Smokin Crazy

 

Back In October I bought Brian a smoker for our 5 year anniversary.  He loves it, so much that he has bought another bigger and better one.  He has decider to start competing.  Although it is nice to have help with the cooking I do get a little tired of BBQ.  Last night was rib night, 6 racks at that.  I have to say last nights batch was my favorite batch.

The bigger and better smoker

The Ribs..

 

Last week Lauryn had tubes put in her ears.  It was so simple.  When they took her from me I walked to the waiting room, looked at my e-mail, went to the bathroom and the doctor was back.  It literally took 5 minutes. She has been better this week just very needy.  It is great to have her wake up talking instead of a piercing scream.  I am sure she feels much better.   I got Lauryn’s nine month pictures taken about 2 weeks ago.  I used Laurie Nowling.  She did such a great job.  She has a studio in old St.Charles and it is so cute.  I am so happy with the way the pictures turned out.

The ending of 2009

We have had a busy week.  Lauryn’s first Christmas was great.  Grandma Linda got her a rocking horse and she absolutely loved it.  We got her a shopping cart to push around and she does such a good job.  I really think she will be walking this month.  SCARY!  We left Christmas day to go to Florida.  We stopped in Georgia on Saturday and had Christmas with Brian’s family.  His aunt bought her a box..strange I know, but she loved it.  We had a great time in Flordia, Brian had a race in Daytona witch is where his parents recently bought a condo.  Lauryn and I would go watch him race and walk on the beach every day.  The weather was not the best but it sure beat snow. 

We did however have an exciting milestone as parents, Lauryn has learned to wave bye bye. It is so cute.  We hope everyone had a great new years, we were asleep bye 9pm.  Oh my, how the times have changed.

Lauryn with her shopping cart!

FYI I have been sewing and I made the skirt she is wearing, no it does not go with her pJ’s but I had just finished it and she wanted to wear it!

Her horse!

The box, what a great present.

Daytona race track

Driving dad’s car

Crawling my way to Christmas

So here it is almost two month later.  Where does the time go.  Lauryn is crawling all over the place.  She’s like a little puppy that follows you through the house.  She has stayed healthy for the most part, I guess the runny nose will never end. I came down with the flu a couple of weeks ago, and let me tell you it was not fun. I am not sure where the super power comes from to take care of your child while you are sick but it is a good (necessary) power to have. 

Yesterday Lauryn’s school had breakfast with santa.  She got to sit on his lap and take her picture.  She did not cry but she definitely wanted to.  We are all excited for her first Christmas!

I have a new favorite flower…

Halloween was fun!  Friday night before Halloween was Lauryns Trunk-or-Treat at her school.  I am so disappointed nobody told me I am supposed to decorate the trunk!!!  I sure felt stupid.  We had a good time anyway, they had a DJ and face painting for the kids.  I can’t wait, next year Lauryn will really love it.  Hmm what will she be next year?  On Halloween night we had people over for a bon fire.  My niece, Molly, was a butterfly, so cute!  She loved the tutu that went with her costume and had no problem playing in the leaves in a tutu, in fact she would not get out of the leaf pile all night long.  Mason was Handy Manny, but would barley let me take his picture.  Oh and by the way , I think my next post will be “CRAWLING”.

I thought I would share some cute pictures of mason and molly too

Fall has Arrived

The trees are turning and the leaves are falling.  The smell of bon fire’s travel through the air.  I love fall!  Don’t let my love of fall fool you for the love of winter, I have NO love for winter. Last Sunday we went to Eckert's farm in Grafton IL.  We had so much fun.  Brian, Lauryn, Mason, Molly, Jeff, Renae and I packed up the car and headed out.  We rode the ferry across to Grafton, mason loved it.  What a great place Eckert's is, I had never been there before.  We took a hayride to the apple orchards.  The tractor would drop you off at the specific type of apples you wanted to pick.  That part was really fun for the kids, we all enjoyed a apple out in the orchard, even Lauryn.  hen we picked pumpkins,we each got our own.  Every year we all carve pumpkins together. it’s so much fun. They also had rides for the kids and even a petting zoo. Fun was had by all, especially later that night when we all enjoyed some apple pie.

way too long

Okay so I didn't fall of the earth but I my computer had to be re-built??? and then I forget my password to blog and it took way to much time to reset the password with a 6 month old. ... So here I am on a sat night blogging, oh how the times have changed. Lauryn is so big. She has started daycare/school and loves it. Her personality had really come out since she started. She is full of smiles and always happy. I am waiting for the bomb to hit, I feel so lucky to have such a happy baby. I did get her ears pierced and they are super cute, of course mom(being me) had to buy her the cutest david yurman heart earrings. I know a little crazy but she wanted them and her dad said she could have what ever she wanted! Brian and I had our first weekend away, it was fun and I didn't cry at all. Lauryn has also had her first trip to the beach and loved it. She is sitting up all on her own and crawls backwards. She loves to dance and sing and still sings to the tooth fairy every night but she still has not come....