Lauren's Latest Milestone

Although this happened a couple of weeks ago, I am just now getting around to posting Lauren's latest developmental milestone. She now rolls over!!! Within seconds of putting her on her back, she rolls over to her stomach. I must admit, I was concerned that she may never roll over due to her size. Yet, all that weight must give her enough momentum to complete the task. (The first photo is the starting position, the second, her finish!)

Dancing Queen

As many of you know, Kate loves music and dancing! We often have to put on her new favorite song, appropriately named 'Tantrum,' and jump around the living room holding our Wiggles guitars. In these photos, she was actually dancing to the songs on her guitar. She's got the moves!!!

I LOVE MY FOOD!

Now that Lauren has hit the 5 month mark, we have entered the next phase of feeding...baby food! In an attempt to get her to sleep through the night, which has been unsuccessful, we gave her a bowl of oatmeal and a container of squash! You would think that would be enough to sustain her throughout the night, but apparently she requires steak and potatoes...too young for that!! I don't think we'll have any feeding problems with this daughter. She loves her food!

All in a day's work

Kate was very busy yesterday, beginning at 8:30 in the morning. As I was talking on the phone in Lauren's room, Kate decided she would rearrange Lauren's diapers. I didn't pay much attention at first, but then realized she was placing the diapers in various piles and configurations. When I looked closely, she had arranged the diapers according to the character on the front (Elmo, Ernie, Big Bird, etc.)! How quickly they learn simple tasks.

Her work was not finished with diaper sorting. We had to wash her cart yesterday afternoon, scrubbing every inch with the brush. Then, sidetracked from that task, she began to create a pattern on the driveway with the water and her sponge. She's always doing something!

A Moment of Silence...

A day later, we continue to proudly display our VT flag in honor of Mark's Alma mater and the many innocent lives that were taken in yesterday's tragedy at Virginia Tech. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families and friends of the victims as they continue to mourn the loss of their loved ones. May peace be with them all.

Happy Easter!

As stated in the previous post, we spent Easter weekend in VA with Mark's family. After attending a beautiful Easter mass, we decided to take some family photos. I never thought it would be so difficult to get four people to smile and look at the camera! As you can see, the other photos contain at most, two people. Enjoy!

Was Easter in February this year?

We traveled to the DC area this past weekend for Easter only to wake up Saturday morning to a blanket of snow on the ground! Easter was in April this year...correct? Needless-to-say, Mark and Kate took advantage of the first (and hopefully the last...at least for several months) snowfall of the year by making snowballs and kicking around in the snow. Kate continues to inform me that we forgot her gloves (which she hasn't worn for the past two years!), resulting in the snow being very cold!