In honor of royal wedding week

Lauryn wanted to wear her princess dress today. She then grabbed her toy and said, "no soccer ball, princess wand." Everyone knows LB has a wild side, so when I see her girly soft side..it just melts my heart.

When she's not in the princess costume or taking care of her baby dolls...she's usually running around, jumping, climbing, screaming, or dancing with her hat on backwards.

Easter 2011

Our community hosted an Easter egg hunt for the kids this past saturday. It was our first community event that we attended since we moved here a year and a half ago, so we didn't really know what to expect. To say the least, we were pleasantly surprised.

There were plenty of Easter decorations along with a jumper, refreshments, coffee station, and of course the easter bunny. We couldn't get any pictures with the bunny because Lauryn is still terrified of those characters.

Here's the egg hunt for the kids who were 4 and under. Having a toddler, I really appreciated that they had separate egg hunts for the little kids and big kids.

This was Lauryn's first time egg hunting. She caught on quickly. At one point, she was grabbing two eggs at a time.

Here's how she did for her first hunt. Not bad!!

She had a lot of fun collecting eggs...but she had so much more fun opening the eggs at home and seeing what was inside. We let her have some jelly beans and a mini twix. What a big big mistake...she was on such a sugar high. It took her an hour to fall asleep for her nap. Next weekend is our community garage sale. I hope we can score some deals on big toys, specifically a slide, outside water toys, or a wagon. If Cara doesn't come before then, we will try to sell some of our own junk too. We shall see!!

The Wiggles

*fyi: she lifts her shirt b/c she's trying to hook her thumbs in her pants like the wiggles...ENJOY!!

Ready or not...

here she comes!!

so we're counting down the days till cara's arrival. i gotta be honest with you, i have such mixed feelings at this point. i'm nervous (how will LB cope w/ the transition), scared (do i still know how to take care of a newborn), excited (can't wait to meet my 2nd daughter), etc. it's all so overwhelming, and the baby is not even here yet! The last few weeks I've been on disability, so its given me a chance to prepare for the lil one, as well as, spend some quality time with LB. We've been busy with playdates, running errands, and just hanging out at home together.

Here's a quick update:

suitcase is packed

big sis presents are wrapped

fridge is stocked

double stroller, swing, cosleeper, bottles, yada yada yada are ready to go

cosleeping has officially stopped (THAT WAS A BIG ONE)

laundry is done and both my daughters have clean clothes in their rooms

This past month, Lauryn's vocabulary just exploded. I rarely hear her say anything other than words. She surprises me everyday with her sentences AND opinions. Its funny to me that there are moments when phil and i have actual conversations with her, and I wish I could record everything she says. These days, she's obsessed with buses...school buses, city buses, charter buses...she loves them all. She's also discovered the wiggles and became a fan instantly, which is why i had to buy the best of the wiggles dvd for her. hopefully, that'll keep her busy while i'm feeding the baby. Here's how big she is now...

The fob look

Happy Early Easter!!

1st haircut. She did really well until the curling iron came out. At that point, she completely freaked out.