LAUREN COMES TO VISIT

My dear dear friend Lauren came to visit us in Texas for a week. We had so much fun with her. We didn't "do" a lot of things because we had a 5 day old baby. But just spending time with her was fun enough. On her arrival we decided to test Veronica's resilience and went out for barbecue. We took Lauren to Red, Hot and Blue for our favorite ribs. Look at that delicious slab of dry rub ribs. Yum.

And Vera baby was such a champ. She slept in her car seat and then in my arms the entire time. Hooray for newborns.

Most of our days was spent around the house catching up on sleep and some minor chores, but on Saturday we took advantage of the glorious weather and went on a walk on one of the long trails in the area.

That little bump on my chest is a baby. She's so little. We spent a good deal of time at the pond looking at all the different ducks and birds and turtles. We saw a sunning turtle no bigger than a quarter. It was darling.

This was the only photo taken of Husband from the entire trip. Other things we did while Lauren was here include gardening, sleeping, watching a ridiculous Nick Cage movie called "Next", changing a million diapers, cooking, making salsa and cookies, running small errands and eating at a tasty pizza restaurant. And of course, we introduced her to the magic of Braums with their frozen yogurt cones and their cherry limeades.

It was so nice to have Lauren here. Baby girl loved her and she was such a help to us. Plus it is just so fun to visit with her. Let's not wait another year before we see you again, ok? And next time we'll take you to eat some fried alligator, and some crawfish -Texas style.

Wearing the darling cardigan Lauren brought her.