Our 2nd child is a.........

                                                      Side view, showing spine

                             
                                                     Little foot

                                                    Little hand

                                          Profile view of that sweet face

                                                 
                                                      Close up view of face profile


The Cooler family is adding another girl to our family!!  Her full name is Annalynne Mincey Cooler, but we will call her Anna.  How did we choose that name?   Many people have asked and here is our reasoning for choosing her name.  First of all, since we are the "A" family we had to stick with the "A" theme, Adam, Abbey, Ava and now Anna!  Secondly, we wanted to have both Biblical and family significance in her name.  We chose the name Anna because is means GRACE.  First of all because it is only by God's grace, that we are saved, loved, justified and sanctified from our sins and made new through the birth, life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ!  Second, it is only by God's amazing GRACE, mercy and favor was I able to become pregnant again!  Third, one of my most favorite women of the Bible is Anna. She was the first woman (other then Mary) that saw and held Jesus.  Her entire life she spent her time in the temple, worshiping and waiting for the Messiah.  Like Anna of the Bible, I want my daughter to have a strong, sincere, lifelong love of Jesus Christ.  The rest of Anna's name comes from my and Adam's moms.  Lynne is my mom's middle name and Mincey is Adam's mom's maiden name!  I know that is sort of a mouthful, but we really did take our time in deciding on this sweet little girl's name, just like we did with Ava's name!  We are so very thankful for this new little life that will be joining our family at the first of December.

I had another appointment today with the "high risk" doctor.   They spent almost an hour doing a very intensive ultrasound to check out every little part of Anna and also to make sure that I did not have any signs of problems with my pregnancy.  I was a little nervous at this visit because I know that because of my age and some family history, that our baby could be at risk.  After every picture the tech took, I seemed to relax more and more.  One funny thing that happened during the ultrasound, was that Anna decided to "talk" the whole time. Every time the tech would show me a picture of her face, her mouth was moving!!  I guess we have another talker in our family...shocker!!  At the end of the visit, the doctor came in and went through all the pictures with me and said that we had a very healthy baby girl, with no signs of complications in the baby or with my pregnancy. When the doctor said those words, I could do nothing but say, "Praise the Lord!"  On the drive home I could do nothing by sing, cry, and give praise to my God, who has shown such grace to me and my family!!  GOD IS GREAT AND GREATLY TO BE PRAISED!!