Winter Break

I just love being home with Lauren during my winter break. We are having so much fun together. It will be hard to go back to work.

Go Knights ~ Bowl Game

UCF had a great football season.

Go Knights!

Disney During the Holidays

We were very excited to take Lauren to the Magic Kingdom during the holiday season. Lauren loved playing at the Winnie the Pooh Playground.
Lauren rode Dumbo for the first time!

She cried when it was time to get off the ride!

Of course, we rode Cinderella's Carousel.

Bubbie did too!

Lauren enjoyed seeing the Cinderella holiday show in front of the castle.

Thanks for the lift Daddy!

Merry Christmas

Lauren ended up cuddling in our bed Christmas Eve. She woke up exhausted and excited. Lauren walked out to the living room to find a princess bike next to the tree. Good Job Santa! She really got the hang of opening presents.
Can a two year old have too many presents? YES! After a while Lauren actually got tired of opening presents. We had to unwrap some for her.
Daddy cooked a wonderful brunch for all of us! Then we opened presents from Aunt Jan, Bubbie, and Auntie Neh-Neh. When the gifts arrived we could barely see our floor.

Lauren played with all of her new toys and took a long nap. What a day!

Christmas Eve

On Christmas Eve we had a wonderful dinner at Abuela and Abuelo's house. Lauren was spoiled with gifts. She snored all the way home......getting her zzz's in before the big day.

Happy Birthday Bailey!

Bailey turned 9 years old this year!
Bailey always receives double the treats because her birthday is so close to the holidays. Yum in her tum!

Lauren sang 'Happy Birthday' to Bailey.

Photo with Santa

Photo with Santa ~ She did it! Ok, here is the story... SO I made Lauren take some practice smile photos to prep her for Santa. The whole time we were trying to get her excited to sit on his lap, but not really sure if she would do it.

Practice Photo One: Show us your teeth!Practice Photo Two: Giggle while you show us your teeth!

Drum roll please....... Here it is!

This was a picture that Daddy took on our camera. The actual picture turned out just as beautiful!

Lauren's First Play

Get your magnifying glass ready! Lauren is the last elf on the right. She is holding down her elf hat. Daddy video taped the performance. She became camera shy in front of all the parents. Lauren, we are very proud of you!

Lunch with Daddy

Lauren's school invited parents in for a holiday lunch.

Happy Hanukkah

Lauren enjoyed celebrating Hanukkah with Bubbie, Auntie Renee,

Cousin Larry, Daddy, Mommy, and Bailey too! She started to 'read' her new books. One of the books had a musical dreidal song!

Bubbie spoiled her with Disney princess costumes. Lauren loves them! She adores looking in the mirror at herself. She spins around and dances in them. It is so precious.

Lauren did a quick costume change for this picture. She is now wearing a Jasmine costume.

Happy Hanukkah!

Our Tree

Whoa! What is a tree doing in our house? So far, Lauren has been very good with the tree. Lauren began to help us decorate it and then we had to stop. She would put on an ornament then take it off. Put on, take off........ you see the pattern. So needless to say, we finished decorating without her. Sorry Lauren. On the other hand, she was excited to see it finished when she woke up!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Happy Birthday to you!

Holiday Party

Lauren went to her friend's holiday party. The bounce house is Mommy's new babysitter!

We could barely get her out of this bounce house.

Lauren received a present from Santa.

This might be the closest Lauren gets to Santa this year!

Lauren was exhausted on her way home. She caught some zzz's in the car.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy

This was actually Lauren's 3rd Thanksgiving. She tried all the good stuff from Turkey to Stuffing and of course...Pumpkin Pie!

After dinner while the adults were checking out all of the shopping ads, Lauren played dress up. Look out Minnie Mouse!

Happy 2nd Birthday To Lauren!

It was a beautiful morning at the park for

Lauren's 'Pixie Magic' Birthday Celebration! Lauren loves to play at the park!

Pinata Time! Lauren was really hesitant with the pinata.

Mommy had to help her pull the strings.

Grab the candy, quick!

Cake Time!

Lauren was very embarassed that we all sang to her. Just look at that face!

Time for some presents!

We ate lunch with her best friend.

Lauren took at LONG nap after the party!

Then we headed off to the Magic Kingdom to end our birthday evening.

Yes, that is Lauren under that Goofy hat!
Cinderella's castle was so beautiful with the lights. We ended our evening with the parade and fireworks. Lauren saw tinkerbell fly down from the castle for the first time!

Happy Birthday Princess!