An everyday moment turned into a special moment

When Lauren came home from the hospital and was still a little bitty thing, I put all her micro-preemie clothes in a special little box. The size of the clothes is about the size of doll clothes and I had hopes that one day she would be like every other little girl and want to dress-up her baby. Although Lauren prefers to take doll clothes off rather than dress them, I thought it would be fun to show her the box on this rainy afternoon. Of course she loved taking everything out of the box! Her favorite items were the hats and diapers. What got me choked up was the little doll she is holding in the picture. Volenteers made these and the purpose of them is for the mother and father to put them in thier shirts to pick up the parents scent. They would then put the cloth doll next to Lauren so she would smell us when we were not there. I can't tell you how often I had a doll down my shirt..trying to do everything we could to help her grow strong. Anyways.. I thought it was neat to watch Lauren play with all her clothes and it really made me realize what a great day it is!

Weekend away with college friends

Not this past weekend, but the weekend before, Steve and I spent a night away in Michagan City with all my college roomates. It was so much fun to be kid-free and chatching up with College friends. We stayed at a Holidome which was quite an experience!! Blast from the past. We also tryed eating at the Damons located in the hotel and that only took about two hours. Breakfast was even funnier.. There was one waiter and we were pretty sure he was also the cook (we should of learned our lesson from the night before). The girls did some shopping, the boys went to the casio and we all hung out in the "dome" for the rest of the evening- how could you ask for a better weekend? No really..thanks for putting this together girls.. I can't wait for next year! Robyn..thanks for being the only one to take pictures(oops)and next year we will have to get the group shot.

Labybug Invasion

Holloween 2007 was quite exciting for Lauren. She was trying to figure out why everyone was giving her candy and of course wanted to eat candy after we left each house(we were expecting this). She also loved handing out candy to the kids that came to our door, but each time she would try and keep one for herself. So although it was a fun day, mom and dad are glad it is over. Chloe just went with the flow- can't wait to see what happens next year...