Happy Birthday Eve!

It's hard to believe that one year ago today I went to Riverside Hospital to kick my kid out of my belly. In case you can't remember a year back, I had to be induced since Lauren was apparently perfectly content being a parasite. My original due date was 9/19, and a week after that we took matters into our own hands (well, my doctor's anyways). 20 hours later, Lauren arrived and my life hasn't been the same since.

To put things in perspective, here's Lauren(with Tenzin) when she was a little over a month old...she's the one with the bow on the shirt:



Now, here's Lauren last weekend:


In the first picture she couldn't do much of anything, except eat, sleep and fill a diaper. Now she's walking. It's amazing that someone can change so much in such a short period of time.

We're really excited that Grandpa and Grandma Bilek are arriving tomorrow to begin 3 days of birthday festivities. They haven't seen Lauren since Memorial Day, when she wasn't even crawling yet. I can't wait to see how much they have with the wee one.

I'll post more after the monkey-themed birthday party on the weekend. Wish me luck in decorating a cake shaped like a monkey...I haven't used cake decorating tools in many years, so it will be an adventure!