First baby of New Year born at Herrick Medical Center

First Baby of 2009 — Ava Marie Bishop made her appearance as Lenawee County’s first baby of 2009 at Herrick Medical Center on Thursday, Jan. 1, at 1:48 p.m. Ava is the daughter of Danielle Marie Goodrow and Chad Allen Bishop of Tecumseh. She weighed seven pounds and measured twenty-one and a half inches. Ava received a gift package donated by Meijer and Herrick’s Wishing Well gift shop.