Regional West Welcomes Decker, First Baby of 2025

Regional West welcomed its first baby of the new year at 11:01 a.m. on New Year’s Day.

Decker Leo Carpenter, son of Mitch Carpenter and Lexie Coe, is the first baby born in 2025 at Regional West’s Birth and Infant Care Center, weighing in at seven pounds, four ounces, and 19 ¾ inches long.

Regional West Birth and Infant Care Center director Kynzie Lentfer, BSN, RN, CLC, presented the family with an assortment of baby gifts and a commemorative onesie, which is a Regional West tradition for the first baby born each year at the medical center.