Ree Drummond Is a Grandma! Daughter Alex Welcomes First Baby, Daughter Sofia, with Husband Mauricio Scott

The Food Network star's daughter welcomed Sofia with husband Mauricio Scott on Wednesday, Dec. 18

Ree Drummond's daughter Alex Drummond Scott has welcomed her first baby, officially making the Pioneer Woman star a grandmother!

On Wednesday, Dec. 18, Alex, 27 welcomed her first baby, a daughter named Sofia Marie, with her husband Mauricio Scott. The new mom shared the exciting news on Instagram, alongside a gallery of black and white photos of the couple with their new baby.

"At 2:27am our perfect girl made her arrival a couple weeks early, just in time for Christmas! We are so in love and forever changed," the couple's caption read. "Thank you Lord."

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Ree, 55, also shared her excitement for the milestone on her Pioneer Woman website, where she published a photo of herself cradling Sofia in her arms. The proud grandma called Sofia "perfect."

"I'm saying that with as much objectivity as I can," Ree wrote. "But I'm not kidding...she is perfect. Like, if you looked up 'perfect' in Miriam Webster, it would reference Sofia Scott, and maybe even show a photo of her. Although that would probably technically be an encyclopedia."

In October, Alex shared pictures on Instagram from her floral-themed baby shower attended by family and friends, and also revealed the name she and her husband Mauricio Scott picked out for their baby girl.

"Yesterday was everything I could ever dream of celebrating our Sofia Marie.