Go Beavers!

Well the game was unexciting, but Lauren seemed to enjoy it! I found her Beaver cheerleading outfit and decided to try it on. The sweater was a little big, hence the reason why her sleeves are rolled up. But the spanky pants fit snuggly and the outfit is a 6-9 month size! Our little Lauren is growing like a weed! Especially her Badonkadonk! Maybe the rest of her is just trying to catch up to those big feet.

Growing Girl

Lauren is accomplishing a lot these days....well "a lot" as far as a baby's perspective goes! Today she spun herself 2 leaf lengths on her tummy time mat, which is almost halfway. Lauren is taking less naps during the day and talking more. She wants to make sure that no one has forgotten her if we are out of her sight. If Lauren is "crying" she's only really upset if there are real tears, otherwise we know she's just trying to get our attention. She's also becoming more aware of her toys. She actually picked up the bee rattle that's on her tummy time mat and rattled it. She also sits in her boppy and tracks her new Animal Parade train go back and forth in front of her. Here is a pic of Lauren in her Bumbo with one of her cow rattle/teethers, she's really checking him out. She's been drooling a lot and wanting to put things in her mouth especially toys and her entire fist. I keep expecting her to be cutting teeth, even though it's still too early! We shouldn't expect that for at least another 3 months.

A Belated Holiday Greeting!

I typically do this every year, but I think the web site had been overwhelmed this year since I haven't been able to get on until now. Follow the link and enjoy our foolishness! It's only good for about 20 days.
http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/view/PIxhePC2uz4o/8k5nxfUATR4M0BXJ212BhfYy

Hope everyone is planning a safe and eventful New Year!

Merry Christmas!

Lauren celebrated her First Christmas today. She made out like a bandit with all members of the family. Lauren scored big with larger sizes of clothing, which she needed. She got a collectible "Bambi" snowglobe from Nana and Papa. She also got lots of toys that she will be able to play with as soon as she starts to sit up on her own. Within the last 3 days she's starting doing crunches, trying to pull herself up....so we are sure that she will be sitting up on her own soon. Here's a picture of her and her daddy with a gift from her Great Great Aunt Hazel and Great Great Uncle Harold. It's a baseball tee and bat that makes lots of cute sounds. Lauren already has her game face on! I'm sure mommy will be tired of the noises all of the toys make sooner than later. Lauren even helped with gifts for mommy and daddy. She managed to shop and bought us a cute picture frame that says "Mommy + Daddy = Me". She also bought a Montana earring and necklace gift set for mommy and a Coastal Farm gift card for daddy. Note to self: No credit cards for Lauren when she gets older!

Christmas photos with the Cousins

This year Nana made Lauren her very first Christmas dress. It is very pretty and matched Cousin Sydney's dress. Cousin Sam wore a sweater vest, which Uncle Jake doesn't approve of. It made for very cut photos though! I'm trying to figure out how many more times she can wear the dress before she outgrows it!



There's our little angel!



This photo is for everyone that says I only post happy photos. This is after about 40 pictures. Lauren had enough! She really is a happy baby 95% of the time!



Mommy was using her creative side for this picture. She's hoping to maybe be able to make a little extra money on the side!

Guitar Hero and Cousin Sam

Today we celebrated Christmas with the entire family on both sides at our house. It was nice to stay at home this year and we are thankful that we didn't have to travel. Uncle Jake broke out Guitar Hero and Sam really thought he was playing the game with Uncle Jake. Here's a short clip of Cousin Sam rocking out. You can see Lauren in the background sitting in her bumbo chair on the floor near Cousin Sydney. She was Cousin Sam's "groupie". At one point she gave him the thumbs down veto of his performance!

Lauren's talking

Ok, well maybe she's not actually saying any words....but this is her trying to talk! I thought it was cute and wanted to share the clip. I have a camera that shoots video, so now that I know how to work it, I'll try to get some longer videos. Normally, Lauren is shy to the video camera but maybe mommy is tricking her with a real camera!

This clip is during floor time while watching NFL football...one of Lauren's favorite pasttimes. However, daddy grounded her from television until she's one because our pediatrician told us that there have been studies linked to A.D.D. and T.V. at early ages. She doesn't need any help! Her legs and arms are constantly moving during floor time!

Tummy time Christmas toy

Nana and Papa bought Lauren a tummy time toy for Christmas, but Mommy picked it up and couldn't resist but to get it out and let her play with it. Her neck is getting stronger every day, allowing her to lift her head up even more than before. The large lady bug that suspends her in the air spins around on the bright colored mat. And she's realized that she can move herself around in a circle with her feet, which she demonstrated for grandma and grandpa yesterday. So she'll be a pro when nana and papa come visit her for Christmas this week!

Sleeping Cutie

I just couldn't resist taking a picture of Lauren sleeping this morning in her "Hooo's Sleeping" union suit. She was up at 5 a.m. to eat, poop and spit up all over daddy! Daddy said that the outfit I put her in after her blow-out is a spotted owl outfit and that's why she spit up all over it. So after daddy took a shower and cooked us breakfast, she went back to bed...in her crib in her own room! We decided to try to get her to nap in her crib and she seems to like it. Shorter naps, but she'll get use to it. So hopefully it won't be too bad to make the transition from bassinet to crib. The outfit was another cutie from Aunt Bethany and the beautiful quilt Lauren's napping on was made for her by one of my girls at the Pioneer Clinic, Della. It was her first rag quilt and it's absolutely gorgeous!

Lauren and Biscuit

Everyone keeps asking how Biscuit is getting along with Lauren and I realized I haven't posted many pics with Lauren and her doggy. Biscuit is doing great! She's sometimes a little overprotective, but we kind of expected that. She was very curious at first, lots of sniffing and would let us know when Lauren would be crying in her bassinet. She's very aware of Lauren's noises over the monitor. Biscuit also lets mommy know when Lauren has a dirty diaper....if I haven't already figured it out!

Their first meeting.

Biscuit wouldn't let her out of her sight at first.

Biscuit sleeping next to Lauren. If Lauren has managed her way into our bed at night, Biscuit sleeps at her feet now!

Making sure no visitors get to close to daddy and Lauren.

Biscuit making sure that the spit-up doesn't ruin the photo opt!

When daddy is gone, Biscuit sleeps with one eye open! Every little noise deserves a gruff growl or quiet bark. Biscuit still gets up with mommy and Lauren for the nightly feeding....but sometimes goes back to bed with daddy once she's surveyed the situation. During floor time, she tries to share her bone with Lauren. Lauren's hands, arms and legs are always moving during floor time and she'll sometimes grab a handful of hair which Biscuit never minds. While Lauren's nursing, she sometimes lays right next to us....which Lauren moves while she eats, kicking Biscuit, but she doesn't mind that either. When I leave with Lauren in the carseat, the first thing she does is check the carseat when we get home. She's going to be great with Lauren!