Lauren hits double digits...10 months

Looks who is standing for bits of time now!

And then going down to crawl around...

Spring Break Trip

Wow-look at all the things made from small Lego's!

Having "tea" and dessert with their Bitty babies, Hope and Grace at the American Girl Bistro

Pedro from the Backyardigans

At the Mall of American Sea Life Aqaurium

Hola Dora!

American Girl Store

Amazing jellyfish!

Going for a hot air balloon ride

Under the Sea

Being silly on the long car ride...

Lunch at the Rain Forest Cafe

We went on lots of rides but our favorite was this fun roller coaster!

The girls paying for their purchases at American Girl

"Whoo-hoo!"

All shopped out

Whew, time for a nap for the long ride home:)

Hoppy Easter!

We had fun dying easter eggs!

Even Lauren enjoyed playing with the box...

On your marks, get set, go! Lauren got a head start on the Eater egg hunt!

The girls playing with their cousins, Craig and Claudia.

Addison (4.5), Ella (2.5) & Lauren (9 months)

"Hello World!"

When deciding how I should place the 9 month sticker so Lauren would not peel it off and it would still be visible, I thought this might work...

I found a good spot to take the photo and was unsure if she would be able to really see out the window and put the sticker on her back. When she peeked out the window, as you can probably see, she stood up on her little tiptoes and tried her best because she could just barely sneak a peek. Then she got a glance of the world very briefly and waved "hi" while letting out a happy squeal! She was feeling quite proud of herself. It was pretty sweet to capture this moment.

And today she learned another new way to see the world...

Lauren decided tonight to show us her favorite new move...standing up! As you can see, she seemed to be pretty proud of herself:) I guess I should have waited an extra day to update the blog so I could have included this shot with the yesterday's updates. Hopefully I don't yet have to add she's walking tomorrow:)

XOXO from the Ladies!

Happy Valentine's Day!

We surprised Daddy with a singing Barbershop quartet at his work (which is also where the girls go to daycare/pre-school so Addison got to be a part of it too (as she was the only one not napping during the surprise). In Addison's words, "I was more embarrassed than Dad!" As the icing on the cake, one of the guys in the group ended up being a former co-worker of Larry's too! See the link from You Tube to see the performance for yourself! (His staff thankfully helped pull it off AND videotape it and post it all for me!) If the below link doesn't work for some reason, try searching www.youtube.com as "Orien's sweet melodies to Larry"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z9Itmt--Kw&noredirect=1


Lauren is getting closer and closer every day to crawling. She rocks back and forth and thinks about moving but is so very patient and always entertained by her two older sisters (so is really in no hurry to get anywhere-just happy watching her world pass her by). Soon I believe though she will take off and "officially" start crawling and everyone's world will change:) It will be a bittersweet day though! The girls are all just growing up way-too-fast...!