ApocaDocs: Big birth announcement: couple welcomes a 16-pound baby boy

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Posted Tue Jul 12 2011: from The Upshot:


	Big birth announcement: couple welcomes a 16-pound baby boy http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1310434236 This bundle of joy must be bringing an extra helping of happiness: a couple in Texas are the proud parents of 16-pound, 1-ounce, 2-foot-long JaMichael Brown. At 9:05 Friday morning, Janet Johnson and Michael Brown welcomed their son at Longview's Good Shepherd Medical Center. JaMichael, who was quickly nicknamed "the Moose," is the largest child ever born in the hospital — and possibly the state. So exactly how big is a 16-pound baby? Let's put it this way: The average newborn is about seven-and-a-half pounds. The Brown baby's weight is just about equivalent to that of a six-month-old.

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