I met Lauren LaVergne my first year teaching at Como Elementary School. I will be totally honest… I DID NOT like Lauren when I first met her. She was mean to me. When I told her what class I would be teaching she laughed in my face, and said, “Gooooood Luck”…. The heifer didn’t think I could handle them. Within the next three years I had the same group of kids, and a best friend named Lauren LaVergne. The girl that I despised became my very best friend. We have been on several trips together, spent many nights at the lake, had numerous slumber parties, and spent many a minute with each other.
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| Scott is always surrounded by us. He must feel like he has two wives. |
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| We even had to go on field trips together. I had to supervise! |
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| Easter Egg Hunt Field Trip, Como Elementary |
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| She and Taylor went with me to see Scott in North Carolina over Spring Break one year before Suzy came along. |
She is the girl that I talk to when I have had enough and am at my breaking point, or when I am happy beyond words. She has always been there to listen to me rant and rave in a ticked off "Wanda" fit or laugh hysterically. If anyone is as lucky as I am to share the bond with another human being like the bond I share with Lauren you are truly, truly blessed.
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| Post Suzy beach trip! |
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| We had a ball at The Color Run! She doesn't even look Caucasian, does she? |
The only thing that could have made our relationship stronger is the bond that is shared between her and Suzy. Lauren was with me when I went to the doctor to find out that I was pregnant, she and JoAnne planned my gender reveal party (so she knew what I was having before I knew), she bought more outfits for Sue Baby than I did when we went shopping, helped to plan my baby shower, bought me my first Baby Name book, helped me decide on the name Ella Suzanne Smith, and she was there when Suzy was delivered. We may be the reason she may never have children.........
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| Gender Reveal Party that Lauren and JoAnne put together. |
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| She was one of my hostesses at my baby shower. |
She said it was quite the experience. She was up close and center with the whole delivery…… That’s a good friend (or either she is grossly nosey). Suzy and Lauren are in love with each other. It may because Lauren was the first blubbering baby Suzy saw when she came from my body, or it could be that Suzy was the first blubbering baby that Lauren had seen come from my body…. Whatever the case may be, Lauren LaVergne is one of Suzy’s favorite people. I honestly think the bond that Lauren and Suzy share makes Lauren that much more important and irreplaceable to me.
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| She pulled it together and quit crying long enough to kiss her and start crying again. Delivery Day. |
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| My sweet, sweet friends with my sweet, sweet Sue. |
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| They were even nice enough to take this photo of my rear as I was walking to see Suzy in the nursery. I was not aware I was showing so much skin... It was way worse in person. Thanks pal. |
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| Laurie and Suzy at suppertime! |
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| Of course, she had to make sure Suzy supported the Aggies! |
A person always has friends in their life that are good friends, but you just aren’t quite sure you would want them to raise your child if something were to happen to you. Scott and I have some friends that we adore more than anything, but we don’t want Suzy to be responsible for raising them if we pass (get my drift?). Lauren, on the other hand, is exactly the person we would want to raise our Sweet Sue Baby. Scott, Suzy, and I love that girl more than she will ever know. We know that she would do exactly what we would want for Suzy. The only thing that will be a massive problem is how bad she would be spoiled. If something were to happen to Scott and I (Heaven forbid it does), you will hear about the rotten wild child that Lauren LaVergne is raising!
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| Halloween 2012. |
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| March 2013 |
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| March 2013 |
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| I told you... Suzy is just like her Laurie. She thinks she must be glamorous at all times. |
Today is Lauren’s birthday. I was trying to write in her little birthday card how much we loved her, but there just wasn’t enough room!! I figured my blog may be just the answer!
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| Laurie's princess. Point proven. |
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