Lauren's first day of school

Lauren was ready for school, she had been pestering me all summer about going. My answer was always, "After your birthday, when summer is over then you can go." Time flew and I felt so weird driving to drop her off at school then really weird driving home without her. Todd and A.J. came with and we were surprised A.J. didn't put too much of a fuss when she left. I took her picture and some silly ones too. She came home with a picture, I can't believe she is so grown up already!

Lauren is 3

So when Lauren introduces herself to anyone, strangers and friends, she says this, "I'm Lauren Pensabene Blaquiere, I'm wearing underpants and I use the potty and I go to school!" Every time. She turned 3 on August 13th, we celebrated the night before with family. Unfortunately the video won't upload so I only have one photo and its of her cake. So that's what you'll get as of right now until I can figure the video out. I got the idea for her cake online, its two bundt cakes put together, really cool.

The craziest month ever

Oh August, I'm so glad you're over with. It was craziness, besides Lauren's birthday weekend. It all started with me getting sick, just a little head cold but enough to make me tired and unmotivated to do anything, which was really frustrating since I had family coming in for a weekend and had a lot to do. So this is how it went down, Monday-got sick. Tuesday-a.c. stopped working it's full capacity, called the manager and she said the repair man won't be there till Thursday. At 5:30, electricity went out, not for everybody though only three buildings in our complex, lucky us. (this week was also recorded as the hottest week of the summer) Luckily our neighbors invited us to their place till it was time to sleep. Wednesday morning at 10, electricity comes back on, a.c. still not really working. I had bought a new entertainment center on Tuesday morning and it was still in the boxes, I was in the heat with a cold and had no motivation. My family was arriving Friday afternoon and my house was complete chaos, it looked like we just moved in with all the laundry and boxes and toys everywhere. Wednesday afternoon I finally sat down and started going knowing if I waited any longer I would be so mad at myself. Thursday morning the repair man came and our home suddenly felt like paradise instead of the week long hell hole. Friday came and my family arrived. I still had a little cold lingering but it was mostly gone and the best part, we survived. That's how I felt when our house was miraculously put back in order, I walked around and felt like I had survived a boot camp.

       Our new entertainment center from IKEA