PHOTOS: Tiny Leprechauns bring big smiles at St. Vincent's NICU for St. Patrick's Day

GREEN BAY (WLUK) -- Some of Green Bay's tiniest hospital patients had a wee bit of fun dressing up for St. Patrick's Day.

The team at HSHS St. Vincent Children's Hospital's Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) helped families and their little charmers celebrate the holiday.

Each baby donned the color green, some sporting shamrock patterns, big bows and lucky hats.

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For more than 50 years, the NICU team at HSHS St. Vincent Children's Hospital has provided immediate, 24/7 care for infants born too early, with low birth weights, with congenital birth defects or unanticipated difficulties that may have happened during delivery.