Party Time

Can you find the birthday girl?


I had a great birthday party this year that was super fun. I co-hosted with my good buddy Cole, because we share alot of pals and our birthdays are just a few days apart. I had a blast at Pump It Up, running like crazy for two hours and then enjoyed pizza and birthday cake. Unlike last year, I enjoyed EVERY SECOND of my happy birthday song, as evidenced by the video below!

me with aunt mags and grandpa bill

me with friends kenzie and sidney

good buddies ashlynn and sidney

papa, nana, luke and me

the coolest parents ever!

me and anna banana

kubik girls

buddies

a break in the action for a photo

FOUR

Well Lauren, since its your special day I'll give you a break from blogging and take care of this post myself. After everyone telling us that you look like you are four all year long, finally you are four years old! Sometime last summer you became very interested in when your next birthday would be, and for the past 6 months you've been borderline obsessed with when it would be your turn to have a birthday...well girl, you got your wish!

At four years old, you are highly engaging and energetic...SO loving and caring, with a very strong independent streak. Strong willed you are... passionate...opinionated... but you are at heart a people pleaser and you are SO helpful around the house and with your brother especially. You LOVE to have fun and be silly...wrestling with daddy, dance parties and crazy songs abound. You love to be included in anything...if we ask you to help with chores, or cooking, you're response is always a cheery "sure!" You have a tender heart and you usually apologize after your bouts with sassiness. And sassy you are! The past 6 months we've begun to see your little 'tude shine through, whether it be eye rolling or crossing your arms and huffing away. You've even told me a few times "Mommy, you're not NICE to me! I'm never going to marry you EVER AGAIN!" Ohhh me and daddy will have a long road ahead of us in the teenage years, won't we?!

You have so many friends and love to be around other kids. You often take on the role of the leader but if there are older girls around, you will submit to ANYTHING they want you to do! You have a great circle of friends and you give most of them your own special pet names, which is cute. You have even been known to schedule playdates with other kids without even telling mom! Yikes!

You are a sweet sweet child. You already love God (which is our greatest dream for you) and are so sweet in your nightly prayers...always thanking God for your mommy and daddy and brother..and then various combinations of grandparents, aunts, uncles and friends. We love to see your caring side shine through!

If there's one thing about you we can always count on, you ALWAYS provide us "Lauren stories" to share with family and friends of all the insanely mature things that come out of your mouth. Your verbal skills have always been strong, but this year especially you come out with some "zingers"! Daddy and I must be extra careful what we say in your presence (even if we don't think you're listening), because it almost always gets repeated!

We can't wait to see how you will grow and change in your fourth year. You are the absolute JOY of our lives, Lauren. We couldn't love you any more than we do... Praise be to God for blessing us with precious, sweet, loving, rambunctious YOU. We will never stop thanking Him!

Love,
momma and daddy

Darling Boy

5 Months

Luke, you are 5 months old now! Time has flown by so quickly since you were born! The biggest news at 5 months old is that on your exact birthday you broke your first tooth! I broke my first tooth at almost 8 months old, so you beat me by a mile! I'm so proud of you, brother :) You have a very happy disposition and you are quite a strong little guy...you love to stand up on momma's lap and you are starting to roll both ways (you went tummy to back first). You usually sleep about 6:30pm to 4 or 5 am, then you are up for a quick snack and then back to bed. You like to coo and yelp out to hear your own voice. You also love to "eat" our faces...big big open mouth kisses! You ADORE me and momma and daddy...you light up every time you see us! Happy birthday Luker!

Fashionista

I change outfits probably 5 times a day. I get myself dressed in the morning, change mid-morning, after naptime, and before dinner. Mom is getting really sick of doing the laundry that results from my shenanigans and having a baby in the house, so my new rule is that I can only switch out one item of clothing per day. I keep trying to negotiate this rule but mom is sticking to it. Here I am before school the other day...I'm just a little fashion plate!

Candy Striped

Nana got me and Luke matching pajamas for Christmas...mom got a couple cute shots of us in them.

Sick

Sorry its been awhile since my last post. Everyone in our house has been so sick! I started it off with a fever for 48 hours...then momma got the stomach flu...then she gave it to daddy...then Luke got really sick with broncholitis and an ear infection last week. He hasn't been sleeping much due to his discomfort, so therefore neither has mommy...and so then SHE got sick again. Yuck!

I promise I'll update more once we are feeling a bit better. Everytime I ask mommy if I can sit on her computer and blog, she says she doesn't feel well enough to help me. Hopefully in a few days she'll let me get back on here. But don't worry..you're not missing much. My life lately has consisted of a LOT of down time at home. Momma hasn't really let us leave the house in a long while.

xoxo