Reading is fun!

Aunt Tammy got Lauren the "Little Girls Bible" for her baptism, so we were reading it to her the other night. She loved it and didn't want us to stop...so we both got the chance to read it to her!

Running Around

Do you ever have days where you feel like you are just running in circles?

Well, Lauren decided she would just do it! This morning we were just sitting around and Lauren just started running in circles through the living room and kitchen, so I got out the camera! Where do little kids come up with the energy? She did this at least 5 times before I got it on film. :-)

I LOVE YOU!

Lauren has recently started giving us hugs and making that "awh" noise when she squeezes us but on top of that she is now saying the sweetest thing in the world! I LOVE YOU! And she says it with such enthusiasm I just love it! I have more video of her saying it in the bathtub with more enthusiasm than here, however she is pretty exposed, so I'll save her the embarrassment for later in life.

We love you too baby girl! Thanks for making our lives so special!

-Mom and Dad

Pony Tail!

Ok, so we still don't have enough hair to do piggy tails...but there is enough hair to put the top in a pony tail...that is until Lauren realized it was there!

What's this?

Ha...got it mom!

How do I get it back up there?

Thanks for the shirt Nona Donna and Poppa Louie!

Lauren's Boots

Thanks for the boots Aunt Kristen and Uncle Brian!

It's Cracker time!

Look at me go!


For Christmas Kraig and I decided to get one big gift together instead of separate gifts. Our gift was a Nikon D60 camera. I'm so happy with it! It allows me to get great photos like this sweet photo of my baby girl! Thanks babe...for the camera...AND for Lauren! :-)

www.GoodSearch.com

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I'm chosing the Susan G. Komen for the Cure - Ozark Affiliate (Fayetteville, AR) because my Aunt is currently battling Breast Cancer and she lives in Springdale. I think it's a great way to raise money and help by just changing your search engine. :-) I wanted to post it in case some of you wanted to do the same. It's so easy! Just go to http://www.goodsearch.com/ and your off!

:-)

Happy Birthday Chad, Jen and Colby!

This weekend was a birthday celebration filled weekend! Friday night was Chad Lawrence's birthday dinner, Saturday night was Jennifer Judkins birthday dinner and Sunday afternoon was Colby Pianalto's 1st birthday celebration. My camera battery was dead so I'm sorry to say I didn't get any photos...but Jason and Lindsey were at Colby's birthday party, so I'm stealing some of their photos to put on our blog. Thanks Lindsey! Enjoy!

Miss Brooklyn Fields

Lauren and Stella playing in Colby's firetruck.

Colby eating his cake.

Stella, Me and Lauren

The big birthday celebration!

Date with Hayden

Chad and Hayden came over last night for a visit. The kids really have not got together that much, so they had fun and did really well together. Lauren was playing with Hayden's cars and Hayden was very nice and let her! The kids are really growing up fast! They are 3 weeks apart and Hayden is bigger than Lauren by about 1.5 pounds...and Lauren is older. Hehe It was funny because I fixed the kids chicken tenders and blueberry muffins and Chad said "oh, I already fed Hayden"...the next thing we knew Hayden was going from person to person taking bites. :-) Chad said he is a garbage disposal and he will eat anything! I guess boys are different...I pretty much have to make Lauren eat! Thanks for coming over Chad...we enjoyed it!

Shrek!

Lately, Lauren wants to watch Shrek 24/7 which creates a problem because we normally only let her watch movies while we are in the car. So recently she starts crying when I turn down our street because she knows it's time to get out of the car. So we brought Shrek in the house the other day and Lauren loves it! She just wanted to sit in her chair and watch the movie.

Where's Lauren?

Lauren's new thing is to find places to hide. She thought our kitchen cabinet was the perfect place! Now I'll open it and find her dolls inside of it...oh the things kids to to amuze themselves.

:-)