Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! It's been a good year so far. I've been busy, so I haven't written in awhile. Plus, Mom and Dad's computer broke, so I haven't been able to put any pictures on the blog. Since I last wrote, I saw ALL of my cousins, ALL of my aunts and uncles, ALL of my Grandparents, and I took a plane ride too! I was in Virginia, New York, and Minnesota.
I saw Santa in my neighborhood. I didn't really look at him but I did let him come over and give me a present. Mom took a picture on her phone.
I've also been talking a lot more! Wow - it's really fun. I've started putting some words together too! I tell Mom and Dad to "sit down" and "stand up". I tell Mom and Dad when people are napping ("Isaiah. Nap." "Liam. Nap."), and I can tell Mom and Dad what we're all wearing "Mommy hat." "Daddy coke (coat)." "Lolo (Lauren) boots". My newest word is "broke" (My crayons, the cup, the chair all broke this week).
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year. Here are a few of my New Year's resolutions:
1. Learn how to jump
2. Talk more
3. Dance more
4. Eat more peanut butter

I'll write again soon!

Grand Camp!

This is my journal from last week at Grand Camp. Mommy was in San Francisco for a conference, and Daddy was studying for his tests, so I spent the whole week with Grandmom and Grandpop Miller in Pennsylvania! These are the notes and pictures I sent to Mom and Dad through email every day.

Hi Mommy and Daddy ~
I am at Grand Camp and Grandpop is giving me my first piano lesson. Love ~ Lauren


Hi Mommy and Daddy ~
This is a picture of me with my new friend, Wade, on the train at Lititz Springs Park. It was cold, but we had fun playing and swinging and sliding together. I love you. Hugs ~ Lauren


Hi Mommy and Daddy ~
What a fun day I had today. Grandmom and Grandpop took me to a place called the Hands On House. There were lots of fun things to do there and there were lots of little kids too. I'm sending you a picture from the dress up room. Do you like my ensemble? I'm being a very good girl for Grandmom and Grandpop. I think we're going to Hershey tomorrow. Yippee!
I love you both very much ~ Lauren

Hi Mommy and Daddy ~
Santa flew into the Lancaster Airport in a little airplane and I watched him land and come in to see me (and a thousand other kids). He read us a story and we had cookies and orange juice and then I got a chance to meet him. I found out that I only like him from afar. On Christmas, I hope he doesn't remember that I screamed at him. I love you both very much. Hugs ~ Lauren
P.S. I'm wearing reindeer antlers.

Hi Mommy and Daddy ~
This morning, Grandpop, Grandmom and I went to church. It was snowing outside and it was very cold, but we still went. I played in the nursery and had lots of fun there. I went into church when Grandpop and Grandmom took communion and some man named Pastor Dave put his hand on my head. I wonder why. I love you two very much. See you on Tuesday.
Lots and lots of love ~ Lauren

Hi Mommy and Daddy ~
I can't wait to see both of you tomorrow. I have been a very good girl and have had lots of fun at Grand Camp. Here is one more picture of me that was taken when we went to the play gym at Park City. I love you. Hugs and kisses ~ Lauren

Doya

It's been over a month since I last wrote! I've been busy... but I'll write about all of that later. This morning, Mom and I went to the library for story time. It was fun and there were A LOT of kids there today! We saw a little girl Adler and her mommy Tess, that Mom says I know from the park. It was fun to watch her dance and sing, but I don't remember her from the park. Maybe I'll see her again, then I'll remember her.
Before story time, we were looking at the books, and I picked up a book and saw a funny green animal/person on the front. At first I said "puppy", because I thought it was a puppy. Then I said, "moo", because I thought it might be a cow. I wasn't sure, so I looked to Mom for help. She couldn't see the picture, because it was facing me. Then I looked back at it, and I made a funny face, because I didn't know what it was. So, I said "woof", then completely confused, I looked back to Mom. She looked at the book and said, "Oh, that's Yoda". So I said "Doya". I think I said it wrong.

In my hands

My two favorite things to carry around are coins and rocks. My second favorites are crayons and acorns.

Bangs

I got my first haircut today.
Mom finally gave in and cut my bangs. I like it - now I don't have to wear those barrettes all the time!
Mom saved the hair that she cut in a little silver box that says "First Curl". It's not really a first curl - it's just some of my bangs.

Crayons, Cows, and the Green Festival

On Friday night after Mom and Dad picked me up from Mimi's house, we went to dinner at Tonic with Aimee and Barrett. They used to have paper covering the tables and crayons so I could draw, but they changed it. So, before dinner, Mom and I walked to the Dollar Star and bought crayons and a coloring book. I had fun drawing and holding my new crayons, and dipping everything in the mustard.

On Saturday, Mom and I went to the Zoo in the morning and saw Tulip and Rose the cows running! They make a lot of noise when they run. After my nap, we went rollerblading in the park (Mom pushed me - I rode in my stroller and ate snacks).

This morning was church, then we went to the Green Festival in the afternoon with Jess, Ariel, Christian and Savannah. It was great!
Mom was laughing because I interrupted a game of "bean bag toss" by throwing away my milk cup in the milk jug (that was being used for the bean bag toss). I thought it was a trash can!

We ate lots of yummy snacks there, and I got to run around with Christian and Savannah. We also watched a fun lady sing songs. She called herself Mother Earth.
This is the lady that sang songs and called herself Mother Earth. I'm sitting in the stroller on the left.


This is Savannah after she got her face painted like a butterfly. I couldn't stop looking at her and smiling!

Baby Lolo

I started saying my name a couple weeks ago. This is what it sounds like.

I also have some other new words that I can say. They are Claudia ("Clala"), cloud, thank you ("da doo"), light, sit down, nap ("nat"), Here you go ("hee doe") and elk ("eck"). But I understand so much more than I can say.