Lauren is/was 10 Months old, and other stuff

Well, Lauren's 10 month birthday came and went, and I was too busy to post any pics on the blog. So here we go:



Lauren now has 2 teeth. It is so cute. She has a great time at Ms. Kelly's house everyday playing with Lila and Sabrina. But she still kicks her legs and starts giggling when I walk in the door. Sometimes I get a "kiss" which consists of an open mouth on my face. She is also fascinated with my mouth, teeth and tongue and loves to try to grab my tongue. She is almost walking. She likes to cruise around the house on her walker:



Here she is reading with Grandpa on Father's Day:


Freddy had surgery to remove a tumor off of the base of his ear (benign, yay!). Nothing is sadder than a dog with a cone following you around with a leash:



Playing in her "cage" with daddy:



In June, I surprised my mom with a trip to Colorado:



Video of Lauren with her walker:



And, to top it off...a video of daddy making baby giggle..my favorite thing in the world:

Lauren is 9 months old!

Lauren is now 9 months old! I can't believe it. Time goes by so quickly. She is almost crawling, she can do an "army crawl", scooting across the room. She wants to pull up on everything, and I have a feeling she will walk early, she is just so determined to be standing. We went to the dr on Friday, and she apparently had a growth spurt in height! She is 17lbs, 28in. She is still in the 10-15%ile for weight, but she moved from 25th to above the 50th for height. Her big noggin is still in the 95% :) She is about to start at Miss Kelly's, an in-home child care that was recommended to us. Miss Kelly is very energetic and I think Lauren will fit in great there. She only keeps 3 babies at a time, and one of the other babies is 1 day older thank Lauren. The other little girl is 18 months. Brett got a job, working as a customer service rep for a landscape company, so Lauren has been hanging out with her Grandpa Peveto until she starts at Miss Kelly's. She is having a blast with him :) Here are a few pics we took today:

Weekend of Bed and Breakfasts

With Lucy's seizure scare last weekend, we didn't think we would get to go to Arkansas to meet Drew and Jenny and kids, but by Tuesday she was feeling better and it was on. We spent the last weekend in Cotter, AR at Jenny's Gran's bed and breakfast. We had a great time with lots of homemade food and fun. Then on the way back, we stayed with Brett's uncle in Gentry, AR at their B&B. Good times!

Time for videos

We have taken a few videos lately...

Daddy has a special way to make Lauren giggle.

We think Freddy is part Australian Shepherd, and it shows in this video- but Lauren seems to love it.

Lately Lauren has been getting up on her hands and knees and rocking. Crawling to follow soon?

It's been awhile...

So, my dad pointed out to me that I haven't posted much lately on the blog. I am guilty of that for sure! Just been really busy, and always end up posting pics on facebook. But, Lauren has grown soo much since I posted last, she is sitting up, getting on her hands and knees and rocking (maybe she will be crawling soon??), and generally being sweet and cute. Here are some pics we have taken over the past couple of months

Lauren at her 6 month photos



Bath time in the sink




Lauren at 7 months


Finally sleeping in her crib, not in the nap nanny :) so sweet



She loves to look at herself in the mirror





You can't live in Texas and not take pictures in the bluebonnets!


Sippy cup time! She can hold it herself, but doesn't know that she needs to tip it up

Baby Giggles

Lauren is 4 months old!

Lauren had her 4 month visit last week and she did great! She is now 12.5 lbs, 23 3/4 in long with a giant head :) Apparently she really does have a large noggin, but then again her daddy also has a pumpkin head! But it is a giant head full of cuteness, in my opinion. She really is getting cuter by the day and we love her so much and have the best time making her giggle.

Lauren is 3 months old!

Lauren is now 3 months old! I can't believe she has grown so much. We don't go to the doctor until next month, so don't have her stats, but I can tell she is getting so much bigger! She has now outgrown newborn size clothes and comfortably fits in 0-3 month clothes. It's too bad, I had a few 3-6 month Christmas outfits, they don't fit her yet! Lauren is smiling a lot and will giggle back and forth with me on occasion. She smiles at Freddy since his big face looks like one of her happy stuffed animals I guess. She loves to lay on her activity mat and look in the mirror- I will try to take a video and post it soon. She is just started to be ok with baths, not her favorite thing to do.

She is about to get to go to her first Peveto Christmas Eve party, the first of many to come, and I am sure she will have a wonderful Christmas. Christmas day we will head to Oklahoma to hang with the Cavins.

Thanksgiving 2009

We had a great thanksgiving this year, spent Thursday at the Peveto household and then headed up to Chickasha, OK for Cavin Thanksgiving. Lauren did great in Oklahoma, and her great-grandparents just loved seeing and holding her. We also picked up some great artwork done by my cousin Dylan- two paintings of our dog Haley who passed away last summer.

Lauren is 2 months old!

Well- Lauren had her two month appointment yesterday! She now weighs 9lb 4.5oz and is 21.25 inches long. She is really starting to be aware of her surroundings, and is now liking her swing with the mobile. She is smiling and starting to make cooing sounds that are so cute. she is also very patient when her mommy wants to do photo shoots out in the yard:)

Bouncy Chair fun

Lauren's favorite spot is in the bouncy chair. Sometimes this is the only place she will sleep...we are working on that!

Announcement card photo shoot

We took some pictures of Lauren out in the sun room, to use for our birth announcement card. Here are the rest of the pics. I think she is about a month old here. The beautiful hat and blanket are courtesy of Aunt Jenny.

Lauren's first pumpkin patch

Our friends had a birthday party for their son at the Flower Mound Pumpkin Patch, so we decided to take Lauren. Of course it was the first sunny weekend in awhile and the weather was awesome, so it was PACKED. But we did manage to take a couple of pics.

Lauren is 1 month old!

I can't believe it has been a month since Lauren arrived! She weighed in at 7lb 14oz today and is 20.75in. She is right about in the 50th percentile for weight, right in the middle. She is definitely a night owl like her daddy, so we have kind of been on shifts to try and get some sleep. She is opening her eyes more, and looking around now, and she is getting a lot more hair. She is so cute :)

Lauren is two weeks old!

Lauren is two weeks old today! She went to the doctor and she weighs in now at 7lbs and 1.5 oz. She is 20.5 in long. She is a total sweetie and sleeps well, for the most part. She has a fussy period right in the middle of the night, so that has been fun! My mom was a great help while she was here and we definitely miss her. Grandpa Cavin joined us for a few days and that was fun as well.

Lauren's first few days

Rock-a-Bye Baby Peveto

Baby Showers Galore

Just had a couple of great showers. The first was thrown by hostess extraordinaire Marcela at her house for all of my friends and mom/MIL's friends. It was great and the cupcakes/decor/etc were awesome. The second was at work, hosted by Laura and Jill last week. They did an beatiful job on the cake/decor- so classy!I got some great items that completed my bunny meadow nursery as well as many cute clothes and an exersaucer! I will post pic of nursery after we get some stencils on the walls...Here are pics of the showers.

So! It's a girl :) We were very excited to find out that we are having a girl. We do have a few names picked out, but decided to keep the final name a secret until she is born. We have been working on the house, trying to start getting the room ready and all. Still have the hot summer to go, but I really can't wait for the arrival!