HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LAURYN!

Michael and I bought Lauryn a Barbie scooter for her birthday! We weren't really sure what she would think about it, but she LOVES it! Here's a short video of Lauryn with her new scooter!! I'll post pictures and birthday party details later!






What a busy day! After the 4th of July celebration, and Lauryn's birthday today....mom and dad are POOPED! We ate lunch today at Lauryn's favorite restaurant, Panda Grill (Chinese)! We told her that she could pick any restaurant she wanted, and we had a feeling that it would be Panda Grill. On the way into the restaurant, mom dropped the camera and...it hasn't worked since! Yes, people...I dropped the camera and BROKE it (of ALL times to do something like this)!! I was almost in tears when we couldn't get it to work! So, while the rest of us were inside eating, my husband drove to the nearest Walgreen's and bought a disposable camera JUST SO WE COULD TAKE SOME PICTURES!


The people in the restaurant LOVE to see Lauryn when she comes in, and when they found out that it was her birthday today....they made a very special fruit and cake platter for her (sooooooooo cute)!!



The only pictures we have from today are the ones on the disposable camera, which I cannot post on my blog....and the few pictures that we took of Lauryn BEFORE the camera got dropped! We did take a lot of video today, and I posted a short clip of Lauryn with her Barbie scooter (she could not be separated from her scooter the rest of the day)!

LAURYN's HAIR WAS NOT DONE TO PURPOSELY LOOK LIKE HALEY's, BUT.....SOMEONE DID MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THE SIMILARITY TO THE FIRST PHOTO WE RECEIVED OF HALEY...





















HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LAURYN!

ONE MORE VIDEO CLIP FOR YOU TO VIEW OF OUR "CRAZY" BUNCH! WE SPLIT THE GIFT-OPENING FOR LAURYN, SO SHE OPENED SOME OF HER PRESENTS IN THE MORNING AND SOME OF HER PRESENTS IN THE AFTERNOON. IN THE AFTERNOON, AUSTIN, CARLI AND DYLAN THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GREAT TO WRAP PRESENTS OF THEIR OWN FOR LAURYN! DYLAN WRAPPED A $3 COUPON FOR TOYS-R-US!! CARLI WRAPPED A LITTLE STUFFED ANIMAL! AUSTIN WRAPPED SOME LIP GLOSS THAT HE SAID HE's HAD FOR A WHILE (WHAT?!)!! OKAY..I'M WORRIED ABOUT THAT BOY!!

SO...HERE's LAURYN OPENING A FEW OF HER PRESENTS...

THAT's A GREEN "BALLOON ALIEN" IN THE BACKGROUND! WHEN MY HUSBAND WENT TO BUY FIREWORKS THIS AFTERNOON, THERE WAS A BALLOON ARTIST WHO WAS MAKING BALLOON CHARACTERS FOR KIDS! DYLAN WANTED A BALLOON ALIEN (THE GUY DID A GREAT JOB)! AND HE ALSO MADE A TEDDY BEAR BALLOON WITH "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" BALLOONS FOR LAURYN (IT IS SOOOOOO ADORABLE)! WE'RE THINKING ABOUT HIRING THIS BALLOON ARTIST FOR HALEY's "WELCOME HOME" PARTY!