First Baby of 2012

Samantha Rae Payne, daughter of Tiffany and Scott Payne, was the first baby born in 2012 in the Kintzinger Women’s Health Center at Grinnell Regional Medical Center. Payne was born at 6:47 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012, weighing 6 pounds 11 ounces and measured 19.25 inches in length.

The first baby of the year was delivered by Roy Doorenbos, MD, Grinnell Regional Family Practice, Grinnell. Samantha joins an older brother, Brandon Payne, at home in Grinnell.