Hair Update #4

13 weeks after the accident.

9 weeks after the accident.

6 weeks after the accident.

3 weeks after the accident.

3 days after the accident.

It has been just over 3 months since the accident. It is growing in but as the doctor stated when it happened, "it is going to take a while".

I read a story about a little girl who was playing on a treadmill and fell off and got her hair caught in the belt. According to the story she also had a lot of hair pulled out by the roots. (It sounds a lot like Lauren's accident.) The mother of this little girl stated that it took about 9 months to fill in the bald spot. If that holds true for Lauren then we are about 1/3rd of the way there. I am seeing progress. As I have stated many times it is baby steps but it looks like we have taken a few more these last 4 weeks.

Easter

The Easter basket is ready for Lauren to wake up.

Lauren, just out of bed, looking in her Easter basket.

My beautiful Easter girl.

Ready for church.

Spinning and twirling.

Lauren with her older cousins, Blaire and Elaine. I have taken a picture of these three every Easter since I got Lauren. I will do a post with all of them in the next few weeks. It is fun to look back on how much they have grown up.

The cousins. (missing the California boys.)

HAPPY EASTER!!!

Easter was a very full day. We started the day with Lauren's Easter basket. Lauren was so excited to see what was in her basket and her favorite thing was the chocolate bunny. She wanted to eat it first thing this morning.

We then went to my brother's home for breakfast and to go to church. Of course we had to get the pictures. I take a ton of pictures of Lauren but it seems that our Easter pictures never come out that great. I love the pictures with all the cousins and those came out great.

After church we had the egg hunt and then a great lunch. It was a really fun and nice Easter. It is always nice to celebrate with family. Usually my sister from California comes out at Easter time but this year her and her family were not able to make it. We missed them. It was not the same without them.

April 12 is the day my mother died 16 years ago. The year she died it was also Easter weekend. It is so hard to believe that she has been gone for that long. My father has now been gone for almost 3 years. Holiday's makes me miss them so much. It is not the same without them. I wish my mom could have seen all her grandchildren. She wanted them so bad and only got to see one of them before she died. She would have loved to see them doing the egg hunt and just enjoying each other. It is wonderful to know we will all be together again in heaven someday. Easter is the perfect time to remember that promise.

Annual Egg Hunt

After Church we had the annual egg hunt. As we have done for the past many years, we assigned each kid a different color egg and they had to find that color egg only. This allows us to hid the eggs based on the age and ability of each child and not worry about the older kids getting all the eggs. Each child gets to find the same amount of eggs.

This year Lauren wanted to find the purple eggs. They hid them a bit harder than last year and Lauren had to really search for them. It is a fun annual event. Sammie loved it that she kept wanting to do it again and again.

Coloring Easter Eggs

Working hard to decorate the eggs.

Lauren and Sammie coloring eggs.

The whole group.

The end results.

Saturday Lauren and I went to my sister's home to color Easter eggs. This year we added a lot of fun items to help decorate the eggs. We has glitter, yarn, eyes, and etc. It was fun to see how creative the kids got.

They all had a great time and we even ran out of eggs. They would have done them all night if there was more eggs. It was a nice way to start the Easter weekend.

Palm Sunday

I love Easter time. I love that everyone start to wear Spring colors and flowers are starting to bloom. I love that it is warm but not too hot (yet). I love dying eggs, the egg hunt and everything else that happen with Easter. Today was Palm Sunday and Lauren and I went for a walk before going to church. So, as usual I took some pictures of Lauren.

Lauren is a really funny kid. She says a ton of funny things and she likes to make people laugh but she is not a really smiley kid. She tends to have a more serious look most of the time. I took these pictures while she was walking on a ledge. She has always been and still is a very cautious child. So she was watching very closely where she was going. That is her. When I look at these pictures I think they capture her so well. I am still amazed that I am the mother of such a beautiful little girl.

Happy Birthday Sammie!!

Birthday Girl.

Enjoying the HUGE cupcake.

Eating the cupcake or the frosting.

Today we celebrated Sammie's 3rd birthday. She had a friend and family party at her house. It was a wonderful day and everyone had a great time. I can't believe that Sammie is 3 year old.

Springtime

Easter Eggs painted by Lauren and me. It was a fun afternoon and I think they turned out pretty nice.

I love getting out our few Easter decorations. It makes our house look so colorful. It looks like Springtime!

Last Sunday before we went to church we decided to stop at a park area and walk around. It was such a nice day and I got a few nice pictures of Lauren enjoying the walk.

Happy Birthday Grant!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANT!!

Grant holding all his gift cards. He has gotten to the age where he told me he just wanted money or gift cards.

Lauren with her cousins and their grandmother.

Lauren and Elaine.

Lauren and Jacob.

This has nothing to do with Grant's party. But Blaire was showing us her spread jumps. I was so amazed at how good she is at them. She practices all the time and it shows.

Grant turned 9 years old this year and we had a little family party to celebrate. It is hard to believe that when I moved back to Arizona he was just a baby. I just can't believe how big he is now.

Grant's grandmother has been in town since January. Lauren really likes her and I think it is wonderful that she gets to have a grandmother figure in her life. Lauren even calls her granny just like her cousins. She makes Lauren rice after school everyday. Lauren loves it and tells me all the time to get the recipe.