Well the world is a little more balanced now :) and our family finally has another girl!!! There hasn’t been a girl born into our family in about 20 years!!! That was back when little Joeyanne was born and now she’s off to college at Ole Miss.

To give you an idea I am one of four – with three brothers. I have two cousins one girl – one boy. I have two sons – no girls and until the 26th had one nephew – no nieces. Yea – we got a girl. (please don’t get me wrong, i love boys.) So since my Granny and Dee’s generation we’ve had 4 girls born to the family and 8 boys.

And I finally have a pic of my new niece to post! My brother was a little slow, in my opinion, in getting this out. Lauren was actually due to arrive on December 9th but decided to come a little early and good thing too. My son, Curtis, happened to be visiting my brother in Kansas when Lauren decided to arrive. Curtis made himself useful when Taylor and Angie had to rush off to the hospital at 1:30 AM!!!! (way to go Curtis :) ) When Taylor woke Curtis up in the middle of the night to tell him he was taking Angie to the hospital, Curtis replied WHY??? I will give him a break cause he was sleeping and I’ve been known to say some not so intelligent things when awakened from a deep sleep as well.

Here are the stats from an email I got from my brother last night:
Lauren was born on 11/26/05 at 2:44 a.m. 8 lbs 2 oz; 19 1/2 inches long. Both Angie and Lauren are both outstanding. We just brought her home from the hospital today and the fact that she’s sleeping and I’m able to send this e-mail out tonight is an indication that she’s already MUCH different than Jackson. Our thanks to all who have helped us throughout the pregnancy and in the days that followed her birth; we couldn’t have done it without you!

Lauren and Jackson – binky out, smile on!