz Tabibian. Born at 8 pounds, 1 ounce – Nathan entered the world 15 days ahead of his scheduled due date.
Victoria hadn’t even considered the possibility of giving birth to a New Year’s baby until it happened.
“I was surprised at all this,” Victoria said.
Local businesses and the HHH Auxiliary treat the first birth as a quasi-competition, and SBC’s first baby traditionally receives gifts, including his first teddy bear, a quilt and a T-shirt – which proudly proclaimed his lofty distinction:
“I’m the first baby born at Hazel Hawkins Hospital in 2003,” the shirt reads.
A native of Gilroy, where most of her family still resides, Victoria bought a home in Hollister three years ago. She’s a single mother and career woman working as a probation officer in Santa Clara County. Nathan’s sister is 14 months old.
While another mother’s newborn screeched behind a curtain shadowing Victoria’s bed, Nathan continued to lay silent in his mother’s arms.
Victoria – smiling, yet subdued by fatigue – hand-brushed his naturally highlighted brown hair.
“I don’t know his eye color yet,” Victoria said, because Nathan has rarely opened his eyes.
He will soon enough, though. And eventually that star-studded fate Victoria so jestfully predicted will also unfold. At 1-day-old, Nathan is already ahead of the competition.
SBC’s only other new year’s birth occurred at a distant second at 10:28 p.m. And although Nathan and his counterpart were the county’s only two births on Jan. 1, the maternity ward experienced a constant wave of pregnant patients throughout the day.
“We had quite a few,” Marketing Director Frankie Munoz said of the day’s seven pregnant women.
If 2002’s total births at HHH was any indication, 2003 will have quite a few as well. Last year’s count of births reached 572 compared to 630 in 2001 and 531 births in 2000.
Whether Nathan becomes that star quarterback, he’s undoubtedly the quiet leader of this year’s pack.
