19 Month Photos

The quality of these is not that great on the blog because my scanner was not that great. But I was very pleased with how they turned out! :-)

Lauren loves snow days!

Since we don't have power, we have been staying at the Beck Hotel. :-) Ryan and Lisa don't have power so they are staying at the Pledger Hotel...so last night we all had a little dinner party. Lauren is loving it! She can run around and do what ever she wants (that will all change when we get back home trust me!). Hehe

Lauren's favorite things...

Her DU chair

And her Dora ball thing...(sorry I just don't know the actual name for it)...I think ball thing will work don't you?

This is the face she makes after putting the balls in the top and watching them roll around and come out at the bottom. She is so excited!

Uncle Brian and Aunt Kristen helping her play.

I wish I would have gotten a photo of this without the flash. Uncle Ryan and Lauren were playing with headlights. So Uncle Ryan took Lauren in Nana and Papaw's room where it was totally dark and the only light was coming from their head lights. Lauren was loving it! She was just following Uncle Ryan every where he went.

Twins...

Aunt Kristen and Uncle Ryan were letting Lauren listen to an Ipod with headphones. Lauren was having a blast with it! Doesn't she look so cute!

At first Uncle Ryan was having to follow her around and hold the Ipod, but when they got to the steps she got to hold it. :-)

Here she is listening to Michael Buble...I guess she likes him! Looks like she is meditating to his music! Her other favorite...Maxwell...in the photo below.

Snow/Ice Day

So the snow/ice hit Springdale hard this week. We have not had power since Tuesday at 10 a.m. and it's now Thursday at 1 p.m.! Thank goodness Kraig's Mom has had power so we have been staying warm at her house the last few days. Below are some photos of the ice storm. Enjoy!

This is part of the tree damage outside the Beck home.

My attempt at professional photography. Look how thick the ice is!

This is what Pump Station road looked like after they cleared the road. We left our house Tuesday at noon to go to Russ and Sue's house and sometime between then and Tuesday night this road was covered with down trees! If we had not left our house when we did we would have been stuck at home without power, cable, Internet, etc because the other way to get out of our neighborhood was blocked by a down power line! Kraig and I were shocked they had this road cleared by Wednesday, because when we tried to drive on it Tuesday night it looked like a war zone! Trees were covering the street! It was bad! These photos were taken Wednesday after they had cleared the street. Thanks to all who work on the power lines, clear trees, etc during weather like this! It is cold and I sure don't want to be out in it!

If we could have got to our house Tuesday night I would have taken photos of all the trees down, but honestly when we left Tuesday at noon, we didn't think it would be this bad so I didn't really prepare well. I got all of Lauren's stuff...but didn't get anything for me or Kraig. :-)

We are still without power, but at least we have a warm place to stay! The Beck Hotel has treated us very well! Thanks!!!!!

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! :-)

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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!