White River Medical Center’s first baby of the year is a boy
BATESVILLE — Amy Clark is a big fan of surprises. When she discovered her newborn son, Finn Everett Clark, was White River Medical Center’s first baby of 2016, she was, of course, excited.
“Surprises are my favorite. We didn’t even want to know the gender during my pregnancy because I wanted it to be a surprise,” Clark said.
Finn is the first child for Amy and her husband, Shannon Clark, residents of Batesville.
Because they didn’t know the gender of their child, they picked out names for both. If they had a girl, the first name was going to be Finley, and Finn for a boy, derived from Amy’s maiden name of Finch. Everett, the middle name, is the name of Shannon’s grandfather.
“We kept the names traditional,” the new mother said. “My only concern was when we saw Star Wars recently, there was a character named Finn. I was trying to convince myself that if we had a son, we should call him Everett because I felt like he was going to have the same name as many of the kids in his class when he got older.”
They decided to keep the name Finn Everett, and a few weeks later, they were going to put that name to use.
Weighing in at 8 pounds, 14.8 ounces, Finn was safely delivered by Dr. Meriden Glasgow and the maternity team at WRMC.
“He’s here, and he’s perfect,” Amy Clark said while watching Shannon rock baby Finn. “He has been the best surprise.”