Well, a lot has been going on. Lauren did get her ears pierced. The lady that pierced her kept on saying "she is going to cry, are you sure you want to do this?" She asked me like 5 or 6 times which only made me more nervous. Finally she did it and Lauren cried for all of about 2 seconds before she was whisked away by her Papoo (grandfather). It was a lot more traumatizing to me than for her. She has really been trying to walk and talk more. She has been eating so many different foods. She has discovered that she likes Italian food a LOT, squash, corn, baked beans , chicken and anything else that you put in front of her. She has also learned how to use a fork pretty well. I have a picture of that below. This also means she wants to use it all the time and sometimes she just can't. She has now been sporting another tooth which brings our total up to 8 teeth. She is a real giggle box. She has the most devilish giggle. It sounds downright evil but so funny. My mom and step dad that lives next door decided to put up their pool and she is absolutely loving it. We bought her a crab that she sits in that has a sun shade and she just kicks her feet and giggles. She especially thinks its funny when her Mommy and Daddy goes under the water and gets her feet. I am so excited that she loves the water because we are a family of swimmers. It has been exhausting her to where she sleeps a little better. She is still thinking that she needs to get up 10 times a night and only take one nap during the day but we are trying different ways to get her where she is sleeping better. Thanks Jill for that advice. It will help a lot more when she gets moved into her own room. We are almost done with our master bedroom so then everyone will have their own room. Yeah!! I have learned that until she gets her own room and her stuff goes in there...there is no way I can keep house very well. I never had this much stuff with either of my boys. A swing, playpen, baby gates, jumper, and a walker, that seems like a lot of stuff in one living room. On to Lauren's first 4th of July....she liked the sparklers but she doesn't like the loud noises. We had a very low key 4th. We normally would have a huge fireworks display and a big dinner. This year we have two people with messed up ankles and feet and my husband had to have oral surgery and wasn't feeling so hot. Not to mention everyone was sick and had to work. My oldest son took off for a week to my step sisters house. She has a 15 year old too so I have had one less child all week. She is growing like a weed and has a cute little belly that I love to kiss and blow rasberries on. She is a wonderful baby and I couldn't have asked for a better daughter. She has learned how to kiss and give hugs so well and it just melts my heart every time. Even when she is trying to delay going to sleep by doing so. Well, I apologize to anyone that is still following this blog for the delay in pictures and updates.
