Amboy baby the first delivered in Lee County

DIXON - Layne Robert Sean Vannoy was in no hurry to see the world. After a false alarm on New Year's Eve, followed by 14 hours of real labor, Layne made his entrance at 6:39 p.m. Thursday, a healthy 7 pounds, 12 ounces. The doctors at KSB Hospital, and Layne's parents, Alyssa Jones and Anthony Vannoy, both of Amboy, thought he would be the very last baby born in 2008. "Everyone was saying he would come on New Year's, but I really wasn't expecting it," said Alyssa, 19. "It was a little bit of a surprise." "It was just really exciting," said Anthony, 26. "I didn't care when he came." Layne gave his parents a hectic New Year's Eve. Alyssa started to feel slight contractions Wednesday afternoon. She was taken to KSB and given a shot for the p