So here's the story.  I went to see my doctor Tuesday July 21st and she told me she would be gone all weekend and if I went into labor her dad would deliver the baby.  I started to cry.  I just knew I would have this little baby by now but no such luck.  So Wednesday morning the girls and I are at home as usual and my doctor calls and says head up to the hospital and get induced.  I was both excited and scared.  I had never had to be induced before and was hoping to go on my own but excited to get the baby here and have my doctor deliver her.

Here is me outside the hospital getting ready to go in.

Here is baby girl Cowan which she was known as for the first 24 hours of her life.

Proud mama, exhausted!!!

Grandma Lori

Daddy, who thought she was so beautiful, informed me he wasn't sure this should be our last. 

Proud Papa

The girls came up after school and were so excited.  They couldn't keep their hands off  the baby and thought she was so cute.

Here is Mary Frances holding Lauren Elizabeth.  We decided on that name cuz Corb and I both loved the name Lauren and Mary Frances picked out the name Elizabeth.  so of course what does Mary Frances call her but "Elizabeth" .  She is such the little mama and loves to hold the baby and can't help kissing her all the time.

BRANSON

Well this past weekend we spent the weekend in Branson with Corbin's family.The girls had a blast with their cousins and in my very pregnant condition their dad got to do a lot with them when he was not reading his book. The condo had these wonderful big rocks outside that the girls were magnetized too so of course I spent most my time watching to make sure they didn't fall off of them.




The first night all the girls got in their new nightgowns Grandma Birdie had gotten them. They all got to sleep downstairs in the living room of the condo.


Corbin, Mary Frances and Sydney got to ride water bumper cars.


Grandma Carol and JR took all the grandkids to Noahs Ark and supposedly it was amazing.

Our day at Silver Dollar City!!!!


Corbin got to ride all the kiddie rides with the girls and felt his age.

Ross, Laverda and all the grandkids.

Yes I was there at Silver Dollar City but mostly just took pics and enjoyed watching the kids have fun.

Grandma Carol and JR had a great time. We didn't see them till the end of the day when the park was about to close. They had no idea we had been looking for them all day. They had a blast going to all the shows.

Here Corbin reading his Vince Flynn book. He finished it in 3 days. Somebody had a good vacation!!!!

Crista and Amaia in the hot tub.

Brooklyn and Cristiana

The girls were so tired from the trip they slept the for 3 hours on our way home. Oh the peace and quiet.

My life and pregnancy

Well for those of you who don't know I am now almost 28 weeks pregnant.  We have several u/s and they tell us each time that it is a girl.  This pregnancy is kicking my butt.  It must be my age or maybe that I have a 3 & 5  year old at home and am now working 2 days a week.  I am blessed to be having another and this should be our last.  

I have updated my blog finally and hope you all enjoy looking at the events of our life. Life is crazy but I think I schedule it that way.  We are so blessed with wonderful friends and family and 2 beautiful, healthy girls.  They make me crazy sometimes but each night as I see them sleeping I thank Heavenly Father for the wonderful gift they are in my life.

Easter 2009

Well the girls were so excited for Easter this year and to decorate the eggs and go on Easter egg hunts.  

Here the girls and I are decorating eggs.

My cousin Sherry came in town and the girls got to hunt eggs out at Grandpa Trumpers.

Our one Easter pic.  We took this as soon as we got out of church so we could hurry and change clothes and get ready to have family over for dinner.

Laverda, Ross and all the grankids.

Grandma Carol and JR

Brooklyn, Crista, and Nicole

Mary Alice, Susan, and Charles

Dad, Mary Frances, and Mom

Sydney and baby Amaya, Sydney loves her new little cousin.

Cade, Julie, and Grant

Stephanie, Todd, Brianna, and Josh

Well it was a dreary and cold Easter but that didn't stop our feast and the kids from having a great time.  

Mary Frances lost first tooth

Well Mary Frances came home the other day and told me her tooth was loose.  I couldn't believe she was old enough to loose her tooth.

I was too squeamish to pull it so Corbin got some floss and tried to yank it out and finally got it out.  He wondered how I could work in surgery and not pull my own child's tooth, but it is way different when it is your own child.  

Here is Mary Frances with her tooth gone and she could hardly sleep that night knowing that the tooth fairy was coming.  The tooth fairy told me to account for inflation she needed to get $5.  What a generous tooth fairy!!!!!!

Sarah's visit

Sarah, Sydney, and mom

Mary Alice, Sarah, Charles and Susan

It snowed while Sarah was here and the girls got out and played in it, while Corbin pushed them in the jeep.

Well we haven't seen Sarah since November and she came to visit about a month ago.  The girls love  it when she comes and so do I.  She is always so much fun and always a kid at heart even though she is almost 30 now.  We love her.

Kindergarten enrollment

So my friend Tori and I went to enroll the girls for kindergarten. I have been so excited to have Mary Frances in school and yet when we went I was sad that my oldest is so grown up.  She will start school in the Fall at Charles Haskell and be with her best friend Ellen.

Sydney was with us also and wanted to go to  school also, but she still has 2 years.