8 Months Big!

Oh, gosh! Where does the time go? It just keeps going faster, too, it seems. Lauren turned 8 months old on Friday! She's at just around 21 pounds...down a little from 7 months, but she hasn't been feeling good. She has her bottom two front teeth. Thursday night she was sitting in a little chair facing me in the rocking chair and she put her hands on my knees and just stood up. Just like that! She looked at me, smiled and plunked back down!

News about our buddy, Brayton!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We are so excited to tell everyone that our little buddy, Brayton, gets to go home with his mommy and daddy on Tuesday, March 24!!!!!!!!!!!! His mommy and daddy are going to go to San Fran on Friday to visit and when they come home, Brayton will get to come with them!!!!!!! We are so excited!

Another Milestone

We installed Lauren's "Big Girl Seat" in my car for the ride to Grandpa and Grandma T's on Friday to see how it went. Besides looking so small in it, I think she enjoyed.

Where do the weeks go?

Things have been ultra busy around here that the weeks are zooming by! Lauren and I spotted a robin out her bedroom window Saturday morning. She's so excited that that means that spring is coming. She knows we are going to be outside more and more. We walked down to see our neighbor's horses on Friday night and she was very interested in them. Then she heard the train whistle blow and got that "OHHHHHHH" look on her face and was busy trying to find it!

She spend the night with Grandma and Grandpa Holm Saturday night so mommy could get a lot of her grad school work done. One chapter left to go! Graduation is May 17th!!! Only 1.5 class days left! I can't wait. She had fun at Grandma and Grandpa's.

Sleeping has been an adventure this week. We don't know if its the time change, the weather, teeth, tummy, ears, the temp in her room. We have decided that we are just a part of a big science experiment! Last night we got a 4 hour stretch w/ the ceiling fan on, so we think she may be too warm. She's always been a warm body!

Our next to last aquatot class was tonight. She thought she was a big girl tonight because she used her skills to blow bubbles. She thought was really funny until she gulped some water, but after a sec she didn't mind that so much either. At the end we were having play time and she stood up all by herself! We will be sad when class is over next week! One of the bonuses is that we get to spend some time with our friends Kelli and Kamryn!

We are going to Grammy and Grampy T's this weekend! We are excited because Cousin Cole has a dance recital Friday night and his Boy Scouts pinewood derby on Saturday. Then Mike and I are going to go out for supper and maybe a movie to celebrate our anniversary! Plus I don't have to go to work on Friday!

And I wonder why the weeks go so fast...

What a Week!

I feel horrible that I haven't posted for the week, but its been one of those fast and short weeks. Lauren and I were at Grammy and Grampy's from Friday until Tuesday helping Grampy heal from his surgery and making Grammy's life easier. Lauren had an upper respiratory infection and tonsilitis whilw we were there. When we got back, it was immediately back to the grind. Wednesday was Mike's birthday and our traditional pilgrimage to Denny's! Thursday was Survivor with my "Y" girls. Tonight we are taking a 1/2 hour bath and hoping going to bed peacefully so I can complete my assignments for class on Sunday (only three left!!!!!!!!) Before class on Sunday, however, my sister and some of her friends are coming down for Mardi Gras on the Western Iowa wine trail on Saturday! I am so excited!

Kissing Linda

Lauren sure misses her Great Aunt Linda while she is in San Fran for the winter. They were video chatting this morning and Lauren thought she needed to give Linda lots and lots of kisses!

We had a great day at grammy and grampy's. Grampy is getting around pretty good on his new hip. He has to sleep in the lounger because the bed isn't comfy yet. Tony and Tina brought over yummy enchilada's for supper. Of course, there were some cards played! Nyle, Tina and Amy beat Lou, Ruth and Tony in a down to the wire squeaker!

7 Months Old!

Here's a pic of the big girl today on her 7 month birthday! She weighed in at 22lbs. 5 oz. and measured 26.5 inches. We are going to have to switch to her convertible car seat next week! She is pulling up to stand if you hold her hand, has perfected the front to back roll - finally, and can feed herself a whole bottle without making too big of mess. Kathy (daycare goddess) says crawling is close on the horizon!