Baby Courter is Finally Here!!!!!

IT'S A GIRL!!!!  We are thrilled to announce the birth of Ella Louise Courter; she was born 4/4/11 at 6:50pm weighing 8 pounds 8 ounces and 20 inches long.  Her birth was more dramatic than we would have liked as Ella was in the posterior position (sunny side up) and had shoulder dystocia but she is here and both Ella and Beth are doing great.  If you would like to know all the details we are happy to share, it's just not blog appropriate. 

If you are wondering how we came up with her name, Ella is the name of Beth's Great Grandmother and the Louise comes from Scott's side where there are various forms of the name, most notably is the name of Ella's Grammy, Barbara Lou.  We love that her name is a mixture of our families and we know that she will love that when she gets older.  

And now to what everyone wants.....PICTURES!!!!!!!

Ella's very first bath, safe in Daddy's hands!

All cleaned up and pretty with her bow!

There will be more pictures to come but we are going to get some rest while we can.  Thank you for all the prayers and well wishes.  We can't wait for everyone to meet her.....we think she's pretty amazing!