Happy birthday, Lauren!

My niece is FIVE today! I just can't believe it.

Lauren is the best big cousin I've ever seen. You can seriously see how much she loves "baby Selah". When we saw her just a few weeks ago, she wanted Selah to have whatever she had. No refusal to share toys/food/treats/attention/space with a little one much younger than her. No jealousy. It's pretty obvious that I'm not the only one who thinks she's the best. Selah agrees.

Picture of the girls together. Hard to stop them from playing.

I heard this song recently and it made me think of you, my dear.



Always be yourself
But if you can be a unicorn
Always be a unicorn

Happy 5th birthday, Lauren Olivia! Aunt Beth loves you so, so much.

3?! How can it be!

Three years ago today, a sweet, lovely, beautiful little girl was born.

My adorable niece Lauren

If you know me, you know that I love my nieces and nephew so, so much. This little girl is no exception.

Us together when she was hardly a month old

Around 7 months old

My favorite picture of her when she visited at around 13 months old. I'm in one with her, but it's just not pretty.

 

My 17-month-old flower girl

Visit right around her 2nd birthday

Last Thanksgiving. She was around 2.5 years old.

Notice a theme? That's right! I get to see this little lovey every 6 months or so. Last visit was around 6 months ago. What does this mean? That it's time to see her again! And I will. A week from Sunday. The day after we get back from our OK trip, I am driving to Atlanta to see her! She will be getting ready to go back to Dallas, but I'm so lucky to be able to squeeze in a visit.

Lauren Olivia, I love you too, too much! Happy 3rd Birthday, big girl!

On to Texas!

After finding out something quite special at the end of our Oklahoma part of the trip, the Timmy and I drove on to Dallas.

This is what we saw a lot of:

Flat land....

Oil rigs.....

And COWS!

Finally, we made it to Texas.

Where I got to see this cutie, our niece Lauren.

Our trip was short, but fun. I can't wait to see all of the people and babies again. Perhaps next time won't be as long apart as it was this last time.