Hall Mommy

Lauren is a great baby, she really is. She's usually happy and smiley. But she's getting to the point that she wants to be moving around... all the time, and when she can't she gets ornery. So I have become what I call a "Hall Mommy" on Sundays. Although I am fortunate because she will usually let me sit through 3/4 of Sacrament Meeting, Sunday School and Relief Society before she's had enough. A lot of moms are out there the entire three hours. (She's so wiggly now, I can't even imagine what it'll be like when she crawls!)

While I was out in the hall one Sunday a fellow Hall Mommy made the comment that she didn't know why she came to church since she was just out in the halls the whole time. I was starting to feel the same way since I have Lauren the majority of the time at church.

But just like President Uchtdorf said in the Relief Society Broadcast our smallest efforts will be known. So even though I might not hear a lick of the institute lesson or lesson in Relief Society, the effort for going will not go unnoticed.

And really, for Hall Mommy's that have kids that can walk, you could seriously get in a good workout doing laps around the building!

Sewing in a Closet

Little people take up alot of space for being so little. Chase is, shall we say... miffed, that his man cave went from a whole room to half a room, and is now a corner of a room. That's okay though, for when Baby sleeps everyone is MUCH happier. He's a good sport. :)

Since Lauren gets her own room now, my sewing was moved into a closet. Makes me feel like Harry Potter but this closet is actually decent sized and I don't have to sleep in it. I found this idea on Pinterest and went about turning my big mess into a closet that I could use. And the best part is, it didn't cost me a cent to put it together.

This is the Pinterest picture I found. Lots of colors and wow! a ton of scissors.



And my more humble version. But is has everything I need!


Okay so maybe really the best part is when I make huge mess... all I have to do is close the doors! Yes!

You know your neighbors live too close when...

You can hear them sneeze with the windows closed. (Sheesh! Don't think I've ever heard such loud sneezes!)

Don't you just love the faces we make when we sneeze?

Holy cow, Neighbor is STILL sneezing.

How to Be a Happy Mom

This article was on one of the blogs I like to read "The Idea Room." The full post is here. These are just the eight things they listed.

1. Happy Moms Avoid Comparisons
2. Happy Moms Recognize Their Worth
3. Happy Moms Choose Good Friends
4. Happy Moms Have Faith and Pray
5. Happy Moms Make Time For Themselves
6. Happy Moms Simplify
7. Happy Moms Stop Worrying
8. Happy Moms Smile and Laugh

Just thought all us mom's could use it. :)

In the Mind of a Baby

Lauren as the most expressive face I've ever seen a baby have. (Maybe I just notice it more since I'm with her all the time.)

This morning I had her on the bathroom floor with some toys while I got ready for work. She just laid there and stared at me with the most serious eyebrow-furrowed look.

Yesterday while I was swaddling her up for her nap, she just burst out laughing and giggling. She wouldn't stop smiling at me! (Made it hard to leave her to go to sleep!)

Last Sunday in Relief Society she was on the floor playing and she just all of a sudden looked up at me and started chuckling, and she wouldn't stop! (I guess disrupting the lesson for a laughing baby is better than a screaming baby?!)

She was on the counter in her bumbo a few days ago while I cleaned up the kitchen. I turned on the disposal and she got the most horrified look on her face the whole time it was running.

When she's tired and I'm trying to get her to smile she just stares blankly at me and then turns her head as if she's giving me an eye roll: "Mom, I am so done with you right now."

She had a toy mirror that she loves to play with. She stares at herself in wide-eyed awe and then starts talking to herself.

Watching her go to sleep is funny. Right when she's on the verge of being awake and asleep she will grin with her eyes closed.

I just wonder what's going on in that little bald head of hers.

Five Months

Time flies when you're having fun! The little stinker didn't smile the whole time we were taking her pictures but started grinning as soon as the camera was put away. :) And the red spot on her head is a birthmark, just for clarification, every time our nephews see her they point to her head and say "owie!"