Holiday delivery: Christmas baby for Unity family
Santa had a little something special on his sleigh when it passed over central Westmoreland County on Christmas morning: a baby girl for the Gorzelsky family of Unity.
Iris Ann Gorzelsky, the daughter of Kaitlin and Adam Gorzelsky, came into the world two days earlier than anticipated — at 7:47 a.m. Saturday at Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital’s Family Additions Maternity Center in Greensburg. She weighed in at 6 pounds, 5 ounces. She is 20 inches in length.
“Everybody’s doing great,” Adam Gorzelsky said.
Kaitlin Gorzelsky, 30, a court reporter, began having contractions about 3:30 on Christmas morning.
“It was kind of crazy,” Adam Gorzelsky, 36, said of the early-morning rush at their house.
They decided to wake up their older children — Landon, 5, and Lorelei, 3 — to open their Christmas gifts before their special gift arrived.
“It was a little expedited,” Adam Gorzelsky said of the family’s Christmas celebration.
They called Adam’s parents, Rich and Jeannie Gorzelsky of Seward, to begin their holiday celebration with child care duties. Then they departed for the hospital at 5:30 a.m.
The baby’s maternal grandparents are Bruce and Jeannette Matson of North Belle Vernon.
During a FaceTime conversation with the children from the hospital, Lorelei was excited about having a new playmate, while Landon “was more into his toys,” Adam Gorzelsky said. Landon was hoping for a little brother to play with, Adam said.
The baby’s gender was a surprise to everyone because they had not learned that secret from photos taken during sonograms, said Adam Gorzelsky, an attorney.
“It was the tiebreaker,” Adam Gorzelsky said of their daughter becoming the second girl in the family. The couple had decided this baby would not have a name starting with the letter “L,” as they had done with the other two children.
“We had to break it,” he said of the alliteration trend.
Iris Ann Gorzelsky was the first of three babies born at Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital on Christmas Day, said Robin Jennings, an Excela spokeswoman.
Joe Napsha is a TribLive reporter covering Irwin, North Huntingdon and the Norwin School District. He also writes about business issues. He grew up on Neville Island and has worked at the Trib since the early 1980s. He can be reached at jnapsha@triblive.com.
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