Lauren Michelle. Four Years

Four years ago, our sweet Lauren entered into our lives. It has been an amazing, wonderful, challenging four years with our little girl.

Lauren is a great little girl. She has a big heart, and a big mouth! :-) She is one of the LOUDEST girls we have ever met. When she was a baby, we could hardly get her to smile for anyone, and now, she is the most outgoing child around.

Lauren doesn't eat a whole lot. She lives on butter with noodles, chocolate milk and cow tails. I'm not sure how she sustains herself. It's probably why she still wears 2T-3T clothes.

As long as she has her chocolate milk, her bear bear and her mommy, Lauren is one happy little girl. Lauren has been going to a co-op preschool this year, and bear bear has gone everyday too. I think that bear bear will have to graduate when Lauren does.

Lauren is such a light in our lives. Her smile can light up any room she walks in to. She is amazing and beautiful. I'm so lucky she's mine!!!

The Happy Birthday sign I made for her

Lauren with her loot

(she was able to open her ONE present from Maddie in the morning, and then we made her wait all day to open the rest...mean, mean parents!)

Madeline gave her the play-doh set she has been asking for for months!

The best of friends... sometimes

MORE play-doh from Mitchell

A NEW bathing suit from Grammie and Grampa

A necklace with the letter "L" and her birthstone and a pearl with it from Grandma and Grandpa Ray

Mitchell can't get enough of balloons. Here he is hanging onto THREE of them!

Dad and Maddie hard at work

The smile that lights up the room

The servers at Red Robin singing to Lauren. She was a little embarrassed.

Lauren is holding onto THREE balloons
She let her THREE balloons go saying "goodbye" to age 3. It was so fun!
The end of the night, playing with her play-doh and activity center that Grammie and Grampa gave to her

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEET LAUREN MICHELLE,

WE LOVE YOU!