Happy Birthday Malibu Barbie, I mean Lauren!!

You know how I like to do a blog post to honor my family's birthdays.......

Lauren is my 1st niece. Actually the first grandchild on our side. I was 18 when she was born and from the day after her mom (my sister) got married, I started bugging them to have a baby. Finally 3 years later, my sister and brother-in-law came home from Michigan to visit. I tapped her stomach and asked if there were any babies, like I did every time she came home. Funny, the answer was different this time. It was a big, FAT, YES!! I couldn't even see straight I was so excited.

My sister was sure it was a boy. Positive. And she said, I know one thing, even if it is not a boy, it will have dark hair and dark eyes, because that is what my sister has and normally that is dominant. I thought differently though. I told her she was going to have a girl with blonde hair and blue eyes.

On March 10, 1983 Lauren was born. I was so excited I could hardly stand it!

I always called her the "original girlfriend" because there ended up being 5 more neices on that side. I also called her Malibu Barbie when she was young, thus the name of the post, LOL. Although they lived in Michigan, we got to see them a lot and a couple times I went and got her and took her home with me to my mom's. It was like I was playing with a baby doll. I would dress her up, do her hair, and then take her and show her off to everyone, LOL.

Lauren has come a long way since then. The picture above is from her college graduation where she earned her doctorate of pharmacy. She is living the good life in Miami Florida working as a pharmacist for a large drug store chain. I'm so proud of her. She has grown into a beautiful and strong woman!

Happy belated birthday Miami Barbie! Wish I could have been there to spend it with you!!

As far as a weekend update, yesterday John and I worked around the house. It was such a nice day so I got the inside cleaned up and then we worked outside. Today we went to Costco, OMG I love that place, but tell me how to come out without spending over $100....please! Then we came home and relaxed. Tonight he built a campfire outside and we hung out there....ahhhhh I love campfires! Life is good!