Sew, Sew, Sew

While I was in NC I my mom told me about a new baby boutique in town. So we went by and told them about my nursing covers and car seat covers. The lady loved them and so I got my first client! She was so excited to find someone that could sew for her and started asking me if there were other things I could make for her so now i have a huge selection of homemade baby products. The lady said what she liked the most was that I was from Franklin. She said she has a lot of tourists that come through looking for something made by someone from the mountains!

Got to be Pretty!

So one night I went over to the Anderson's to watch "So you think you can Dance," I took Austin with me but left Lauren in the care of my family. Or I should say her Aunt Brooke! My parents were down the hill burning some brush when Brooke yells down to my mom, "Mom, Lauren has something red all over her!" My mom had Brooke put her in the bathtub and decided she better come up and check it out. As soon as she walked in she new what was all over her, the house reeked of fingernail polish! So needless to say my mom spent the next little while using fingernail polish remover trying to get it all off of her. The pictures were taken after she had already spent a considerable amount of time removing the polish. As my mom was cleaning her up she realized this was a detailed job Lauren had done, she had at least five layers of polish on, staring on her toes and continuing up her legs and down her arms. She had started with clear, you have to have a base coat, then put on several others including a glitter polish before topping it off with RED.

Let's Save Gas

While I was in NC visiting my family we found a great way to save on gas! Just kidding! This is my mom's new scooter. When my dad suggested she get a scooter she was thinking a little smaller, well he wasn't! The first day they had it home my dad put 120miles on it, we think he likes it but we are not sure yet! But my mom has been practicing and soon she will be zooming up and down the road, watch out!

Underware vs. Diaper

I am so sorry that I haven't posted for a little bit. This should explain why. I decided it was time to try and potty train Lauren. Saying that she is smarter than me is an understatement. We tried the potty training in a day book. All started off well, we trained the doll then it was Laurens turn. "OK Lauren it is your turn to go potty," "NO!" Needless to say that was the beginning of a frustrating day that has now turned into almost a week. She really loves underwear, so I can usually get her to go potty so she can put on her pretty princess underwear. But then the cooperation stops. And just yesterday she had another 'breakthrough', we got home after walk and Lauren sneaks a pair of underwear and disappears into the living room. She resurfaces wearing them not the diaper (previously she would have them on over the diaper). So I watch her and every now and then we talk about going potty. So then about a hour latter she disappears again, this time she comes back with her diaper on, that's right a diaper not a pull-up a diaper. She wears it for about 10 minutes then changes back into the underwear. Yes, that's right, you guessed it, she didn't want to mess her underwear so she put her diaper on to go pee pee then changed back. Well, I suppose this is progress. Any tips on finishing this potty training thing bring them on!

The Car Seat

I mentioned before that Lauren had started being very helpful when it came to taking care of Austin. Well it turns out that she is quite the little nurturer all around. Pretty much every time I go to put Austin in his car seat I find that all the buckles are already clicked. Usually the car seat is empty but recently I have found she has been buckling other things in as well. Sometimes its is a doll, sometimes it is a toy, but most recently I found her dragon stuffed in there. She always tells me it is for them to be safe and to go to sleep. Well, I hope the dragon got the rest he needed!

Dress-ups

Lauren has developed a LOVE for dress-ups. Every morning she asks me to get out the dress-ups so she can be a princess. She puts on the dress the shoes and whatever else she can to find to make herself beautiful. My favorite is when she has what her Grandma Ehat calls an 'identity crisis' by putting on many layers of outfits at once. Most recently I went to put her in the bath tub and I peeled off two princess dresses, a leotard, a Dora costume and a pair of underwear. (The underwear are her cousin Maddie's which she smuggled home the other day under her tights.) I have attached a picture of her in her Grandma Ehat's latest addition to the dress-up box, "The Flapper."

Friends...

Well, Friday I got to spend the day with two of my best friends from the college days! Mary was in town for a wedding and Melinda lives here so we spent the day together. It was great to talk and to catch up on each others lives. It seems so weird that two people that I used to spend every minute with we would now have to "catch up". Oh well. Probably the nicest thing about seeing old friends is the way you fall back together. From the moment they got here we had so much to say and it was as if a day had never passed. I guess that is what I love the most about true friends and family, it doesn't matter how much time has past you can always just pick up again.