Happy Spring!

I know, I know. It gets so long between posts...sorry :) Before I share new pictures with you, I want to take a second to direct you to a blog to read about and pray for a little guy who is very, very sick right now. Perhaps you've already heard about Stellan and maybe you're already following his journey. If not, please visit http://www.mycharmingkids.net/ and pray for Stellan. I look at pictures of him in his hospital bed and I'm speechless. Life just isn't fair. That precious baby boy deserves to be living life to the fullest and instead he is facing the battle of his life. FOR his life. Please visit their blog. Reading about Stellan reminds me of how very fortunate we are for having such a healthy baby.This picture cracks me up! Trying out her new sandals for summer. She was pretty excited!
Hiding from Daddy.
What's new with Lauren? Well, her new favorite word is "Yeah!". She says it whenever you ask her a question and she says it with gusto! "Hey Lauren, are you one?" "YEAH!!". It's pretty cute. She also likes to say "baby" and she'll call just about anything "baby". I laughed my butt off tonight (okay, not really, but wouldn't it be nice if that were possible?) when I discovered Lauren inspecting and removing every last speck of toe jam that she could find between her toes. Yuck! (But hilarious!)
She was studying her toes so intently that she nearly tipped over!
Lauren enjoyed cuddling with her grandpa and reading books before bedtime.Not sure what's going on with her crazy hair in these pictures! It can't be tamed :)

I thought she looked so cute and goofy in these next three pictures :)Finally enjoying her Christmas present!Our little Badger fan~We have been busy, busy around here. We continue to work on updating the house to get it ready to go "on the market". Chad's parents were here for the weekend and his dad helped him finish putting a fresh coat of paint on all of our walls. I've been boxing up a lot of things (Chad calls it de-cluttering) and we're taking a big SUV-load over to a friends' empty basement to store for awhile. I am excited to find a new house but skeptical about our chances of selling this one. We'll see...

"Bye!"

Love,

M & L

Pigtails and Park Fun!

I know it's been awhile since I last posted on here. Enjoy new pictures of Lauren's first pigtails, first trip to the dog park in 2009, first trip to our neighborhood park in 2009 and our kitchen remodel update :) Showing off her very first pigtails and her new spring coat.
New appliances and our kitchen ceiling is almost done. Just needs to be painted around the top. (Ignore the messy countertops. Those are about to be replaced too. Woohoo!)

Getting in one last cuddle before leaving for a busy day of daycare.

Yesterday afternoon, it was FINALLY warm (in the 70's), so we went across the street to the park to have some fun!

Okay...I guess these pictures are from the day before. We went to the park two days in a row. One day was 50 degrees and the other was 72. That explains the different outfits!

It was nearly bedtime last night and Lauren cuddled up to Westin and was almost asleep against him.

Oh! Here's a crazy story for you (the short and sweet version). On my drive home from work yesterday, I realized I was following a driver who was impaired in some way (I had a pretty good idea what the problem was seeing as how it was St. Patrick's Day). He was going 40mph in a 55mph zone and was swerving all around. I decided to follow him a short ways to watch him and then I called authorities. I followed the driver until the squad cars showed up. To make a long story short....he is now behind bars for his 3rd OWI offense and for driving with a revoked license. Not exactly how I expected my afternoon to go (I ended up in the police station filing a witness statement) but I was proud of myself for going with my gut and calling the police. Glad I did! Then it hit me how scary this really was-- I had Lauren in the car with me and it was 4:00 in the afternoon and this guy was drunk driving right in front of us. Makes me realize that we're never as safe as we think we are on the roads.

Have a good night!

Mindy and Lauren

Our big weekend~

For our fun weekend getaway, we packed up the car and headed north to the Wisconsin Dells along with three other couples and their children. We shared a 4-bedroom condo with 8 total adults and 8 children under the age of 5! Sounds kinda crazy but it was a blast! We stayed at the Wilderness Resort and enjoyed their three indoor waterparks. So although the outside temps were in the 30's each day, we were oblivious as we explored the wavepools, kiddie pools and waterslides indoors in 80 degree bliss :-) So it was a much-needed weekend spent in swimsuits and flip-flops. Woohoo!

Lauren was in awe. She just didn't know what to think. The place is HUGE and there is water and screaming kids everywhere.A good idea in theory...Getting ready to try the lazy river with Daddy.Not very happy about the lazy river... My tired sweet pea.Breakfast Saturday morning. I made french toast sticks for the kids and belgian waffles with scrambled eggs for everybody else. Yum :)(Sorry Dave, I had to do it.) Dads of daughters will sympathize with Dave. Here he is just before he left on a run. Check out his interchangeable "Hannah Montana-High School Musical" headphones. The guy is lucky he didn't get robbed in the parking lot.

Lauren ended up having a little too much fun. She tried her best to keep up with all the other kids in our condo and wore herself out. She ended up with an ear infection and a really high fever that we've been battling since Monday morning. Poor thing.
The best cure for illness? A comfy chair and a good book.

Have a good night!

Love,

M & L