Lauren's first bath!

Doesn't have a clue what's coming:)

Hmmm...not sure how bad this is going to be:)

Figured out quickly that she wasn't liking her bird bath!

Well, she's shiny clean...and ready to be done!

Our sweet girls!

Looks like her big sister in this picture! We go back and forth between thinking Lauren looks like Anna:)

Sweet big sister loves giving Lauren kisses!

In deep thought as she sleeps!

Sweet little girls!

Last Family of 3 outing!

Since I was way behind on updating the blog, here are pictures from our last family outing as a family of 3. 2 days before Lauren arrived, we took Anna to the zoo and she had a BLAST! She loves the monkeys, they are definitely her favorite, but she liked all the animals and would say 'More monkeys, more zebras, more turtles, etc' depending on what we just looked at as we moved onto the next thing. We had SO much fun with her and it was a perfect thing to do before her baby sister arried!

Checking out the monkeys with daddy!

Showing us what the monkeys do:)

Checking out the jaguar!

Mommy, Daddy, look at that!

Lauren Ruth Briscoe Arrives!

Mommy with her sweet new daughter!

Mommy and her girls!

Proud Daddy!

Our sweet Lauren

Lauren Ruth Briscoe arrived at 9:06 am on March 26th. She weighed 7 lbs, 6 oz and was 20 inches long. This was a much easier delivery than her older sister:) We got to the hospital a little before 7 and signed some papers and then 3 nurses took about 15 minutes to get me all ready to go, so then John and I just sat and watched TV for over an hour, waiting to go off to surgery. I actually walked into the operating room where the anesthesiologist gave me a spinal tap and John came in with his space suit on and we were ready to rock and roll. Lauren was out within a few minutes...she was grunting when she breathed, so John went with her to the nursery so they could monitor her there for a bit while they put me back together...they said that with c-section babies, they have a harder time getting the fluid out when they come out because they don't go through the trauma of going through the birth canal. So, that was definitely a little scary for us, but by the time I got to the recovery room, John came in and reported that Lauren was doing great and they would be bringing her in shortly. She is perfect! We went back and forth about how much she looks like Anna. When she was first born, she looked exactly like her, but then seeing her again, we saw some definite differences. She doesn't have as much hair on the top of her head or the dark eyebrows like Anna did and her skin is a little lighter than Anna's and her nose is a little different. But some of the pictures do look just like Anna and a lot of her facial expressions and things she does with her hands remind us of her big sister! So fun!! Anna came to meet her little sister after her nap and she walked in wanting to see Lauren! It was too sweet! She kissed her and was very gentle with her. She was a little wary of Mommy in the hospital gown and bed, but warmed up pretty quickly. She is going to be the best big sister!!! Everytime she came to the hospital, the first thing she wanted to know was where Lauren was. She loves to give her kisses and is constantly keeping tabs on her and what she is doing. It is awesome! John and I feel incredibly blessed to have not just one, but two beautiful sweet healthy little girls. We are so lucky!!! And, we must give a special shout out to Cakes (Kitty's mom) who has been a HUGE help in taking care of all of us and helping Kitty while she recovers from her c-section in lifting and doing all the heavy work!!