Another Fast One

They look so sweet and innocent in this picture, but if you look closely Lauren is up to no good. I gave them mini marshmallows as a treat and the next thing I know, I have sticky marshmallows smeared all over the sliding door? I thought that Lauren was quietly eating, but rather I had chunks of marshmallow all over the glass. When I was looking at the pictures I just took, I noticed that Lauren was getting ready to destruct. Of course it is more fun to make a mess with your treat rather an eat it!!

Happy Birthday Mom

This weekend we celebrated my Mom's birthday. Lauren and Chloe had a blast flying around with their cousins and we all enjoyed spending time with baby Avery:) Happy Birthday mom!

Introducing...

Avery Kristen Tazelaar! I am a proud new Aunt as of today. Annie and Ron had a beautiful baby girl at 12:07 this afternoon. She is 7lbs 5oz and has lots of dark hair. Anne had to have a cesarean since Avery was breech, but they are both doing really well(as you can see in the picture..Anne you look great!) Congrats Ron & Anne..she is such a cutie!

School is a hit

Lauren had her first day of school yesterday and loved it. I just decided to put her in a 2's program at the park district since Lauren likes to keep busy or else she gets herself into trouble;) She has been asking me to go to school everyday since I told her about it and the first thing she said to me yesterday morning was "O.K., lets get ready for school" I was a little nervous about the drop off, but she was the first one to run up to the teacher and then she blew past her to the table with playdo. Needless to say I don't think she missed me a bit.

Please Pray

My friend and college roommate Mindi and her husband Frank tragically lost their son Jake today. He had a seizure on Sunday and has been fighting ever since, but today he went home to be with Jesus. I keep wondering how this can happen? It has been a depressing last few days and all I can think about is Mindi and Frank and cry. Please pray for them and their daughter Maddi(Jake's twin)who is used to having Jake by her side at all times.

The first set of stitches

Today was quite a day. We stopped at the store to try and buy a gift and every time I wonder why I even attempt to actually shop with the girls. They were fine for about 10 mins and then both girls wanted out of the stroller and Chloe was having a fit(most of you have seen this.) So I let Lauren walk next to the stroller and I held Chloe. She was wiggling to get free so I let her down..mistake #2! Chloe darts off around the corner and Lauren looks like she is going to run the other way, so I am trying to grab Lauren and in the meantime Chloe is running in the clothes racks and I can't see her. Now panic sets in because I am calling her name and she is not answering. I am now running all around, and dragging Lauren behind me. Meanwhile she slips and hits her head on a toy shelf and cries a bit, but I pick her up and off we went to find Chloe. She stopped crying right away. Finally I see a lady bent down talking and I knew it was Chloe. Now that the whole store is involved I was quite embarrassed. This was my first time actually needing help to find my child. Meanwhile I have my sunglasses on the whole time since Chloe gave me a huge black eye last night by hitting me with a book. Finally I get out of the store and promise myself I will never let them out of the stroller again. I lift my sunglasses up and notice that I have blood all over my arm. Then I look and Lauren's head and her hair if wet with blood. Panic sets in again and I can't get a good look at it since there is blood everywhere. My doctors office is right there so I decided to go there first to see what I should do. Needless to say, We looked like quite a mess. Blood all over us and my black eye! The bleeding stopped pretty quickly so thankfully I knew it wasn't going to be that bad. The doctor said she would either need a stitch or staple but we would have to go to the med center or ER for that. So they wrapped her head in a bandage which all the nurses had fun with. Lauren was loving all the attention and they were bringing her around showing everyone how cute she looked in the bandage. Next was the fun part. I thought she would have a fit when they stitched it. They first numbed it with a little cocktail and said they were going to try and stitch it without numbing it with a needle. This made me a bit nervous! But the doctor started stitching and she just sat on my lap. Not a tear shed and she talked about her upcoming vacation the whole time. Three stitches later I think she loved the whole experience? Mom on the other hand needs a nap. I guess she wanted to be like her friend Sid who just had a similar experience:)

No more naps

Lauren has decided that naps are overrated. The last few weeks she doesn't want to take a nap and when she does she doesn't want to go to sleep at night. We have even had a few nights where she is wide awake at 4am. This is driving me crazy! She hasn't had a nap in 4 days, so she was super crabby this morning. She was asking to take a nap by 12:00 so I let her and guess what game we are playing tonight? She has been out of her room about five times so now I am camped outside her door. I need to stay at the computer so I can put her back to bed every 10 min. We need to buy a mega lock for her door. We have had a very busy and fun last few weeks and I am hoping to post pictures soon. We had a great weekend at Kelly's cottage in Michigan and had Annie's baby shower was last night. Wish me luck with miss naughty pants!