Lauren is 9 Months Old!!

Well, now she is 9 months and 1 week old (since I'm a little late posting this). She is growing up so fast!! It's a happy and sad moment, knowing that she is my last baby. We will be entering the toddler years soon. She brings so much joy to all our lives. Her big brother and big sister do so good with taking care of her and loving her. She is one lucky little girl!

She had her 9 month check-up on Valentine's Day. We didn't do shots this time, because she was running a low-grade fever the day before. I think the cause was probably teeth, but it's better to be safe than sorry. We will do that shot at her next check-up in 3 months. She had a great appointment. The doctor said she was PERFECT!! Those are words we love to hear about our children. I know no one is truly "perfect," but I'd like to say she is pretty darn close. ;-) She is now 15 lbs, 15 oz and is just over 26 inches long. She's still a petite little girl (5th percentile), but she is growing.

What's new with Lauren...well, she got her 1st tooth peeking it's way through her gums. I can finally feel it and see where it's coming in. She is also soooooooo very mobile!!! She is crawling all over, getting into stuff and even CLIMBS STAIRS!!! I think we need to invest in some baby gates and other child proofing items - one of those items should be a new entertainment stand to hide our electronics...Lauren wanted to play the XBox 360 and broke it!! I'm actually a little sad about that, we had the new Kinect and it's really fun. Hopefully we'll get it fixed soon. Lauren is pulling up on everything, and the poor XBox was her first victim.

This last week was a little low-key. We stayed home most of it, but we did go to the park one day and a movie that night. It was nice to relax a bit. I am looking forward to some sunshine and warmer temperatures, because the kids (and me) are starting to miss going to the park. And Jacob is ready to start baseball (and I'm ready to watch him). Since we didn't do too much, I don't have as many pictures this time...enjoy the few I have!! :-)

This is one of my FAVORITE pictures of Lauren!!

I love seeing her BIG BLUE EYES and her DIMPLE SMILE!!

She's such a happy baby!!

The one day we went to the park this week, the kids were digging in the dirt and found some icky worms!! I'm happy to report, we left them there
(even though Ashlyn wanted to take them home as pets)!!

My handsome and sweet boy...and my goofy and pretty girl!!

I LOVE MY KIDDOS!! :-)