scoot, wiggle & roll

so miss l has been quite the mover and shaker lately... and we think she'll figure out crawling pretty soon. when put on her tummy she now holds her head up pretty high and moves her legs in a crawling-like way. she hasnt yet figured out what to do w/ her arms, though (picture 1). when on her back she'll use her feet to scoot up along the floor. so she'll move from point a to point b pretty quickly (picture 2). also, lately, she has been flipping onto her left side, in efforts to get on her belly (picture 3). ill find her that way in her crib & heath says she does that a lot on her toy mat. he also told me this morning she sqealed in frustration that she couldnt roll over! she keeps both knees bent and her hands by her mouth so her left leg/arm is in the way. but, like i say, we have a feeling sh'ell figure it out soon!! anyway its cute to see her starting to move and making progress. she's a strong little girl & has been from the start! so, maybe we're in for a real "treat" once she moves, but its exciting to think she's developing and growing so that she can move!! and really, its very very cute. we are so proud of her! :) :) here are some pictures...

hot hot hot

so i know its BARELY summer (actually is it even tech summer yet?) anyway, already lauren cant stand being hot. she gets super fussy & stressed out. the other night we had a MAJOR melt down and didnt know what was wrong. so we gave her a cool bath, put her only in a diaper and rocked her to sleep downstairs. we havent turned the air on yet but might have too. we shall see. it's interesting b/c my mom said when i was little id get so hot and sweaty at night and hated it. and even now, i cant STAND being hot. itsthe worst!!

also, i got home from work yesterday and found out that the daycare lady ran out of breastmilk(she does 1/2 and 1/2) for lauren at the end of the day, so she made her a full 4.5oz bottle of just formula and lauren sucked down the whole thing! i actually am surprised by this. i would have thought she wouldnt like pure formula. but its good toknow she'll eat it if she has to. but we'll still try to give her both as long as we can!

xoxo
-- jkh

fun in the sun

just a random list of things i want to do with lauren this summer, in no particular order:
- go to the farmers market
- find that park w/ the spoon & cherry
- do a 5K wark/run
- visit the zoo
- try "swimming"

things id like to do this summer in general:
- go camping?
- fishing w/ my dad on lake michigan
- get a TAN
- start running/get in shape!
- make it to the cottage (hopefully)

thats all for now, just a quick lil post :)
-- jkh

our first mother's day

i know this post is alittle late, but better late than never! this past sunday was my first mother's day and it was very special!!! we didnt do too much, but that was in itself great! we are all so busy during the week, its just nice to relax and be a family.

i got cards from heath, lauren and my parents...all of which, brought tears to my eyes for different reasons! heath & lauren got me a joe mauer twins jersey, which i love!! he also got me a cute lil vikings hoodie. which isnt too think but not too girlie either. lauren made a pot w/ her footprints at daycare. it said "happy 1st mother's day" and has babies breath planted in it :) she also got a onesie that says "i love mom", which she wore on that day, see picture. i dont particularly care for "me" in this pic b/c i have not makeup on... but how cute does lauren look, just a cute little smile! love it :)

heath also made us dinner that night and we just hung out. lauren went to bed pretty easy so then heath and i just got to hang out. it was a simple but really relaxed and very special mother's day. one i'll remember forever! :) i love my little girl so much!!! and i love heath so much!!! we are quite the little family :) <3

xoxo
-- jkh

good night? great night!

1.) let it be known, lauren officially slept through the night last night!!! we put her down around 9pm and she slept until 530am!!! which, technically is now our "wake-up/morning" time. so YAY!! (even tho this is a first, lauren has been sleeping for about 6hrs straight for the past 4-6weeks. which has been nice. but this is still so fun to realize! another baby milestone!!)

2.) last night heath and i got to have a 'movie night". something we havent done at all since lauren was born, and it is/was one of our favorite pastimes! we watched "the blind side", which is very good & i highly recommend it.

3.) i was officially in bed at 11pm and feel right to sleep! the week & all the commuting hours really gets me exhausted during the week, so sleeping from 11pm until 7am was FABULOUS!!

anyway, three great things about last night :)