What Lauren loves!

I attended Lauen's schools' Valentine's party yesterday and found on the bulletin board on cute red hearts where they had asked each one of the kids "what they loved". As I reading, a lot of the little kids loved mommies and daddies and their friends. Not my little diva - oh no! Lauren loves " Dora, um, my ugg boots, um, my dora house and little barn rabbits". Yeah - she has also told everyone at school that she is going to be a big sister - FALSE!
They also said they got a kick out of her the other day when they asked her where her socks were. She told them very matter of factly "you don't wear socks with ugg boots". Like duh, don't you know the golden rule of ugg boots- NO SOCKS. They just laughed.

Disney vacation & cruise

Grandpa & Grandma Kemper took Lauren to Disney World on January 14th. This was Lauren's first plane ride and the first time being away from Mommy & Daddy for more than a weekend. We stayed at the Summerbay Resort which was 5 miles from Disney. After checking in we drove to Disney Town which has a lot of rides and shopping. That was when Lauren first saw Cinderella (statue) and thought she was the real thing. The next day we went to the Magic Kingdom and had a wonderful time. We let Lauren do what ever she wanted, since this was her vacation! The next day at Magic Kingdom was spent getting autographs from charachters that we missed the first day and riding the same fun rides. Upon leaving the park, Lauren had already fallen asleep in the stroller. No time for naps at Disney!

We left Orlando on the 17th and drove to the Jacksonville Airport to get on the cruise ship. We were taking a 4 night cruise to Freeport and Nassau. As Lauren and I were walking out of the bathroom at the airport (Grandpa was filming us which is unusual for him to be using the video camera) I looked up and saw Shana and Chad who were surprising us at the airport and going on the cruise with us. I was shocked! We all had a good time on and off the ship. Lauren and Grandpa loved playing in the sand and being in the ocean. The water was quite cold! I hope Lauren remembers this first big vacation by looking at pictures, video and talking about it.

Christmas 2007

I know I haven't been doing a very good job at this and considering Heidi has made more posts then me really seals the deal. I have been addicted to my myspace page - see Christmas photos there.

Lauren had a wonderful Christmas and helped everyone else open their gifts. Which was fine until it came to her 3yr old cousins who wanted to open their own presents. We celebrated Christmas at Chad's parents Saturday where Lauren got a new bike and digital camera from Mimi and Papa along with lots of other goodies. The digital camera was a hit until Lauren snapped a few shots of Daddy in the shower. Needless to say the camera is not allowed in the bathroom any longer. Maybe Daddy should learn to lock the door? We also have lots of close up pictures of Charile, I don't think he likes the camera either.

Sunday we had Christmas with my Dad's family. Lauren had a great time running around with Kennedy and playing with the Polar Express train that runs under their tree. They love to make the whistle sound and run it backwards around the track as fast as it will go. Lauren received several new "rooms" for the Dora House she got for her birthday along with Dora Horses and the Dora truck and horse trailer. Lauren loves to have Papa Mike read her stories because he always edits the words and makes them funnier. She thinks he is something else.

We shared Christmas eve between mine (my mom's side) and Chad's Grandparents house.
My mom, Lauren and I all got Ugg boots from Grandma, are feet won't get cold this year. Lauren also got a lot of horse riding gear - kiddo stir ups, a riding helmet as well as hot pink cowgirl boots. She is ready for spring to come so she can start riding Sweetie. Grandpa and Grandma are also sending Lauren on vacation - a 2 day stop at Disney then they cruise to the Bahamas. (wish I got a vacation for Christmas)

You ask, what more could a kid want? We haven't even made it to what Santa Clause brought...
Santa brought Lauren a big yellow dump truck as well as a dance bag full of leotards, ballet shoes and tights. Mommy and Daddy enrolled her in dance classes for Christmas and bought her some more use full things like p.j.'s, clothes and big kid silverware. One of her most favorite gifts came in her stocking from Santa - a checkbook and red gingham cover from PBK. She loves helping me write out bills so this way she can do too. She is very genourous when it comes to writing checks, more so then Mommy.

Now if I could just find the perfect spot to store all this mess...Maybe Lauren can ask for a house keeper next year :)

Our Big Girl

Lauren slept in her own bed last night thanks to a ghetto fabulous, silk purple comforter Grandpa got her. We have started a bed time routine thanks to the time change and our fingers are crossed it will work. Lauren may get a baby brother or sister after all!

Trick-or-Treat

Happy Halloween!

Lauren had a very busy Halloween that started with a party and parade at her school. All of Lauren's friends dressed up and paraded around the playground in their costumes. Lauren's best friend Serena was a mermaid while Lauren just had to be an elephant.

After her school party we dashed home in time for a pizza party with all her other friends. At dark we all went out trick-or-treating around our neighborhood. All the kids had a great time and got loads of candy. Most of Lauren's went to the shop on Monday, she never missed it!

Bon Fire

Grandma & Grandpa Kemper had a bon fire and weenie roast this weekend at their farm. Lots of people came out and enjoyed the beautiful afternoon. Lauren got an early birthday present from Mommy and Daddy this weekend, a bounce house. She loved jumping and sliding down the 2 slides it has. We can't wait to invite all of our friends over to play on it.

Party Time!

October is the month for birthday parties. Not 1, not 2 but 5 birthday parties plus a baby shower and 2 Halloween parties. We don't have much free time in October but that's OK. Lauren loves to play with her buddies.

We started our month of birthday parties actually the last weekend of September. Dee and Tim had a Fall Festival party for William's birthday. The kids had a blast running about in their huge back yard and jumping in the tiger bounce house. I think the grown ups liked it just at much.






We had the 1st weekend of October off so Chad and I celebrated our 4th Anniversary!






Next weekend Chad BBQ'd at the Brain Injury Association Competition. His ribs took 8th place and pork took 13th. They had a great time Friday night but Saturday was miserable. It rained the entire day. However, it was a beautiful day Sunday to celebrate Jordan's 3rd birthday at the park. The kids had a great time running around and eating pizza. So simple and fun. I should really make a note of that.






Round 2 - Friday night we hung out with Grandma and Grandpa Kemper. They hosted a cookout and hayride for a few of their auction friends. Lauren had a blast running around playing with Jacob who is just a few weeks younger than her. They had a great time on the hayride and Lauren even got to drive the big tractor. Saturday night we went to the Allen's to celebrate Liza's 2nd birthday and then on to Papa & Mimi McGlasson's to celebrate the Tigers win over Texas Tech.














Sunday we hung out with Foreman Jackson at this construction site birthday. Phil keep busy giving the kiddos rides on the bobcat while Nathan gave rides on a wagon hooked up the the riding mower. Lauren had a blast playing in the huge rock pile with dump trucks and loaders. Lauren was not to excited when I told her it was time to leave so she asked me if I could just pick her up at this house (Jackson's) tomorrow morning.