Wow...more than a month...my bad

How can it have been more than a month ago that I updated this thing? How is next week Christmas?? Geez, where to begin...

I'll start by listing all of Lauren's new words. She is talking like crazy now and she's putting sentences together that actually make sense. So here is a list of new laurenisms:

Yellow bus

White bus (these are all over Fort Benning because they transport Soldiers)

Bracelet

Aunt Anne

Pretty

I do it

Mamma do it

Helicopter

Airplane

Blue car

Chicken

Horsey

Pretzels

Peas

Green beans

Meat

More please

Bless you Mamma

Thank you Dadda (seriously, Patrick gets thanked for everything, not poor Mamma)

I Rock

Nose

I Open (when referring to presents)

Sassy Bear

I wet (usually said while changing her diaper)

Michael

Lacey

Hat

Purse

Jacket

Zip it

Black shoes (read more about these below)

Maw Maw

Paw Paw

Bone

Move puppy! (poor Lil' Jon)

Lotion

Chair

Bib on

Ho Ho

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A few months ago I bought Lauren a cheap pair of black Mary Jane shoes to wear with her Christmas dress. This child loves those shoes. Literally the second she hits the door in the afternoon she takes off her tennis shoes, puts them away, puts her socks in her dirty clothes basket and puts on her "black shoes." She wears them with jammies, with jeans, with just a diaper...she doesn't care what she has on as long as she can wear her shoes.

She does branch out occasionally though. She also enjoys her beach shoes

As well as Dadda's shoes

In other Lauren news, she has added steps to her bed time routine. The child that has never cared for being rocked, despite the awesome glider we got before she was born, now demands to be rocked before bed each night.

It's really cute. She says "I rock? I rock?" Sometimes she also asks "I night-night on Mamma?" Night-night on Mamma means, 'can I put my head on your shoulder while we rock?' However, she only wants to rock a few minutes, not until she falls asleep. In fact, she'll usually tell me when she's done by saying "bed."

Speaking of bed, it's approaching bed time and I'm tired. I'll update again tomorrow night and I'll post some pictures of our Christmas decorations.