Catching Up Is Hard To Do....

I'm ONLY a little over a year behind on this blog...but I promise I'm going to catch up!  I still need to blog Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas 2012...being pregnant with Savannah...the BIRTH of Savannah...Savannah growing up...all of 2013 up until this point...and of course, little Miss Lauren too!  Phew!!!  But, it's going to happen because I'm going to MAKE it happen!  I want to have this blog someday for the girls to look back on with fun memories (and hopefully understand how many HOURS their mother put into this thing...)  :)

Ready For Halloween & A Check-Up....

This was the first Halloween that Lauren actually knew what was happening, so we made the most of it!  With a little help from me...Lauren wanted to be Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz!  

Practicing for the big day!   

There's no place like home... 

Watching the Wizard of Oz!

Lauren also went for her 2 1/2 year check-up around the same time as Halloween.  I had to pick her up early from school to go to the doctor but managed to get a cute picture of her first!

Ready for the doctor! 

Filling out her own paperwork... 

Such a big girl!

Moving In....

We moved into our new house in the middle of October and closed on our old house in mid-December.  We  took our time moving into our new home and we've had fun settling in over the last few months!

Lauren playing upstairs the day we closed! 

Her last night in the old house!  :( 

Picking flowers in the backyard of the new house! 

No TV yet...so we made due! 

Daddy set-up a TV for us! 

Sleeping in her new room! 

I didn't want the movers to touch my flower arrangements so I made Payton take them in the car one night...

He was not so impressed with this plan! 

Going through her dishes for her kitchen! 

She was playing so well up in her game room! 

This little girl was suppose to be taking her laundry basket upstairs... 

But instead...she was playing with the basket! 

Silly, silly, little girl! 

Daddy and Lauren took a small break from working in the new house to play with the chimenea!

Pumpkin Patch Fun 2012....

Payton and I took Lauren to the pumpkin patch again this year and had a great time!  Lauren loved running around the patch and picking out her pumpkins!  We got some great pictures too!  Enjoy!

Lauren at the pumpkin patch, 2012 

Picking out her pumpkin! 

Posing with Mommy! 

Handing Daddy the pumpkin she picked out! 

Being silly with Mommy! 

We were deep in conversation! 

Daddy's little girl! 

We tried to get a family shot! 

Making her final decision... 

Heading home...with our pumpkins!

A Fall Visit....

Payton's parents came to visit us during the fall and Uncle Shay (Payton's brother) was able to join us too!  We enjoyed eating down by the lake and then some ice cream after! 

 

The girl loves her ice cream!

Group shot!

Still going to town...just in a different seat!

C.C., Grandad, Shay, and Lauren

The whole fam!

Walking to the water...

Playing with her grandma!

I just love those eyes!

Smiles with her Grandad

Cheese!

Payton's mom, Payton, and Lauren