Happy Mother's Day!

I had a wonderful Mother's Day!  Lauren and I slept in until 8:45!  It felt great!  My friend Susan and Grace came over for dinner.  Mark was wonderful!  He got up extra early to smoke ribs for us!  He did the entire dinner for Susan and I!  He did a great job!  We had snacks and just enjoyed the day!  The weather was perfect to sit on the deck and enjoy the day together with a few glasses of wine.  Emma and Grace played all day in the back yard and woods!  Lauren was a dream although she seems to be on this eat and sleep routine!  Once she eats she wants to sleep... once she wakes she wants to eat... then sleep.  She must be going through a growth spurt!  Here is the best picture we got for the day!  They I think it is real to life!  Thanks to Mark and Susan under pressure! 

Here is the three girls together!

And of course my best big girl.  She is so beautiful!!!!

I hope all of you had a wonderful Mother's Day like it did!  Thanks Mark for giving Susan and I a wonderful day!  You are the best!

Home coming and a few days after

Wow.  I am amazed at how much time in my day I have lost!  But, I wouldn't have it any other way!  We are so blessed to have these two girls.  God has answered our prayers and his work is perfect.  I still can't believe she is here and is doing fantastic.  It is amazing!  To tell you the truth...  All I want to do is sit and play with Lauren all day!  Of course I enjoy nap time as it is the only time I have to get anything done, but I just love floor time with my baby girl.  I have loads of pictures to upload from our arrival home and the day or two following.  Some of the pics aren't the best but you will get the idea! And if you know me you know that I have to have the "first's" photos, so there are a lot!  Feel free to skip over them!

Finally home!

A hug from Mom!

Grandpa's missing... he's taking the picture

Just happy to be home!

Grandpa meets Lauren

Grandma meets Lauren

Lauren in her room for the first time!

Getting ready for bed

Love this one!

Still sleeping at 11am!

First morning waking in her new room ( I woke her up)

Laruen meets Abby!  It is a love affair now!

Emma the morning after!  (I woke her too, but this is what she did anyway)

Lauren's favorite place, the highchair



Me and my two girls, this picture really captures my emotions, thanks mom!


More to come soon!



She turned 1!

She HATED her birthday hat!  She cried during most of the presents and wasn't sure about the cake.... BUT she had a small party with family and we couldn't have been happier to share her first birthday with her!  Many photo ops weren't taken... oh well we have the memory of it and that is real life with a 1 year old. 

I have a quiet week planned to try and get myself together.  We have a blood work appointment tomorrow so I am gearing up for that task as I am sure it won't go well!  She had a nasty reaction to one of her immunizations and broke out in a really bad rash and fever on Friday but all is good now and we were very happy that the TB test was negative.  Lauren is doing very well!  She is 29 inches long and weighs 18 pound 14 ounces.  She is sleeping 12 hours at night and takes 2 naps during the day!  She eats just about anything you give her and the switch to whole milk has gone off without a hitch!  She is the happiest little girl!  She cracks herself up and us too.  Life is going great!  Now I just have to get myself on a schedule and life will be blissful for me.