Happy Easter

Sorry these are late. Here are the girls checking out their Easter baskets!!!

Pics of the Week

Sorry for the quality of the pics. With us moving, I just found the cameras and all were dead so I am in the process of recharging.

Lauren has begun to pull herself up with a little help. Yesterday when I went to get her up from her afternoon nap she grabbed my hands and pulled herself up to stand in her crib. She's getting so big.

She has begun to play in the bathtub. It's so cute. Gabbie, I think, has enjoyed it the most though because she's finally starting to play back with Gabbie.

The other day when trying to get paperwork done for our move, we were in an office that had cookies on the receptionist's desk. Lauren kept trying to reach for them and Robbie and I kept trying to get her to stop. The lady said "Here she can have one!" Of course, against my better judgement I gave it to her only because I needed to finish filling out the paperwork and it was the only thing that would keep her quiet! She sucked down the WHOLE THING!!! So on my way home from base, I stopped and got some bitter biscuits and this is Lauren trying her first one! She loved them until both sides were wet, then she became the girly girl that her mommy loves and wouldn't take anymore because it was too messy. Forget the rest of the mess that she had already made!! She's so silly!!!

Updates

I know I know...it's been a while. I'll be surprised if anyone still reads this thing.

A lot has changed though. We finally closed on our house at the end of February. I think it was harder on me than on Robbie. I had to drag him into the lawyers office when we bought the house but he was the first one out of the car at closing and was joking with all the staff. I guess the thought of the extra $$$ we were going to make made it a little easier to part with. I was sad because it was our first plus the house we brought Lauren home too. Oh well... Things change :)

We moved into a rental house. It's a cute house but a LOT smaller than our old house. I guess that's a good thing since I seriously need to slim down the fat on our house before we move to Japan. We started doing all of the military paperwork to get everything locked on as we move to Okinawa. It's a crazy process and so confusing. I am at the point where I am just ready to get there.

I finally quit work. I am now an offical stay at home mom. I am loving it and I know Lauren is too. She has been such a joy to be at home with and is such a happier baby. Although I think she is finally getting some teeth. She's had a little fever, been drooling, and putting things in her mouth constantly for the past couple of days. I'll keep you updated.
Here are some pictures of what we've been up to the past month. I promise to be better about updating now that we are a little settled.


These first pictures are from Gabbie's 8th Birthday Party. She had a fashion runway party, where all the girls dressed up in different outfits and came down the runway, at her mom's house and then all the girls came back to our house for a sleepover. I was so exhausted after the runway party that I don't think I have any pictures from the sleepover. Isn't that sad?

Outfit #1

Outfit #2

Outfit #3

Gabbie said Lauren needed a chance to come down the runway too.

The Birthday Cake

Lauren showing off her walking talent

Lauren helping us move

One of her favorite things to do is play on her blanket with all her toys

Happy Valentine's Day

An Update of Pictures

My dad came down and we celebrated his and Gabbie's birthday!

Licking the candles!!

Sitting up by herself!!! We are so proud!

Lauren doesn't like to be on her stomach, but take her by the hands and let her walk...she's a happy camper!!! I think we might have a walker soon!

Changes

I know that it has been a while since I posted. So many things have been going on that finding time to sit down in front of the computer has been hard. I haven’t even been good on checking my email. First things, we have started Lauren on baby food. The doctor had told us to try to wait until 6 months but she has been incredibly fussy and we have noticed a HUGE changed with the baby food - so has our sitter and for that I am grateful b/c I thought she was going to quit. Lauren turned 5 months old last Thursday. It’s so hard for me to believe that she is 5 months old. She’s babbling and trying to sit up and crawl. She’s just a growing. She loves her jumperoo’s that she got for Christmas. Yes it is plural. One is for our house and one is for the sitters. I guess really since we are giving our sitter that jumperoo as a present for her baby that it really isn’t Lauren’s but she loves it anyways.

Next thing, our orders changed. Not surprising. We are still going to Okinawa but now we aren’t leaving till end of May June timeframe. This is actually a blessing b/c it gives us more time to get ourselves together. However, we had already put our house on the market and lo and behold on this past Sunday we got a contract on our house and have to be out by the end of February. So now we are soon to be homeless and have to find somewhere to live for 2 ½ months. I know that we’ll figure out something though. I’m just glad that someone wants our house. Hopefully, all of that will go quickly and smoothly.

So other than all of that, we have just been hanging out and preparing for our move. Gabbie’s birthday is next month. I can’t believe that she will be 8. She wants a bratz fashion show/sleepover birthday party. The fashion show is at her mom’s and the sleepover is at our house…go figure!!! I’ll have to let you know how that’s going to go!!!

I promise Kathleen to post pictures of everyone as soon as I can get the camera’s downloaded - which will probably be this weekend since I accidently took my mom's camera at Christmas and have been using it ever since. Since she is coming this weekend...they will definitely be downloaded!

Merry Christmas

Some Pictures

Here are some pictures of what we have been up to the past couple of weeks. We have been busy trying to prepare for Christmas!! Hope all is well!

Lauren cooking with Daddy

Gabbie dancing at the mall

Gabbie and her best friend Maya

Lauren eating her feet

Lauren eating her feet again

A Boat & Truck For Sale

If anyone is interested or knows someone who might be, our truck and boat are for sale on craigslist. You can see the boat at: http://raleigh.craigslist.org/boa/509718196.html and the truck at: http://raleigh.craigslist.org/car/509721836.html. I promise to post some pictures of the girls soon. Lauren rolled over this week so that was exciting. We have some video of it that I will download so you can see. Have a good Friday! :)

4 Month Appointment

We took Lauren today for her 4 month appointment. They couldn't give her the shots because of the steriods that she was on so we will have to go back in a couple of weeks to have the shots. Her stats are:

• Weight - 12 lbs 12 oz - 30%
• Height - 24 3/4 in. - 30%
• Head - 42 cm - 75%

Our kid has a big head. Our doctor took her off all of the meds and said she sounds perfectly clear. Thank you for all of the prayers and everything!! Now we just need to pray that our babysitter starts to feel better because I am back without childcare for Lauren until then. Anyone want to help until the sitter is back in commission??? :)