Jakob Everett Lewis showed up a month early on New Year's Day, a strapping 5 pounds, 3 ounces.

Courtesy photo Parents Dakota Lewis, left, and Ashley Veinotte were grocery shopping at Wal-Mart when Ashley went into labor.

Courtesy photo Though early by a month, Jakob Everett Lewis is grandmother Sonia Veinotte's "best New Year's Day gift."

Ashley Veinotte had just got off work when she and the baby's father went grocery shopping only to stop by their home to pick up diapers on the way to the hospital.