Girls Afternoon

Yesterday Lauren and I went to the Promenade Mall after her nap. She wanted to wear her pink 'princess' dress so I let her. :-) We went by Starbucks and she got a lemonade, then we went to Ann Taylor Loft, Sephora and then it was off to pet the PF Changs horse. She did so good and got glitter spray from the Sephora associate...she was loving it! I loved spending time with her just us girls! I can see pedicure appointments in our future! :-) I love you baby girl!

We Got Married...Again!

Friday night Kraig and I were remarried in the church. One of the seven sacraments of the Catholic faith is marriage and since Kraig and I were married in Vegas (not by Elvis and yes it was planned...not a drunk fest 'hey lets get married' situation) and not in the Catholic church we had our marriage blessed Friday night before Colton's baptism.

Our wedding party and Colton's God Parents

Lauren didn't like what was going on so Aunt Tammy held her for a bit before Papaw Beck took her to the back. :-)

The exchanging of the rings

I love you babe! I'm happy to say that after 7 years of marriage you are still my best friend and I'm so glad that even though I was "not looking for a serious relationship" when we met (13 years ago) you hung around and proved me wrong. :-)

Funny Lauren Story 3 years old

This is what happened this morning…

Lauren wanted to wear her tutu this morning…I told her she could wear it in the car but once we got to school she had to take it off. So we get to school and she of course didn’t want to take it off. She started crying so I made her take it off and said she could put it in the car. She just stood there so I put it in the car. She started crying again saying she wanted to put it in the car. So I opened the door, handed her the tutu and told her to put it in the car. She just stood there holding it and said “I just want to cry!” and I said WHAT? holding back laughs…and she said it again “I just want to cry” and I thought “OH here we go!...Drama queen in the making!” LOL!

Colton Eating Puffs - 8.5 months old

Rodeo of the Ozarks 2010

Colton and my dad

Kraig and Lauren sharing fries

Colton and my mom

Lauren and Chelsea

Lauren's face when she saw the horses :-)

Our family

Lauren running like a horse

Lauren being a horse (her idea btw)

Colton is 8 months old!

My baby is growing up too fast! He is already 8 months old! So what types of things is he doing now you ask???

• Sitting up
• Rolling everywhere
• Pushing up with his hands and rocking back on his legs/feet
• Putting EVERYTHING in his mouth
• Teething but still no teeth
• Starting to drink water from a sippy cup (mainly playing with it)
• Eating 3-4 tubs of baby food a day
• Slowing down on the amount of nursing you want to do (I don't mind it because you are also biting me!...not cool Colton...not cool...but I still love you!)
• Starting to sleep more at night (you slept until 3:30 Thursday night, 4:40 Friday night and then 6 am Saturday night of this past weekend!)
• You talk all the time...first word was DaDa (of course...I just birthed you...but hey give your daddy the ego boost! LOL)
• Disclaimer...you are probably not crawling yet because of me. I've been afraid to put you down on the floor much with your sister 'dancing' around all the time I was afraid you would either fall and hurt yourself or she would hurt you with one of her toys or dances, etc. So don't worry about that yet little man...you will do it soon. I'm enjoying my 'baby' time with you. :-)

We love you!

Lauren's 3 year check up

I took Lauren to the Dr last week for her 3 year check up and she is in the 75th percentile for her height and 75th percentile for her weight.

Stats:

Height = 38.27 inches

Weight = 32.02 lbs

I can't believe that she is already 3 years old! She acts like a teenager with the way she acts and talks but she will always be our baby girl! Her new thing lately is to act out things that happened to her. She will say "mom, I bumped my hand like this!" and then act it out. She will also let me know when she wants me to give her "special" attention like when she acts hurt and comes up to me and I don't say what she wants...she will say "mommy say Awh!" so I of course oblige her. :-) She is still all about princess things and loves wearing lip gloss, dresses and girlie shoes!

In the lobby

Getting her weight checked

Height check

Reading a book while she waits on Dr Furlow.

And Colton sitting in his car seat drinking a bottle!

Lauren's Stats at 3 years and 3 weeks

Weight - 32#
Height - 38"
Head - no head measurements at 3 years

Sibling Love

Is this not the sweetest!

Don't go sissy!

This is what I'm blessed with each and every day! I love them so much!!!!

Happy Father's Day!

Babe I know I don't say it often enough (especially with our schedules lately) but you are truly the best husband and father a wife could ask for! I love seeing you with our kids as it makes my heart melt. Lauren and Colton are SO lucky that God picked YOU to be their father! Thanks for all the amazing things you do for us! We love you and Happy Father's Day 2010!

Lolo

Colty