With First Night come first breaths

For proud parents Danna and Michael Hirsch, 2008 got off to a great start with the birth of Jackson 'Jake' Hirsch, Boston's first baby of the year.

(Globe Staff / Matthew J. Lee) For proud parents Danna and Michael Hirsch, 2008 got off to a great start with the birth of Jackson "Jake" Hirsch, Boston's first baby of the year.

By Peter Schworm

Globe Staff / January 2, 2008

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Little Jake Hirsch tried to play it cool, sleeping quietly in his mother's arms as cameras clicked and visitors cooed. But the newborn knew, his mother said with a grin. Little more than 12 hours after entering the world as Boston's first baby of 2008, Jackson Miller Hirsch knew he was in the limelight, and knew he liked it. (Full article: 716 words)