New Milestone

Today Alison rolled from her back to her stomach all on her own. She's already trying to grow up too fast :)

So Many Firsts...

We have been busy the last few weeks and I have not posted about all of Lauren's firsts. In addition to her first birthday there has been:

First swimming lessons - So for the last 4 weeks, both of the girls have been taking swim lessons and I have been the only parent with them. John was off work over the holiday and that gave me the opportunity to get some pictures of both the girls. These are Lauren's first lessons and she is really starting to get the hang of it. Just this past weekend she was kicking and swimming with her arms at the same time.

Still working on the bubble blowing.

After swim lessons - lets get dry.

First haircut - Granny and Pappa came over to watch the girls. I thought it was an opportune time to give Lauren her first haircut. Okay, one time when she was much younger I did cut out some hair that was knotted that I could not comb out but, that doesn't really count. Lauren had some out of place longer hair in the back and some of the hair in the front was getting in her face. She needed a little evening out. As a side note - these haircut pictures are taken by Tahlor.

Thank you to Granny for the haircut!

All done and ready for the close-up.

Lauren a few days before first haircut.

Lauren a few days after her first haircut.

First regular milk - Lauren has recently finished up the last of her formula and is now drinking the real deal. She seems to like it more or at least she consumes more of it than she did formula. Lauren is now a pro at using the sippy cup and has been bottle free for several weeks. Wow! What a big girl!

First wagon ride - Daddy gave Lauren a ride in the new wagon. She does like to try to get up while it is moving and so riding with Sissy is a little safer. Weeee!

First attempt at self dressing - Lauren seems to have this thing with her socks. She understands when I talk about them. She wears them but also likes to take them off like it is some sort of challenge. One day I told her to put her socks on and this was her attempt to do so. She even lifts up her foot for me when I go to put them on.

She Walks!

Tonight while the girls were taking baths and getting ready for bed, I noticed Lauren actually took a couple of steps towards me instead of diving towards me as usual. I told daddy that we may have a walker here...and sure enough Lauren did it, just two days before her first birthday. We got her to practice a few times but she grew tired and disinterested after a bit. We are so proud of her. Tahlor was a big helper, filling in on the receiving end of Lauren's strides so that daddy could film. What a great night!

Here are some fun still photos!

First Tooth!

John told me that Lauren had been extraordinarily cranky today and did not take good naps. He said "she is teething and chewing on her fingers." Tonight at dinner, after some inspection, we discovered that indeed her first tooth had cut through the gums. Yeah Lauren! We are so proud to see her reach another milestone. Unfortunately, capturing this on film is virtually impossible so, all of you will have to wait to notice it in pictures of future posts.