Chase and Amy

Monday, May 2

One Month

We just think she's really cute so we have to show her off! :)

Friday, April 29

Weather in Utah

Spring... will you ever come? I know you really want to, you've shown your face for a few days, so why is it snowing again?

Tuesday, April 26

We didn't do a whole lot for Easter. It was nice to be home and just be together. We took Lauren to church for the first time and she did great! Thank goodness, I don't know what I would have done if she had decided to throw a fit. I'm a little nervous how I'm going to handle her with Chase being on the stand during sacrament meeting.

My mom made her a little Easter dress and she looked so darn cute!

Thursday, April 21

Thursday Thoughts

-Time flies when you're having fun, or getting no sleep! :)

-I really would like to find a fun spring project to work on while I don't have to go to work for the next few weeks. Any ideas?

-There's just something special about thunderstorms.

-Left arm is falling asleep now while I hold Lauren.

-I'm having a moral dilemma: I really like my job and am kind of excited to get back into the swing of things there, but I feel guilty that I feel like that not wanting to stay at home 24/7 with Lauren. But at the same time, the idea of going back to work and leaving her makes me want to cry! Arg...

-Getting fun mail is one of my most favorite things.

-Leftover alfredo for lunch today!

-Never thought I was lacking in arm strength until having to carry the car seat around. Who needs weights?

- Seriously in need of clothes that fit. Maternity pants are falling down, my regular clothes don't fit yet in certain areas and just the thought of wearing maternity shirts still just makes me sad! Anyone know of any good sales going on?

- Being able to lay on my stomach and bend over is amazing!

Friday, April 15

2 Weeks

Well we survived the first two weeks home! Getting used to a new baby has been majorly time consuming, but fun! Our little angel baby has shown us her temper in the last few days; she has a perfectly feminine high pitched squeal when she's not getting what she wants. :)

We took her to her two-week check-up yesterday and she's growing like a weed, so hopefully we're doing something right! She's almost gained a whole pound just in these last two weeks.

We've had lots of visitors and appreciate all of the dinners and presents that they brought!

Lauren got to meet her three cousins last week. The number of grandkids on my side of the family doubled in the matter of a month! We had to take some pictures of Lauren with her new cousin Dallin who is three weeks older than she is. It was pretty cute!

We've had a pretty exciting couple of weeks. Dallin was blessed on Sunday and it was great to see family and grandparents. We celebrated my mom's birthday this week, we're taking my brother's prom pictures tomorrow, Easter is coming up soon, then we'll bless her and then my sister is getting married! It's going to be a crazy and fun couple of months!

Monday, April 4

Home and Healthy

We made it home and Lauren is healthy and happy! It's nice to be home and able to walk around and eat food that I actually want. So far Lauren has been a little angel baby. She doesn't cry very much at all, just squawks a few times when she's hungry every three hours on the dot.

I have new-found respect for women who have really long labors. 28 hours did me in and it's a good thing she came when she did because I didn't have anything left in me. Thank goodness for epidurals though!

I'm pretty shocked that her name isn't Kyrie. She came out and Chase looked at her and said "She's a Lauren." And that was that! It's fits her.

She did spend a few days in the NICU which wasn't very fun with an IV sticking out of her head. Thankfully though it was just some sort of little infection that the doctor wanted to take care of before it went full-blown and made her really sick.

Thanks again for all the prayers, messages, texts and love sent our way. We appreciate all of you and feel loved!

Saturday, April 2

We Have a Baby!

She's here! Lauren Clare Christensen, 7 lbs 3 oz 19 inches long, Thursday March 31 at 11:12pm. I'm doing great although Lauren is in the NICU right now for a small infection. Nothing serious at all so no worries! Thanks for all the calls, texts and thoughts sent our way. We'll get some pictures up when we have a little more time. She's a cutie!

Lauren Funnies

9/12/2012

- Every time she hears the dryer open Lauren runs in and holds her arms up ready for me to hand her laundry from the washer. I hand her every little piece and she throws it into the dryer making sure nothing is hanging out.

- Lauren sits on the counter while I get ready in the mornings. She picked up the bottle of hairspray and started "spraying" her hair. While fixing dinner she sat on the counter and grabbed the PAM bottle and "sprayed" her hair.

-She does not like doors or drawers left open. If she sees one open she will close it. If there is something poking out of a closed drawer she will try and tuck it back into the drawer.

-When I dust she needs a rag too and follows right behind me and mimics every move I make.

-Lauren loves taking baths. She gave her baby doll a bath in the sink today complete with rubbing her head and cleaning out her ears.

- She likes to take all her stuffed animals and babies and take turns wrapping them up and rocking them. Then she sets them in a row on her bench and gives them all a drink from her sippy cup.

- When she's trying to get my attention and I'm standing at the kitchen counter, she will wiggle in between me and the cupboard, push with all her might against the cupboard and stick out her bum against my legs to push me away from the counter.

- Lauren waves at every car and person that drives or walks in front of our house.

- She knows how to rock out to music BIG TIME. Driving the other day she fell asleep. A while later I looked back at her and she was awake head-banging and wiggling in her car seat to the radio which is a common occurrence.

- Chase gets her out of her crib in the morning and she comes to wake me up. She gives me a kiss and climbs in bed with me and has to be tucked in. That lasts about five seconds and then we go have breakfast.

10/3/2012

-She fell out of her crib last week. Down another wrung the mattress went!

- She's started carrying her baby around even more. I catch her giving her kisses on the head, feeding her crackers, taking turns eating a cookie, wrapping her up and rocking her, walking with her around the house and pointing things out, patting her on the back, putting her in the chair at the table and tucking her into bed.

10/11/12

-Lauren tried going potty today! Wasn't quite sure what to think and was nervous about falling in. But she really liked the flushing part. :)

11/15/12

-Lauren succeeded in dumping 18 eggs into the shopping cart last week without breaking a single one!

- When she's getting dressed she likes to run around naked for a few minutes, throw her diaper away, and then lay down to get dressed.

-She found an old purse and carries it around all day on her shoulder with her baby in the other arm. She waves to me and heads to the door and gets a little upset when I won't let her leave.

-She learned how to climb on her rocking horse and spends hours a day rocking and climbing on and off.

11/18/12

-Lauren spilled some water on the carpet. I told her to go get a towel to clean it up. She walked to the kitchen to grab what I thought was a towel hanging on the oven that wasn't there, and instead grabbed the rug and dragged it over and started trying to furiously mop up the water.

12/10/12

- Like Father-Like Daughter. Lauren can find our phones, open Netflix, find Curious George and turn it on. All by herself. She will pull the laptop up on her lap and pretend to type and turn it off and on. She's more tech literate than I am!

-We didn't realize just how much she understands. Looking at books the other day, I asked her questions and she would point and find things that I had no idea she knew.

- She's started singing Old MacDonald. The only part she knows is eee-i, eee-i!

2/22/13

- Getting ready the other day, Lauren walks in with her hands on her hips and yells "Hey guys!"

- She's into counting, but everything is "two." One, two, two, two, two...

-Walking is not an option...run-hop-skipping is a must!

- Lately she likes us to sing to her before bedtime. Her favorite song is "Do" (Old MacDonald) and gets mad if we try to sing something else.

- She plays possum all the time and closes her eyes when she doesn't want to do something, or in the last few days-pretend to be asleep with fake snoring and all!

3/2/13

-She's quite concerned about everyone's well-being. If you cough or say ouch, she'll come over by you and ask, "ew awight?" (You alright?)

4/22/13

- The other day after being sick I was sitting on the bathroom floor. Lauren came in and asked "ew awight?" then pulled the brush out of the drawer and brushed my hair for me. She did a pretty good job and didn't even pull!

- She got her "big girl bed" a few weeks ago. In the morning she comes in our room and peeks over the edge of the mattress to see if we're awake. The she either wacks us awake with her George or Bear or pounds on the mattress, then grins and says hi mom!