Happy Tummy Timer - 5 months

Lauren rarely enjoys tummy time, and will only do it when bribed with delicious treats! :) Mmmm Mum Mums!

Sleeping Power Curls - 4 months

This is how we found Lauren after a car ride...guess dad's been working her hard with the arm strength. It's just reflex now! :0)

First Halloween

Here's a dazed Baby Lauren in her Halloween sleeper! She was a baby cow - furry black and white costume, topped off with a small cow bell! She even had her owner with her, Farmer Nate. Since I was in charge of our Ward Trunk-or-Treat this year, Lauren and Nate didn't have many options as to where to spend their time this year. It was a great time with a wonderful turnout, but there were so many people packed into the small gym, that it was probably 20 degrees hotter inside than outside...and Baby Lauren was sweating like a cow in the summer sun!!! Thank goodness for baby onesies and the socially accepted actions of striping your little babies down wherever you are ;P Now if only Nate and I had taken a picture of Lauren when she was IN the costume. Too simple right?!?!?

Boppy Baby - 3.5 months

Drooling Baby - 17 days old

Lauren is knocked out--no binkie even! Guess these swaddler wraps truly do work...but only when you're baby actually fits in them. ;P Otherwise you're just being cruel :0)

Lauren's First "Professional" Portraits

So Lauren got her first "professional" portraits taken on 3 September. They turned out adorable (there may be a bias in this statement/conclusion), but so much so, that we decided to use three of the pictures to go on the birth announcements. Lauren was yawning by her second snap-shot and just rolling along with the clothes changes and bow switches, with minor grumpiness between shots. I'd have to say she was dealing with it a lot better than Nate, who was cranky and "not feeling picture day" before we even got there! So while Nate and I were not seeing eye-to-eye on Lauren's head-gear ("Katy, that flower is the same size as her head!"), Lauren rocked each and every outfit we put her in--and with a smile at times! Hope you enjoy her photos, courtesy of Sears Portrait studio...

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You Know Where Frugal Will Get You?

In Lauren's case, frugal got her father a big pile of baby poop on his shirt!
With Lauren now being 10lbs 15oz (6 weeks old), she no longer fits in newborn diapers; yet Nate insists on using them all regardless of fit. No diaper will go unused in the Olsen household, no matter how small! :) So Lauren let Nate know what she thought about his tight-diaper policy by promptly "blowing one out" right onto his lap! Take that Frugal Daddy!!!

Family Home Evening (FHE) Crew

So we have a couple families, affectionately called The FHE Crew, that we meet with every Monday night to have dinner and spend time with... Basically good times are had by all. :0p Especially by Ms. Leah Pettet when she gets to lick the brownie beater AND hang out with her dad, Tyler, as demonstrated in the picture! :)
Speaking of Tyler, the world continues to be extremely small, and an even smaller Air Force. As you all know, Nate and I are stationed at Scott AFB, in the cornfields of Southern Illinois. The Pettet's moved to Scott AFB earlier this year and Ashley (Leah's mom, Tyler's wife) and I have become pretty good friends. A couple months after the Pettet's moved in, we were chatting about where we are from originally (typical AF first-exchanges right?). Any way, come to find out that Tyler is from Payson, Arizona, a town about 2-hours away from Pinetop-Lakeside where I grew up. It's great to know someone else from the non-desert part or the mountains of AZ...again, such a small world...

"The Heisman" vs. "Dead Bug"

So Nate found the baby's new favorite "hold", which apparently changes weekly, if not daily! She seems to like pressure on her tummy regardless of the hold, so Nate thought he'd get some bicep curls in, AND start her towards her sports related photos. So that explains Nate and "The Heisman" pose with Lauren as the pigskin! (Question: Do all new dads get a picture of them holding their babies like footballs?)
Nate then noticed that no matter how he moved Lauren, her limbs were oober limp and she was out cold! We're talking like smelling-salts out cold. So he rocked her back-and-forth, limbs flailing, and called it her "Dead Bug" pose...it was really a pretty hilarious sight to see. ***DISCLAIMER: No Lauren's were harmed in the development of this hold/pose***
So which pose is better? Or more Funny? "Thr Heisman" or the "Dead Bug"?

Lauren Playing "Dead Bug"

Winnie the Pooh Robe

Lauren sure loves her robe after her baths...unfortunately she hates the cute hoodie (Pooh ears and all) that keeps her body heat in. Yeah...the wearing of the robe lasts for about 2 minutes.

Nothing Says Adorable Like...

Big, blue eyes and a double chin! Oh, and a sweet mullet that unfortunately you can't see in this picture ;0)

Post-PT Nap

PT tired Lauren out, but check out the biceps! She's totally been working on the gun-show!

Tuesday's Are Physical Therapy Days