Inching Along

SO here is a video of Lauren when she started trying to crawl (a few days ago). For the past week or so she has been getting around really good by rolling or going in circles but she only started actually going forward in somewhat of a straight line earlier this week (wednesdayish). Everyday she gets a liitle better. Now She can crawl about two steps in a row, then she usually dives or lunges for what she wants and falls down and does it again.

I'll try and get more video of her crawling but of course she never wants to do it on camera.

BAPTISM WEEKEND!

So had quite a busy weekend. Grandma & Grandpa West came intotown for the week and we finally got Lauren Baptised on 8/9/2008. She laughed and giggled throught the whole ceremony and loved all the attention she got. She loved her party and even tried to eat some of the cake.
It was great being able to have over so many family & friends thanks for coming and hopefully we can do it again in 6 months when Lauren will be 1 year old! Yikes!
Loving Great Grandma & Grandpa!!! Miss them!

The whole group @ the church! Thanks for coming!
THE WATSONS! *missing zizou.
The Godparents - Joey & Susie
Trying to grab & eat my cake!

Being cute @ the church


I love my uncle joey!

Father Chuck baptisng Lauren! YEAH!

Hula girl

Our friends Jeremy & Tiffany just got back from Hawaii and brought Lauren some presents.

A hula girl outfit

and a book
She not into reading books yet, just trying to eat them and throw them.

Then she gets upset because she can't get to the things she throws. Hopefully she'll learn soon

Soccer in Portland @ 5 months

This was Laurens first soccer tournament (the first of many). We were super busy having two teams and being down in Portland and it was 80 degrees the whole time. It worked out ok and we didn't have any games overlapping so Jamie & Lauren pretty much just hung out during all the games on the sideline and Joe did all the coaching for us. We also had a lot of parents (on our girls team U-18) that like to steal lauren, so Jamie got some nice breaks and was able to enjoy the sun and the games for a little bit. We were mostly running back and forth to games and then to the hotel all weekend so Lauren didn't get much for naps but I think she did ok, she def liked all the attention she got.

Here is the tent she was in when the sun was out @ the games.

Once the ball went out of bounds hit the bleachers and rolled into her tent, I don't think she even noticed.

Here is Joes boys team (U-11) bus. His assistant coach bought it and fixed it up. You can't miss it driving down I-5. We took this picture as we were driving home from the tourney.

This is when Lauren decided she likes the camera and tries to grab it whenever I get it out. At least it means she is usually looking at the camera when I take a picture.

Still recovering from my cold, you can see some snot in this pic.


And she is FINALLY fitting in to her 6 month old clothes, yeah!

Swim & Nap

More swimming pictures from Camerons birthday party at the watsons house.

Then Nap time with Uncle Joey. He's like a big fluffy pillow. Best Nap ever!

SWIMMIN TIME!

It was finally hot enough to use the watson pool. Or at least hot enough for Lauren. It was 95 degrees out which is HOT for Auburn. She didn't mind the pool, but I wouldn't say she loved it. But look how cute her suit is and its a little to big but the smallest one I could find! with her hair and her size she def has the watson gene.

Rice Cereal - Take 1

Here is Lauren eating rice cereal for the first time. 6/14/2008
She got pretty good at it and I think its still her favorite food so far.