New Year, New Baby!

Just seconds after midnight, the first baby of 2024 in New Jersey was born at 12:01 a.m. in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick to Jessica Johanna Cardona-Giraldo and Esteban Josue Aguirre Monterrosa from Dunellen. The 5 lbs. 11 oz. baby girl was named Belen Aguirre Cardona, and is the couple’s first child.

In a mycentraljersey.com story, the couple said, “We are so happy to have had a healthy baby to start the New Year … And we are very thankful to all of the staff at Saint Peter’s University Hospital for making us feel so comfortable and showing us such caring and love.”