A Heritage Hills family has rung in the New Year with the honour of welcoming their new bundle of joy.

After a nine hour long labor at the Foothills Hospital, Kylee and Jeremy Schmidt brought in 2017 with their new baby girl, Charlee Ann, on January 1 at 5:42 P.M.

At birth she weighed in at 7lbs and 9oz and 20.6 inches in length.

Kylee Schmidt says Charlee Ann's three year old brother, Cooper, is really excited to have a little sister and is eager to help out.

"When she cries he goes up to her and tells her, "It's okay." and he helps with changing the diapers. He'll get me a diaper. He likes to help feed her the bottle."

So who does Charlee Ann look most like?

"So far everybody says she looks like her dad, but I think she looks exactly like her brother did. So a mix of both. It depends on the day."