First baby of 2026 arrives at Weiser Memorial Hospital

Weiser Memorial Hospital’s first baby of 2026 was born on Monday, Jan. 12. Derrik and Jessica Bower Bivins welcomed Arabella Raelynn at 6:37 p.m. Monday evening. The baby weighed 7 pounds 13.6 ounces, and measured 19 inches in length. With siblings waiting at home, the dark haired bundle of joy was dressed in a beautifully crocheted dress made by her paternal grandmother. The family received a basket full of baby gifts from Weiser’s Laureate Phi chapter of Beta Sigma Phi as they prepared to go home. Pictured from left, Dr. Jordan Blanchard, Jessica, Arabella, and Derrik, and Laureate Phi’s Val Donicht.