Ella Kathleen Blackman

Bret and Brandi Blackman of Glenwood are the proud parents of a daughter born on Oct. 5, 2009.

Ella Kathleen weighed 7 pounds 13 ounces and was 20 1/4 inches long at birth. She was welcomed home by her sister, Ashlyn 5, and brother, Nolan 5.

Ella’s grandparents are Dick and Ann Johnson of Red Oak and Ken and Kathy Blackman also of Red Oak. Great-grandparents are Marcella Jacobson and the late Art Jacobson of Red Oak, Ray and Marianna Johnson of Red Oak, Libby Grindle and the late “Doc” Grindle of Malvern, and Corky Blackman and the late Ruth Blackman of Malvern.