Firsts, First, and More Firsts!

Laurel is going to be four months old tomorrow. My how the time flies! I’ve been keeping a calendar of all her firsts – 1st smile, 1st time she rolled over, 1st time she laughed, 1st time she reached for a toy, etc., but I never thought I would already be adding her first marriage proposals to that list.

My good friend Catherine has two little boys who absolutely love Laurel. Drew is five and Aaron is three (she has two darling girls too but they don’t equate in this story).

The other day Catherine called me and said, “You will not believe what the boys were fighting over today at lunch.”

I was all like, “WHAT, tell me!”

This is how the conversation went:

Drew: “No you aren’t, I am!”

Aaron: “No, you can’t because I am!”

And on and on…and on.

Catherine finally asked them what was up and they said they were fighting over who could marry Laurel Catherine (this is what they have called her from the day she was born – I don’t know why since we have never called her this). While I would LOVE to be related to this wonderful family I think it might be a little early for marriage proposals!

Here is Drew with Laurel

(Laurel looks a little unsure, but look at that smile from Drew!)

Here are some other little tidbits from Drew who claims he WILL be the one to marry her (not that brother of his!).

“You know what I love, besides Laurel Catherine?” (Overheard by the 1st counselor in Primary)

“I have a girlfriend who is a baby” (I wonder who he meant???)

“She can sleep in my bed and I’ll sleep on the floor.” (He said this to me one night when we were getting ready to leave and he wanted Laurel to stay. I told him she couldn’t sleep at his house because they didn’t have a bed for her.)

“I think she is crying because she wants me.” (Said to me one day when Laurel was crying. Drew will think up any excuse to let me hold her.)

“Let me hold her during the scary part.” (Said while we were watching Harry Potter, see above about wanting to hold Laurel.)

There are MANY more, but you get the picture. I think it is cute, but I’m getting a little worried. The other day I went to pick up Laurel (Catherine is watching her until school gets out) and Drew was making faces at her and being silly, trying to get her to smile. You should have seen Laurel’s smile! She was grinning at him like there was no tomorrow.

All right now Laurel, I don’t want to have to add first flirting to the list!

Laurel Meets her Cousin!

We were so excited to have my brother, Bobby, his wife, Brandi, and their 5-month old daughter, Ariana, come to visit us all the way from Utah. Laurel and Ari had so much fun playing together (well, not really; they mostly just looked at each other!). Ari is such a sweetie and she is soooo much fun to play with. I wish we all lived closer together so the cousins could grow up together, but I guess we will just have to go on vacation to see each other (that doesn't sound too bad to me!).

I didn't get too many pictures from their visit, because we were too busy having fun and living in the moment, but I did manage to get a couple cute shots!

Look at Ari's cute smile! Brandi's is pretty cute too!

Here's Ari checking out Laurel :)
The Doss Family - Aren't they cute!
Bobby and Candace with Laurel and Ariana

Ari after her bath - what a cutie pie!

This may be why Bobby lost to me in Mario Cart ;)

What a big girl, eating solids!

I'm so glad that my brother and his family was able to visit and I hope to see them again soon!