Lauren is 1!

Our cute little Lauren is now ONE! Can you believe it???

Lauren is happy. She is friendly and loves to smile. Right now she is pretty clingy to mom, but she will smile and so she will only play with other people if I am holding her. She can be a little ham! When we got the camera out, she was all smiles.

She loves to play peek-a-boo, swing upside down, and chase brother down the hall. She is a downright tease with daddy. When he is gone during the day, she talks about him all day. When he comes home, she is so excited and plays with him for about two minutes, and then she is back in mommy's arms.

She isn't quite walking yet. She cruises around the furniture, and has graduated from holding onto two hands to just holding one of my hands. Grandma got her one of those push toys that pops, and she has more presents coming for Christmas that I think will help motivate her.

Her favorite foods right now are carbs. Bread, pasta, pizza, cheerios, crackers. She also loves bananas, peaches, pears, and anything mom or dad is eating. She has seven teeth in, and she is working on a few more.

We sure love our baby girl and we are so happy to have her in our family.

Apple Jacks for breakfast.

She loved the popper, but she can't push it on her own yet. 

She tried the frosting first . . .

She decided she liked it!

Then she had to squeeze it bit . . .

before taking a big bite.

Then she dove right in!