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Crib Note – Cooper Rau

Cooper Stephen Rau is the first child for Linda Howard Rau and Matthew Stephen Rau of Prairie Village, Kansas. This darling boy weighed eight pounds, four ounces, and was 20 inches long when he was born on June 5th. Cooper has blue eyes and strawberry blonde hair. He is the first grandchild for doting grandparents Jan Jensen Howard and Steven Kent Howard of Prairie Village, Kansas, Joan and Matt Bouchard of Pacific, Missouri, and Janice and Christopher Rau of St. Louis, Missouri.

Also featured in the September 28, 2019 issue of The Independent

Photo credit: Bella Baby Photography

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