All about Lauren

Lauren is now 3 1/2 months old! She has so far been a generally easy baby. She now squeals, grunts, and more. She seems to have found her voice and sometimes can be very noisy, which we enjoy! She has been a little peanut, at least in comparison to Lincoln as a baby. I think she might be closer to 12 pounds, not sure. She smiles lots and Vance got her first real laughs on video a few days ago. She melts our hearts!!! She loves to stand, sit up, and watch others. She is pretty tolerant of her big brother as well. She doesn't cry too hard very much. Occasionally she gets a bottle, and if she is still hungry after the bottle has emptied, she will cry so high and loud it can startle and shock you.

Here she is with one of her winter hats. She likes her bumbo so she can be up where the action is. Her socks always fall off!!!

Above....her eyes are so beautiful to me. Its easy to make this little girl smile these days. Her little sounds couldn't be sweeter. At first we thought she sounded a little bit like a kitten:)

Below...this picture is a month old. I loves this outfit of hers. 

The picture below was from December? Not sure....the day she clearly found her hands after we went to a park.

The picture below was taken when she was 6-8 weeks old, not sure. She is now starting to deliberately reach for and grab things within her reach. Bumbo chairs, bouncers, swings are so nice and really make it easier for me, especially when I need to play with or help Lincoln with something.

As soon as Lauren get's sleepy, she enjoys being swaddled and given her pacifier. After a few minutes we lay her down and she naps very well. She usually naps for a couple of hours in the morning, a couple of hours in the afternoon, and one or two shorter naps in the evening. She usually sleeps from about 10 pm to 3-5 am. I feed her, and she usually goes right back to sleep until 7 or 8 am. We are so lucky. Its nice that she sleeps well because Vance has seminary. He wakes up at 5:15 am each day, and since we aren't great at getting to bed at a decent hour, he is already so tired. So I have to not rely on him to much to feed or take care of her during the nights. We love her so much. I wondered a little bit how I could love another child as much as I loved Lincoln, but it has happened. We are grateful for her and so glad she has joined our family.