Happy birthday to you. And you.

That&8217;s what the family of Christopher and Danielle Harper of Natchez is saying this week after Jacob Isaiah was born Sunday at Natchez Regional Medical Center.

That made him not only the first baby of the New Year in the Miss-Lou, but also put him in good company &8212; his mother Danielle&8217;s birthday is today.

Actually, Jacob was supposed to be born Friday but waited until just the right time. Danielle was admitted to the hospital at 11 p.m. Saturday, and Jacob was born at 5:47 a.m. the next day.

Jacob was greeted by siblings Christopher, 4, and Jazmin, 14 months.

&8220;Christopher&8217;s taken really well to him,&8221; said Danielle, who plans to go back to work at Vidalia&8217;s Subway in just a couple of weeks. &8220;And Jazmin, I think she still thinks of him as a baby doll.&8221;

And what did Danielle think of having the year&8217;s first baby?

&8220;Oh, it&8217;s awesome,&8221; she said, nothing that she got a package of gifts from local stores.

&8220;And there&8217;s still not another baby&8221; born on New Year&8217;s Day, she added at about 3:40 p.m. Sunday.

Not exactly &8212; just about 10 minutes before, the second New Year&8217;s baby was born at Natchez Community Hospital.

Linda Kay Fair is the fifth child for Leigh &8220;Dawn&8221; Cain, whose other children are 6, 4, 2 and 20 months.

&8220;They&8217;re ready for her,&8221; Cain said about an hour after the birth, when her older children hadn&8217;t yet seen their younger sister.

They weren&8217;t the only ones ready for Linda Kay to make her appearance.

Cain said the hospital was ready as well, with a gift basket full of clothes, bottles, pacifiers and the like for the year&8217;s first bundle of joy.

Cain, who plans to stay home to take care of her children full time, said she was also ready &8212; in more ways than one.

&8220;I was ready to get it over with,&8221; said Cain who, after more than 12 hours of labor, let out an exhausted sigh.