Meet the first baby of 2013 in the Chattanooga area

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

photo Matthew Dutton rocks his newborn son Mobley Alexander Dutton on Tuesday afternoon in the neonatal intensive care unit. Mobley, an 8 pound 7 ounce boy, was born to Matthew and Maria Dutton at 33 minutes into 2013, making him Chattanooga's first newborn of the year. The 21-inch infant is the Hixson couple's first child, and was treated for a small amount of fluid in his lungs after birth but is expected to leave the NICU soon.

Mobley Alexander Dutton was born at 12:33 a.m. today, making him 2013's first birth in a Chattanooga-area hospital.

The child was born to Maria Dutton and husband Matthew, of Hixson.

Mobley weighed in at 8 pounds, 7 ounces. He is 21 inches long.