Summer is Here

As the weather continues to warm up we all enjoy all of the time we get to spend outside. Lauren especially loves exploring the yard for things. She also recently learned that she had a sand box, or as she like to think, a box fully of sand to eat.

Lauren has done couple a funny things lately. She isn't quite sure that she's ready to give up some so of her things for Taylor. Recently she decided that she could still use the swing. Being the great parents we are, we thought it was funny to watch her get in the swing and even took pictures, only to find out that Lauren interpreted this as behavior to be praised and now has to be reminded that the swing is for Taylor.

Some of Lauren's other hobbies include Dental Hygiene and reading, lots of ready. We may currently have a few fines at the library. Until we make it back there to pay our $12.25, we are cut from reserving any more spot books.

Lauren is also a fan of the sippy cups. She's even been caught with one in each hand.

Taylor has started a new trend in sleeping. She no longer enjoys staying up until 3am. Instead she goes to bed around 10pm and sleeps until around 5am. After a brief snack at 5am, Taylor goes back to be for a few more hours then gets up around nine to have breakfast with Lauren. We really enjoy the new schedule.

As Taylor continues grow up, we get more and more smiles each day, but so far she has been a little camera shy.

The last picture is a typical Sunday morning with the girls watching some Paula Dean while we wait for mommy to get up.

Week 6

I'm finally getting around to posting this post...a week after I started it.

Life Continues to fly by in the Albrecht house. Taylor is six weeks old today, and Lauren is almost 16 months. Here's the recap off all that's gone on in the last two weeks.

We recently had a major change in our back yard. We had a giant maple tree that hung over the house, more specifically the two nursery's which also blocked all of the after noon sun from the back yard. We decided we'd had enough raking, shade and picking up sticks, so we had it cut down. The tree cutters we had come in meant business. They brought a 25ft crane with them, and took the tree down in 2.5 hours.

Lauren is starting to like Taylor more and more each day, and is very generous with her toys. She even shared one of her favorite monkeys with Taylor.

Taylor continues to be a night owl. She sleeps for most of the day, and stays awake till usually about one or two o'clock. Below are some of her favorite sleeping spots.

Lauren went to the doctor last week. Everything checked out alright. She was in the 80th percentile for height, weight and head circumference. The funniest comment from the doctor was that she said Lauren was "Sturdy." We're still trying to interpret what exactly she meant.

This past weekend we made our first trip to Brainerd with the two girls. We didn't' try to make the trip on our own though. We brought reinforcements. Leah and Ty came in from Chicago and joined us on the ride up. Leah was a blessing to have in the car. She was there to entertain Lauren as well as clean up her puke after she lost her breakfast. Lauren + Barney on an Iphone= puking. Dad took this as a learning experience to completely dismantle the car seat.

Grandma and Grandpa spoiled us as usual. They even stayed up with Taylor until 3am on Saturday so Kerri and I could sleep.

Lauren enjoyed playing outside, but she was disappointed that she couldn't go in the lake. I had to hold her back from trying to jump off of the dock.

For the rest of this week Leah is helping out around the house until she heads back to Chicago on Wednesday. Each day we remind her that Long Lake would be a great place to move to.