A Very Schlake Christmas

We just got back a few hours ago from Nebraska and what a great time we had! Lauren got loaded with toys, clothes and books. Our living room is now officially toy central. Uncle Brent got Lauren a HUGE teddy bear, which we have named "uncle Bear."

Christmas with Family

We had a lovely afternoon at Grandma Criswell's house with Tim's family. Lauren had a great time!

Toys Galore!!

Lauren had a great time "opening" her gifts from Santa. She has especially enjoyed chewing on all of her new gifts! Merry Christmas!!

Merry Christmas (Eve)!

We had a fabulous first Christmas eve as a family. We spent some time this afternoon with our best friends, the Coens. We also went to church for the "children's service" and it was so lovely. Merry Christmas!

A Birthday Greeting!

This was extremely difficult to capture...we love chewing on paper. Happy Birthday dad!! :)

Jumping!

This video is a little grainy for some reason, but it is Lauren jumping in her "jumparoo." She LOVES jumping up and down! I've also attached a picture of us at Crown Center yesterday, we walked around a looked at all the Christmas stuff!

Eating away!

Lauren is still not a big fan of eating food...so we decided to let her take the spoon and try it herself. Success! She ate the entire bowl and got really messy doing it. So much fun! Then last night she ate an entire bowl of sweet potatoes (fed to her by me this time!). Progress!

Best Friends!

We had a really fun afternoon! We watched Liam while Abby, Chris, and Jodi went to see a movie. Liam and Lauren were so much fun together!!

Here Comes Santa Claus!

Well...it was fun, but she will probably appreciate the "big guy" a little more next year! We had a slight meltdown at the end, but all in all it was a good time! :)



Seven Months Old!

She was really fascinated by her little Christmas tree, so this picture was very hard to capture!

I can't believe it has been seven months. Where has the time gone?

Lauren loves eating - NOT!!

Lauren really does NOT like eating food. I know...how can she possibly be our child?! Ha!

Here is a video of her attempting to eat applesauce. She keeps spitting it out and I know I shouldn't laugh, but it is soooo funny!