It's a boy! Landon was a week early and the first baby born in 2017 at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth.

The medical center's Labor and Delivery team delivered him Jan. 1 at 7:19 p.m. to Navy Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Fuels) Airman Estrella Perez and Dylan Parrish.

"I thought it was a girl," said Parrish. "But I'm happy it's a boy."

The baby weighed 8 pounds, 2 ounces, was 20 inches long, and he's the couple's first baby.

Perez is assigned to operations at Naval Station Norfolk.

A representative of the Oakleaf Club of Tidewater, Krystyn Case, presented the family with a gift basket to recognize the birth of the medical center's first baby of the new year. The basket included several useful items for new parents such as a baby health care kit, toys, clothing, and a very special towel with "NMCP 2017 Baby" stitched on it as a lasting reminder of the baby's first birthday.

The total number of deliveries for the medical center's birthing center in 2016 was 2,812, with the average number of deliveries at nearly eight per day. August was the busiest month with 270 deliveries.

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