2 year old personality

Lauren talks - a lot. You can talk to her in paragraphs for days. I recommend that actually, as it will definitely cheer you up. What I love is that she's in that stage where she's starting to pick up catch phrases and start to use them, and has even started to make occasional jokes (which is downright hysterical when she knows she's saying something funny). Here's a few things that you'll hear come out of her mouth frequently:

"Oh my goodness..."

"It's not too bad!"

(When you tell her something is cold or hot and she doesn't agree)

"In a minute...."

(When you ask her to do something)

Animal fun!

Lauren, her Aunt Mindy and I took a quick trip to an exotic animal park about 45 minus from our house. The place is called the Exotic Resort Zoo and is in Johnson City (http://www.zooexotics.com/). We didn't have much in the way of expectations, but man were we blown away! Such an unbelievable experience for our little animal lover! We rode on this little tram / bus through this open range with buckets of food. Lauren got to pet and feed zebras, camels, deer, elk, antelope, buffalo, ostriches, lambs, sheep....you name it. She squeeled for 2-hours straight. Here's just a few pictures detailing our experience. And, to you other Austin mommies, if your kiddos like animals.....take a trip out there, stat! You won't be disappointed.

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Dressing skills

Lauren has a cute way of putting her jacket/coat on in one quick move. The process starts by laying the jacket/coat on the floor. The rest is pure toddler inventiveness....see below.

Snow for a minute

Austin was getting a little jealous of the rest of the country, so this week it quickly wiped away the 80 degree temps, dropped to 19 degrees, and sprinkled a half inch of snow. No worries, we're back to 70 degrees and sunny again today.

Through the eyes of a two year old

Lauren has decided that my phone is her phone. The funniest thing to me is when I look through my phone photos and discover pictures that she has taken without me knowing.