A little bit about us

Welcome to our Blog. We are a typical family of four, living in Southern Minnesota.

My husband and I were married October 1st, 2005. Mark (28) works full time in the sales industry, while I (26) am blessed to be able to stay home with our twins, Landen & Lauren who will be One on October 25th.

That's right, one year old twins. Where did the last year go to? It seems like I was just at the hospital, checking myself in to be induced so I could finally see my two precious miracles.
After my doctor broke my water, I still wasn't feeling any contractions. Within time, the contractions came on, stronger and stronger. I was almost ready to push when they lost one of the heartbeats. Instantly, our doctor said we were having the babies, and we were having them NOW. I was rushed in for an emergency c-section at 7:15pm. Landen Thomas was born at 7:25pm with his sister, Lauren Rose following at 7:26pm. I was put out for the c-section, and the last thing I remember the nurses telling me was I was going to sleep. When I woke up, it was 9:05pm. I could hear the doctors and nurses saying I was in recovery for another 10 minutes, then they would take me back to my room. Still, not seeing my babies, or at that point knowing if they even pulled through, I finally got enough strength to yell out, "Where are my babies?" The best words I ever heard were, "They are fine hun, Daddy has been holding them for the last hour". Instantly I started crying. Not long after, I was pushed out of the operating room, down the hall to my room where I seen my husband standing in the window of the nursery holding Landen, and a nurse standing next to him holding Lauren. Thank You God for letting me have two healthy babies! That being said, it has been so much fun watching them grow and change over the last year. It's amazing how much they are alike, but yet so different. Landen is crawling and getting into everything, including pouring out the water from the cats dish, and playing in the food, while Lauren has no intentions of crawling, she still gets into everything. She scoots around on her butt everywhere she wants to go. My mom said I did the same thing, so at least she's taking after me a little bit. Landen is a spitting image of his daddy. He has his facial features, his hair, and his cute little dimples. Lauren is kind of a mixture. Lots of people say she looks like me, others say she looks like her dad. I guess it depends on who you talk to, who knew Mark or myself as a baby to compare her to. All I know is she is a miracle, and we are blessed to have her after the delivery I went through.

We also have one spoiled rotten cat, Whitney. I swear she thinks shes my child too. She comes when I call her name, she snuggles up with me in bed, follows me through the house, and trips me if her food dish is getting low. We've had Whitney for over 3 years now, so she is just like part of the family.


Even though I stay home with the twins all day, things can still get pretty hectic around here. I try to keep the house cleaned up, and the dishes done, the kids are always taken care of, and I will sure try to get on here daily to post about our exciting little lives.

More to come from the Laudenbach's

-Tanya