It was fun to Grandma Esplin come and stay with us for a couple of weeks. She is so good at tending babies. We will miss her.
Tessa is now two weeks old, and even though in this picture she looks cranky, she is actually a great little baby. But believe me it was very hard to even attempt to get a picture with her two siblings, Anna and Cole.
Tessa is one week old and the light of our lives. She has already been to three soccer games, one neighborhood party, and been the cause of many wonderful visitors to our home. Our family is so grateful for the generosity and kindness of many friends and neighbors.
Baby Tessa was born on September 04, 2009 at 2:58 pm. We feel very blessed. The good Lord blessed us with this young lady who is very beautiful and could not have come at a better time. Lori is doing VERY well and Baby Tessa is doing great as well. 
The kids are in some Hamilton Southeastern Sports Soccer leagues and have been really enjoying it. We wondered how Anna would do, but after her fourth time out she is really shinning star out there......everyone asks us how long she has been playing and when we said this was only her fourth time on the field, they all think we are lying to them. Cole is also doing well in his own right, he is only four yet finds just being out there is all the fun. The competetive juices have not quite hit him like they have with Anna. I figure patience is a virtue.
We enjoyed eating our way through the Indiana State Fair. Lori's favorite: salt water taffy, Corbin's: corn dogs, Cole's: corn dogs, Anna's snow cones. No one was brave enough to try to chocolate covered bacon. It was the strangest food we saw this year (even above the deep fried Pepsi). It was fun to spend the day at the fair before Anna and Cole head back to school.
