cora grace.

on monday, april 25 at 9:10 am we welcomed cora grace into our family. 

here's her birthday story:

my due date was april 19. i was really hoping the baby would come before that because i was really uncomfortable. my doctor even thought "you'll never make it to your due date." in my mind i need i would be close to the 19th since parker and madalyn were right at their due date. i had been walking the neighborhood, eating pineapple, doing everything in my power to get the show started...and nothing. sunday, april 24, was a lazy day for us. the kids had colds and i woke up with one too. we relaxed and stayed home from church. sunday evening as brandon and i relaxed and watched some parenthood i had a few, probably 6 contractions over 3ish hours. they then went away and we went to bed. i woke up monday morning a few minutes before parker came into our room to announce "the sun is out, its morning you guys!" i had had a contraction. i then had another one about 10 minutes afterwards. i started to time them and told brandon. he got parker his banana and a show going and hoped in the shower. i texted garth and mary saying that we would check in around 8:30 but hopefully we would be heading to the hospital that morning! within the next few minutes i had another contraction...like 5 mins after. and then another at 5 minutes. i was a bit worried because they were pretty strong and i knew labor would go pretty fast. i called mary and said she needed to come right away. brandon quickly got ready. by the time mary come around 8:15 the contractions were about 4 mins apart. i finally got out of bed so we could go and my water broke. this sent both brandon  and i into a bit of a panic. we quickly said goodbye to the kids and got into the car. thankfully we are super close to the hospital. we got to the hospital and my contractions were 1-2 minutes apart. by 8:45 we were at the hospital and  headed into a labor and delivery room. my doctor arrived and within minutes i had cora at 9:10. we weren't even checked into the hospital yet! it was a crazy morning and one i'll never forget. we are so thankful for the blessing of another healthy beautiful baby!

cora grace deur weighed in at 8lbs 7ounces and 20" long. she was born with a full head of dark brown/black hair, chubby cheeks, and a serious face. we can't imagine life without her ;)

first photo!

meeting big brother and sister!!

"my baby cora grace"