We are pleased
to announce the arrival
of


Rowan Magdalene Crowley

Born Tuesday, March 30, 2005, at 09:09 am PST
in
Walnut Creek, California

 

Our Rowan was born on March 30.  Here she is at birth, just a few moments old as they were doing the newborn procedures after labor.   Where did she get all that hair?  Kelley’s Armenian roommate in the hospital birthed a little redhead, and asked herself the same question, as well as…did they switch our babies?  The respective husbands/daddies assured us that no, they really did emerge with that hair!

Here are the proud Daddy and Rowan getting acquainted for the first time….

Here she is at about 2 weeks old...snug as a bug in a rug!  Just because everyone will be doing this anyway, here is a picture of Brynn at the same age on the right…..do you see the resemblance?  They must be sibs!

Here is Rowan with Big Brother Brynn, who adores her, but is completely discomposed when she cries or even so much as whimpers….

Where did the name come from?  Well, one of Kelley’s favorite fictional characters was called the Rowan.  It is also a type of sacred tree in Irish folklore, and means red-haired in some name books.  Magdalene is a family name in both Peter’s and Kelley’s family, belonging to Rowan’s paternal aunt and her maternal twice-great grandmother.   Peter also needs to contact the pundit for counsel on Rowan’s Indian name…all in good time.

And here is the new family all together for the first time ever.

 

 

 


4/16/05