Anna Grace is here!

We have a new cousin!--Miss Anna Grace Dowell. Born at 11:15 Saturday morning 1/12--9lbs 12.4 oz, 22 1/2 in. long. Tammy was quite the trooper having no time for the epidural (sp?), but Anna was "kind" to mom only requiring two pushes to enter the world! Here are some pics once Anna arrived back to the room from the nursery.





The proud parents.




The growing family. Nathan was so cute saying "Anna!"--with short a's like "Ahnnah".





The pics aren't in chronological order. This is actually the first pic--Mema scooped her up right when she came in the room--you can see from her face that she was ready to get her hands on her first granddaughter. Her response was "Gosh she's heavy"--but the little one had about 10 blankets wrapped around her! She looked like a little burrito.




Next I had my turn to hold her and then Ryan.










Nathan was pleased that Anna had thought of him and brought him some cars to play with in the room. Such a proud big brother!