Yes, I occasionally count up how many weeks Lauren is... ha...
We had lunch with Ganny, Granddaddy, Pops and Heath at The Colonial--one of Lauren's favorite places to eat. She likes the carrots the most but will eat small bits of chicken, butter beans, bread, sweet potato and cream corn. She loves it!
On this particular day, she decided to feel her hair during lunch...her head was greasy the rest of the day!
We then went to Granddaddy's house for an afternoon of playing...
practicing standing...
watching cartoons (she only gets to watch cartoons at his and Gigi's houses; I still haven't figured out an easy way for her to watch the Baby Eintein DVD's at our house since the TV is so high...)
looking at the rose bushes...
and of course, riding the golf cart. On this particular visit, we were standing in the driveway when she looked over at the golf cart, pointed, grunted and starting kicking her legs up and down while looking back and forth at Granddaddy! I was shocked!! She was literally trying to tell him to take her on a ride...NOW please! She is growing by leaps and bounds and surprises us frequently with new skills.
Visiting with Mrs. Wilhelmina
We then went to Bonifay to Thomas Jay's 13th birthday party! Aunt Kay cut his hair...
while everyone looked on. I would have thought she would have been nervous, but she said that she wasn't. She did a really good job. Aunt Louise and Uncle Ray were in town from Indiana and it was so nice to visit and see them.
With Mallory and Uncle Bill
Playing outside with Aunt Tami
It was a beautiful, cool afternoon.
Do you think she sees the moon and wants to tell us how pretty it is? I don't think so, but I'll say "Yes, of course she is!"
On Wednesday, I arranged for a few hours by myself...so I got Nanny Taryn to come visit with Lauren and I headed to Santa Rosa Beach and Seaside. As I sat at The Pizza Bar enjoying my bruschetta and foccia bread in a plush, soft couch in 80 degree weather with a cool sea breeze at my back, I wondered to myself..."why would I ever want to go back to work?" Then I made myself stop this internal conversation and looked behind me at the Gulf's view and took a deep breath... :-)
On 4/28/10 there was a big event to occur at our house...Lauren officially brushed her teeth with toothpaste (not just as a teether) with the help of her Daddy. Big Day...Big, Big Day.
She didn't seem to mind it and was proud of her TWO shiny white teeth. She has a 3rd tooth almost ready to break through on the bottom right. We'll wait on pins and needles to see it in all it's beauty poke through any day now!
On Thursday, Ethan and Lucas came to spent part of the day with us two girls while Aunt Stacie went on a field trip with Austin's 3rd grade class. Lauren loved playing with the boys. Definitely funner than looking at me all day. :-)
We took a stroll down to the airport to watch the planes take off and land. Lucas was in one stroller and Lauren in the other. Ethan made the long walk like a big boy. We had a great time both boys.
We'll see you when we return from our Orlando trip!
