Mr. and Mrs. John Welch are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Aubrey Elizabeth, on Monday, February 26, 2007 at St. Joseph Hospital in Augusta. She weighed seven pounds, fifteen ounces and was nineteen and three-fourths inches long.

Maternal grandparents are Debbie Reese of Evans, Georgia and Dwayne Reese of Lincolnton. Maternal greatgrandparents are Keddy and Lorretta Bostic of Augusta and Russell and Carol Reese of Lincolnton.

Paternal grandparents are Beth Welch of Lincolnton and Johnny Welch of Augusta.

She was welcomed home by her big sister, Madi, three and one-half years old.

Mrs. Welch is the former Nikki Reese of Lincolnton.