The stork has arrived! Zell Persson Hollrah was born on Thursday, May 12th at 3:31 p.m., weighing 7 pounds 3 ounces and measuring 19 inches.

Heading to the hospital bright and early on Thursday morning, this is the last picture of Zell inside...

...and the first picture of her outside!

We had a wonderful labor and delivery nurse who had 2 hats ready for either a girl or a boy - we were delighted to get to use the hat she made with a bow on it!

Mommy and Daddy with our newest addition :-)

This will be our last blog post as a family of 3, since the new baby is arriving tomorrow! The princess helped me celebrate Mother's Day on Sunday with brunch at Brennan's, which was wonderful :-)

She loves the new pool Daddy got for her!

It took a while for the water to warm up,

but once it did Annette got in and practiced her kicking :-)

Summer has arrived! Annette enjoyed splashing and drinking pool water with her friend Trey after school last week.

She's also grown to LOVE bath time, and stays in there as long as we let her :-)

Apparently reading while on the potty starts early...

All of Annette's friends are in the process of turning 2, so she's been a frequent party-goer. This weekend we went to a party at Wonderwild, where Annette made Daddy take her down the slide at least 20 times. Both of them were pretty worn out afterward!

On Tuesday we went to Hermann Park with our moms group from church, where we enjoyed strolling by the pond and feeding the ducks.