Day Trip to Cow Town and 7 Weeks Old!

Lauren Margaret and I went to Ft. Worth to see Jen Sanders to celebrate her bday (a week late). We missed her big 30th birthday bash a few weekends ago because Lauren was getting over her newborn congestion and stuffy nose. We enjoyed going to visit with Jen and her dog Simon. Jen has become a great friend over the last 4 years. Her husband, Jody, and Brandon went to law school together. We enjoyed getting to know Jen when we moved to Dallas and were so excited when Jody decided to "pop the question" to Jen. They were married in Michigan (Jen's home state) right before New Year's year before last and we were so excited to be there to celebrate their marriage! After getting married they moved to Ft. Worth, but we still manage to see them quite often!

So...today, I ate ate my first Vegan meal. NO....I'm not planning on becoming a Vegan (is that what they are called??), but Jen has been raving about this restaurant in Ft. Worth - Spiral Diner. Well, it was awesome! I had a wrap with no meat taco meat, avocado, back beans, corn, and all sorts of other healthy veggies. It was so good...we will definitely go back! I even had a Vegan chocolate chip cookie for dessert - so good. Here are some pics from our day.

Jen and LM
Lauren Margaret and Simon

Weekend Fun

On Friday Jaclyn and Lily Weidenbach came over along with Marcela Devlin. We all walked up to the Corener Market for lunch and enjoyed visiting with our good friends. Here's cute little Lily at 6 months old :) Lily brought Lauren Margaret all her 0-3 month clothes to borrow! Thank you, Lily!!

Lily Weidenbach playing at our house (drool and all) - love it!
Lauren Margaret attended two showers this weekend and was a cute little social butterfly. On Saturday we went to a shower for Courtney Faris and Cullen Walker Faris in the morning and then to Rikki and Ted Downing and Sally Claire Downing's shower that evening. Here are some pics from the couple's shower we helped host for Rikki and Ted Saturday night.

Kiddo Line Up (Lauren Margaret 6 weeks, Avery Underwood 4 weeks, Cooper Cunningham 6 months, and Meg Varner 5 weeks). I think Cooper is in LOVE!! We have all decided Coop needs a van with shag carpet inside to drive his ladies around OU one day :)
Mommy and LM
Family pic
OU Beta Wives and Babies (Allison and Avery Underwood, LM and I, Rikki Downing, Illena and Meg Varner, and Carolina and Cooper Cunningham)
LM and Avery Underwood
Proud parent to be (Ted and Rikki Downing - Future parents of Sally Claire Downing)
On Sunday, we met The Weidenbachs at Blue Mesa for brunch - yummy!

After brunch our family drove up to check on the boat at the marina. It is an hour drive from our front door to the boat, so we are looking forward to another fun summer full of relaxing days at the lake. One of the reasons we chose Lake Texoma (besides the fact that it is the perfect distance...not too far but far enough that you feel like you are getting away) is that we thought it would be a great lake for kids. There are lots of sand beaches where we can dock and set up the canopy on the beach. The kids can splash around on the shore or build sand castles or take a nice nap under the tent...something I like to do as well :) We figure she'll be 5-6 months this summer so we'll get in a few days with Baby as well. We loved having friends/family out there last summer so we look forward to the same this summer with the kids as well! Fun memories to be made for sure ;)

We think LM likes the lake already...check out this smile while we were at the marina

6 Weeks Old

Lauren Margaret is six weeks old (3/3/09) on "square root day" as Matt Lauer from the Today Show informed us :)

LM continues to LOVE to smile and coo...she also is a big fan of bath time. She still enjoys being on her changing mat in front of the windows - has enjoyed that since we got home with her. She likes riding in the car, playing on her jungle mat, being held, swinging, and her newest little trait we have noticed is when she's really tired and just about to go to sleep she will put out her bottom lip like she's about to cry, but somehow holds it together...sometimes to even give a little smile. It's really funny and quite cute! She's really tracking with her eyes now and will watch anything and everything that goes by her (including her big sisters Lucy and GiGi). LM rolled over twice the other day - she's our little Mighty Mouse. We both got to see it which was fun.
Lauren Margaret is also figuring out her days/nights. She has been going to be around 10/11, sleeping until 4ish, gets up to eat, then goes right back down until morning (anywhere betweeen 7-9). We've got a little routine of bathtime, pj's, reading, eating, rocking, and bedtime. Really seems to sooth her and get her right down. So, sweet dreams to the entire Lee Family!

We went to meet Brandon for lunch at Chili's on her 6 week bday which was fun! Here's a cute pic of LM at lunch.