Happy Girl

I put pigtails in Lauren's hair this week. Oh My Gosh! She a cutie pie. Lauren will be turning 1 after Christmas and this picture of her really make her look like a little girl.

Lauren is 11 months old

Lauren celebrated turning 11 months old this past Saturday. It is so bitter sweet. I am so happy to celebrate these milestones with her and yet feel like my time with her as a baby is rushing by so fast. She is as cute as a button and brings a smile to everyone she meets. I attempted to clean out the linen closet (yes, attempted...not accomplished). I found this robe my boys used to wear. I had Lauren give it a test drive for old time sake. She was so cute I had to take her picture.
Lauren and Mommy

I tried to do a little photo shoot with Lauren this weekend. I had her wear some fun holiday dresses. Here are some of the cute pics.

She is just so sweet!

Some fun facts about Lauren at 11 months:

*She crawls VERY fast.

*She is easy going, smart and fun.

*She loves to eat real food. She likes chicken, potatoes, pasta, meatballs, cereal, pancakes, yogurt, broccoli, peas, carrots, cucumbers, grapes, strawberries, blueberries. Well, actually, I haven't found anything she doesn't like to eat.

*She loves her bath. She crawls straight to the tub when we say tubby
.*She has 8 teeth

* She loves her brothers

* She squeals with delight when her brother get in the car at school pickup

*She gives great hugs and gently pats Mommy's back and arm. So sweet.

*She loves our 2 cats and yells "keeeeeeee" whenever she sees them.

*She sleeps through the night

*She is not a fan of formula but does like apple juice and water
*She has turned getting dressed into an aerobic work out for Mom.

*She stands and can bend done and pick things up with out holding on

*She took 1 step toward daddy.

* She babbles all the time

* She loves to play and loves to be around kids

* She knows the sign for all done

* She says numi-num when she is hungry

* Phil has nicknamed her "the vacuum cleaner" because she puts anything that she finds on the floor in her mouth. Anything!

Lauren is such an amazing addition to our family. We are so happy that she is home with us.

We love you Lauren!

Ginger bread Houses

Today we built and decorated gingerbread houses. The boys love to decorate them. It is a VERY messy project in our house. Lauren hung out at the table and had some graham crackers while we worked on the houses. We ended up building her a little house our of graham crackers and Matt decorated it for her. The works of art are (from left to right) Josh, Jake, Matt and Lauren



Matt concentrating very hard on roof design.

Matt, Phil and Jake decorating.

All my boys :)
Lauren hanging out at the table with us.