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The move was a success, thanks to my wonderful parents and strong willing men! We are loving the new house! So much more room. I will post pictures as soon as we get our own official internet services and stop feeding off of the unsuspecting neighbors wireless which makes for a really bad connection.
Anywho, Kristen FINALLY has teeth, 3 in the last 3 days. Needless to say it has not been fun, calm, peaceful, or restful whatsoever. I don't remember it being this bad with Lauren. And I have tried everything I know of to give her relief, Tylenol and Ibuprofen, teething tablets, even orajel (I know it's a no-no but I was desperate!)
Lauren is adjusting well and misses all of her friends that are out of town, she's so bored she watches the same movie every single day. We don't have cable right now either so maybe that has something to do with it.
Kristen has a new love of crawling through little spaces,. so my Mom got her a cool little tube thing at Ikea that she is playing with as we speak. She also says "uh-oh" now. It's her first official word!
Well, that's about it, I will post pictures and possibly video soon!

Busy

Life has been a little more hectic as of late! We're moving in to a house next week in the 110 degree weather...we moved last year at this time too...aren't we smart?!
The girls are doing great. Kristen is in to everything these days and her knees and feet are pretty much stained dirty from crawling everywhere. We've been enjoying the pool lately and even went to our local Aquatic center the other day and Lauren had a blast until she was running on the pavement (big no no!) and slipped and skinned up her nose. A lifeguard was only a couple of feet away and saw it happen, swooped her up and practically sprinted to the first aid station. Lauren of course was more freaked out about some stranger running away with her in her arms away from her mom! She was ok once we got out of there! Also we've been helping Heather move out of our soon to be new home. It's bitter-sweet having a friend move away but also getting the nice little house she's been living in! We will miss them so much! She has also taken new family photos of us recently. You can see them here.
My parents are coming in to town in a couple of hours to help us move (they're the BEST!) and Lauren can hardly wait. Gommy is her best friend. She woke me up at 5:30 this morning to ask if they are in AZ yet. Keep in mind Lauren doesn't usually get up till 9:00!
Well that is life in a nutshell here. I'm posting a couple of pictures of Kristen. One funny thing she does lately is she likes to carry things in her mouth while she crawls around. She looks so proud when she does it. Silly girl. Also I painted her toenails for the first time yesterday, here is a picture of her dirty, pudgy feet but with pretty pink nails!

Latest Pictures

For you Nana

Well, Nana told me she's going through withdrawals since I haven't posted in a while. We've been having camera issues but now that's been fixed, and our stupid computer is having issues with the camera connecting to download pictures. So until I get things figured out we will be picture-less.
Lauren's birthday came and went. She got so spoiled and had way too much cake. I was seeing the effects of spoiling/cake for a good week afterward. I can't believe we have a 4 year old. She is getting less shy and more independent everyday. I really see a lot of my personality in her these days, that may be why we butt heads..both stubborn!
Kristen is wanting to get into everything these days and just started crawling a couple of days ago FINALLY, but really I was fine with her not crawling, it was easier. She's not really going far, still just content to play with what is within a few feet of her. Also she has a unique crawl...knee, foot, knee, foot. It's a walk/crawl I guess. It's quite cute. I have a little video of it that I'll post ASAP.
She's also trying desperately to pull up on anything and everything around her.
As for Cory and I, Cory survived finals, hallelujah! We have really enjoyed having him around. He's officially a 3rd year student.
I'm just truckin' along trying to keep up with things around the apartment here. Crafting here and there and a little bit of cleaning house when I have to! I need a cleaning lady I've decided. We also enjoy playing with friends on a daily basis. And of course going to the pool!
We will be moving in to a house (rental) in the first part of July and we're excited, but also VERY sad to see our wonderful friends, the Pecks, who live in the house, leave for almost a year.
Well, that's it for now..I'll update pictures soon I hope!

Mother's day gift No-no's

I thought this little article on Yahoo was pretty funny...although I would Love to receive some of the items listed! I especially loved the little video clip.
Check it out here.

New favorite thing

I Love this thing, it's "squirt" from Boon.
I got it as Babies r' Us today...I just wish I would have had it 5 months ago!! So for those of you whose babies are going to be eating solids in the next few months, get one of these! It even had a little cover for the spoon so you can stick it in your bag with food in it and go!
I love all of the "Boon" products...so very Mod. Check them out! I think I will get the animal bag to stuff all of Lauren's stuffed animals in next!

9 months old

Kristen is getting old =(
She is the sweetest baby ever and I am so blessed! She had her 9-month well check-up today and hated it...the doctor sucked...she had to be poked in the arm for a TB test and had to have blood drawn for lead and anemia screening...boy oh boy was it fun. Not to mention the hour and 1/2 we had to wait for the stinkin' doctor! Kristen came home and crashed for a 2 1/2 hour nap and just woke up happy as ever. She is just on cloud 9 if I'm holding her or in the room. It's pretty great being 2 little girls favorite person in the whole world!
Anyway...
Kristen's stats are:
head- 18 1/2 (off the charts)
height- 28 1/2 (80th percentile)
weight- 21 1/2 (95th percentile)
Yup...still chubby...as if anyone had any doubt!
She's really attempting to crawl these days. Still no teeth ( I love that gummy smile!)
She's trying to pull up on things and can stand really sturdy while holding on to things. says Mamamamama and Dadadadada and Yayayayaya. She likes to see how loud she can get, and let me tell ya, pretty dang loud!
Anyway...We sure to love and enjoy our little Kristen!