BATON ROUGE- On Mardi Gras morning, one lucky couple in Baton Rouge welcomed a little boy into the world.

Rin Nero Allen, son of Jatasha Hardy and Kasson Allen, was born at 10:43 a.m. at the Baton Rouge General Birth Center.

The little bundle of Mardi Gras joy weighed 6 pounds and 15 ounces. According to a release, Rin was the first Mardi Gras baby born at the hospital this year.