Alex Robert Lowe, a boy, was born at 7:17 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 29, 2007, at Mercy Health Center, to parents Tom and Jennifer Lowe, Prescott. He weighed 6 pounds, 3 ounces at birth. He joins a brother, Hayden. Maternal grandparents are Fred and Peggy Emmerson, Fort Scott. Maternal great-grandparents are Dan and Irma Stumfoll, Fort Scott. Paternal grandparents are Bob and Lena Lowe, Prescott.