My Mission Today

She's proud of her new room



The new playroom

My mission today was to turn Lauren's room into a big girl room by moving the queen bed from the guest room into her room and turning the guest room into a playroom for her. we bought new livingroom furniture over the Memorial day weekend and it's being delivered tomorrow. I think her new room is cute, you can't really see the sheets but they are circles like the wall stickers, lauren put the wall stickers on herself so I didn't mess with them too much, I did go back in and spread them out a bit more while she is napping but since she put them how she wanted them I tried to leave them alone. Her playroom is still a work in progress but at least I can just close the doors if it gets too bad and she has a place to go and play by herself so I don't have toys all over the house. This will have to do until we can afford a bigger house :) The best part of it all is that it didn't cost me much to redo Lauren's room, we had the bed already and I found the comforter online at domestications.com and the wall stickers on ebay so I redid her room for less than $70.00, not bad huh ?

It's going by fast

We went back to a favorite park this evening and I was shocked when I looked at pictures of Lauren from the last time we were there. It's going by so fast, I wish I could keep her little :) The older pictures are of March 07, the new one is from tonight.

Lauren's Blog

I set Lauren up a blog to display her pictures she is taking with her new camera.

The address is http://laurensviewoftheworld.blogspot.com/

I'll link it to my site also. I'll try and post pictures there as much as I can but she takes alot of pictures :)

A Visit to Florida

We got home today from a trip to Florida to see Cousin Heather graduate. we also took Lauren rollerskating at the local rink while we were there, she was not impressed with it at all. :) She had a great time visiting grandparents and cousins and we are extremely proud of Heather as she gets ready to head to UF.


Lauren and Heather



Not impressed with skating

A kiss for Heather

What Drought ?

Even though Georgia is still in a drought, it was too nice to stay inside so we gave Lauren a watergun and out she went chasing Jake. Then it was time for a dip in her kiddie pool. we did use the pool water to water our flowers and vegetables so we did recycle it. :)

Taking It For Granted

I have witnessed something the last two days that rocked me to the core with mothers and children. yesterday at chick fil a a young mother probably about 26 was telling another mother that she cannot wait for the nanny to start next week, she can't wait to be free of her 2 girls who were probably preschool age and sitting at the table when she was saying this. Today my friend T and I and our kids were at mcdonalds for a playdate and another mother of a little preschool girl snatched her little one up and told her " Your a horrible daughter, just a bad, bad daughter" My heart crumbled and broke for this little one. There are people right now that would give everything to have kids to love and these 2 mothers are taking it for granted. Come on people, don't take it for granted if you have kids to love and hold and teach. They are only little once and then before you know it they are gone. Don't be the moms in the restaurants crushing your kids with hurtful words and stupid comments.

" Let us look upon our children;let us love them and train them as children of the covenant and children of the promise. These are the children of God". Andrew Murray

Just Some Pictures

Noah's mom took these at the park, I thought they were cute of Lauren. I love black and white pictures anyway so I thought I would post these.

Pro to Go

I try not to push my AVON stuff on people very often but I do have to say that this product is awesome. It's the new pro to go lipstick and it's a one handed lipstick tube that you slide the color up and then back down again to close it. It really is very cool and great for mom's who need more hands. if you would like to order some you can go to my website It's $5.99 right now. You can also email me if you would rather do that to order it.

First Day of T Ball Class

Lauren had her first T ball class today, she enjoyed it but she ran the bases backwards :) it was hilarious watching seven 3 year olds learning how to play the game. The picture of her with her hand on her hip in the field while Noah bats cracks me up.

A Few New Crafts

Lauren and I went to hobby lobby today to pick up some cheap crafts for her to do. I found these cute elephant and lion crafts for .88 cents so I bought the only 4 they had, as soon as we got in the van she had to hold them and then as she laid down for her nap she had to hold them. well, she fell asleep holding her craft and I couldn't get it out of her hand so she held it the whole time she napped:)You may notice the other ones had to stay close by also but the elephant one had to be held.

Happy To Report

I am happy to report that Lauren is now sleeping in her own bed in her own room. Friday she decided she wanted her Dora bed moved to her room so we did it and she has slept in there by herself ever since. I am happy that she is getting Independence but I am a little sad that she is growing up more and more each week. first potty training and now sleeping in her own room :) We are looking for her a regular bed so we can redo her room into more of a "big girl" room.

The Potty Present Choice

We took Lauren this morning to pick her prize for using the potty all week long, she had her choice between a cash register and a pink guitar or a Dora bath toy. she chose the Dora toy. :) we also went to lunch at Joe's crab shack so she had a very special day.


Her potty toy choice

Lunch at Joe's

She's A Southpaw

Lauren is a southpaw, she is doing everything left handed, she works her computer mouse lefthanded, she writes & colors left handed, she eats with her left hand. She's a lefty :) and she does have more clothes than these striped shirts she's always in but she always picks the "rainbow" shirts to wear. I choose my battles carefully with her, it makes life a little easier :)

oh, and speaking of paws Jake graduated from obedience school this weekend. Lauren got to take him on his graduation march around the store, she was so proud :)


*excuse the picture/post order, ever since I had my blog redone I can't post pictures with captions under them, not sure why*

Taking out her contacts

Today Lauren was standing in front of the bedroom mirror playing with her eye, so I asked her what she was doing. she said " I'm taking out my contacts" HA, she is definitely watching every thing I do.

Also, on a potty training note, she has gone on the potty 3 times in the last 2 days. If she keeps it up all weekend Mommy & Daddy are taking her shopping next week for a special toy. she has been asking for a backyardigans guitar she saw in a magazine so that would be a special potty treat :)

An Impromptu Playdate

We met Noah and Jeremiah for a picnic lunch at the park today, Lauren and Noah are two peas in a pod. At one point Lauren fell down and Noah went and said " Lauren are you ok" it was so sweet, he even held out his hand to help her up. We also went after lunch and had Gelato, the kids loved it.

Atlanta Reunion 2008

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We had a great weekend visiting with old friends and meeting new ones as well. The reunion turned out to be alot of fun despite my worrying :) We are so blessed to have an extended family in our Hubei group. We love them all and cannot wait for Reunion 2010 in St Louis. It was fun to see the personalities come out that you don't see on the blogs. Josie was alot quieter than I expected her to be and of course Miss Annslee was her wild self, Liana is so sweet, Jiali was alot of fun to watch and so were her brothers & sisters, Ellen and Lauren are alot alike in attitude and sassiness, Molly took it all in and Jenna had fun on the elevators, Mikayla watched it all with her brothers by her side, Caeli was the cutest thing and very fast to get away, we didn't get to see Lily come out much but she enjoyed playing with the others also. All in all the girls are beautiful and spunky, just as it should be.

Soccer Class

Lauren had her first day at soccer class today, she absolutely LOVED it. It's a program offered through our county park system where she'll go to soccer for 4 weeks and then it changes to 4 weeks of T ball. It's for 3 and 4 year olds so it's a great learning tool for her, there's no soccer teams here for her age so this is the next best thing. She had the best time out there and talked about it all afternoon. :)

Tallulah Falls

We took a day trip out to Tallulah Falls
while Steve was on spring break, it was a neat place to visit. It's about an hour or so from us but was well worth the trip. We got some good pictures of Lauren with the tulips at a restaurant we stopped at but the picture of her sticking her tongue out is her usual defiant nature :)

Atlanta reunion is 1 week away, see you all soon. :)

The Stepstool

Steve built Lauren a stepstool so she can reach our sink to brush her teeth & wash her hands. Well, he let her pick the paint for it and she got to help paint it. She picked a Disney Purple so here's the finished product. It's Beautiful right ?


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Lauren & The Sandbox Meal

I am being served pizza, cheese and purple drink, ala sandbox. She is also talking about the shirt her "big papa" sent her from Las Vegas. Basically just random cuteness of my girl. :)and before you ask, she never wears pants unless we go somewhere, she refuses to wear pants in the house or in the yard. :)