21 Months!!

It's so hard to believe that our Future Miss America is only 3 months away from turning two! The time flies, but she has already shown us a glimpse of those "terrible twos" although I like to think of it as Lauren exerting her independence! We've had a busy month.

The weather is finally a bit warmer and we've enjoyed a lot of afternoons outside these past few weeks. Lauren loves riding her Barbie bicycle on the driveway. She can't quite reach the pedals, but I'm sure she'll be able to before the summer is over. We also enjoyed our first trip of the season to Brookfield Zoo last weekend. Lauren was very excited about the elephants and the rhinos!! Unfortunately, because the zoo is a bit under construction right now, not all the animals were out, but I'm sure we'll be back again. Lauren had fun mimicking all the animal sounds, especially the male polar bear who was chasing the female polar bear around.

Lauren has recently learned how to put her socks on by herself (no easy feat for a 1 1/2 year old, but she is persistant!) She can sit and take them off and on for hours. Watch her here. Sometimes it's hard to convince her that her socks are in fact on the right feet!!

My whole family has finally joined the world of technology and are skyping!! It's really a great way to stay in touch and let everyone "see" Lauren. We have two cameras now-- one for home and one for Justin to use while he travels. It worked really well a few weeks ago when he was in California for the week. Lauren loved talking to Daddy on the "puter". Watch them here. If you're on skype, look us up!

Thanks for checking in on us. Keep us in your thoughts as Lauren is dealing with yet another ear infection (second one in three weeks!) and Justin will be traveling again next week.

Until next time--