History.
Lana Elizabeth Bauer was born the third child out of six children on November 8th, 1984 in Louisiana. She was the second daughter of Clayton Bauer whom was a firefighter for the city and Catherine whom was a stay at home mother most of the time but on occasional weekends she would sing at one of the jazz bars downtown. Growing up she lived a pretty care free life taking care of chickens and her mother's small garden. All the children were given responsibilities around the house that were supposed to me done and usually were before their father came home. School work was also an important thing in this life, her father wanted the girls well educated and well rounded so they would be a "dream" to their husbands when they became of age. Little did he know, it was the nineties and women didn't cook, clean and slave over their men anymore. She had no interest in becoming the special stepford wife her father wanted her to be which labeled her as the problem child at a young age. Mostly, she was a free thinker and did was she wanted to do even if she was considered off in la-la land a lot of the times. She was the child the frustrated the man the most and made her mother admire her for not falling into the cracks of his father's old school rules. This though caused tension in the house, and very harsh words were always said about how she would become a spinster and she wasn't desirable and ladylike. She could care less.
In high school her father had the idea of marrying off each one of his girls right after their graduation to their high school sweethearts. And send the boys to college. Lana wasn't going to take that, and she had planned on going to college herself as well, right along with her brothers. The day she graduated she packed her things and moved in with friends spending the summer working and just being free of the reign of her father. That fall she went to NYU to get a degree in anything, she really didn't have a set degree she wanted to get but she knew she was going to get one. Deciding on something she would be good at, social work she studies and graduated with a good standing and grades from the school. She wasn't quite sure if she wanted to actually do anything here in the city of head back home, though he really didn't feel that she would get the best of her degree going back home. Instead on graduation day, she pondered her thoughts over a glass of beer in a small bar downtown. This is where she met Rob, a loud mouths man that seemed to just want to smile and laugh at her the whole night. Even though the man was probably had a less age gap that her and her father, she found him quite adorable, and let him believe he was impressing her with his drunk banter, little did she know it would cause some sort of long term relationship which led her to stay.
Getting a job at the welfare department which she had a love/hate relationship with. She loved that she was helping people but she hated that some of the people that were in there didn't need their help other than getting off their asses and doing something. The thing she despised the most was when these people needing assistance would come in with clothes more expensive than her own and claim they couldn't eat. A year and a half into the relationship with Rob she moved into his place with him to help make ends meet better, she then was thrown into the mix with child. He whole world went spinning with excited, scares, nervous, and proud feelings like a tornado through her body. She was more nervous of what Rob was going to say about the whole situation. Little did she know he would be excited since it was so early into their relationship. Nine months later (October 4th, 2007) a little boy they named Ryan was born into the world. She was happy about being a mother but with a troubled labor which resulted in a c-section she had a short bout of mild postpartum depression which only lasted a little while, a few months tops.
Now Lana was faces with something different. She never wanted Rob to have to make choices regarding his own children but she didn't want to raise her child in New York City, and she also didn't want him to leave his own children behind. Knowing that their mother(s) wouldn't want to uproot their whole life for this situation they came up with a plan, something that would make everyone happy. They didn't know where they were going yet, so they didn't put things in full effect until they did. Lana put in applications throughout the 50 states, she finally got an offer at the Job and Family services department in Providence, Rhode Island. Of course, Lana saw this at the perfect opportunity and brought up her plan of coming to get the kids twice a month on the weekends to stay with them and two weeks in the summer, which everyone was happy about. Putting in her two weeks, Lana and Rob went on house and apartment searches looking for something to stay in while they lived there and finally found something, a cute little apartment for the four of them (Rob, Lana, Ryan and his eldest daughter) to live in.
Personality
Lana can be described as the "head bitch" sometimes, she has somewhat of a controlling nature about herself when it comes down to personal relationships. Of course, mostly this happens with love interests and family members (i.e close cousins, siblings, etc) where they would tend to get annoyed and close off from her and possibly avoid her until she realizes that she's being a bit overbearing at times. With new relationships, however she is not quite as controlling, she tries to get in the ideals of herself and the other party to make things at peace, though she also tends to associate herself around people that either don't care what one does or is a complete pushover. She unknowingly seems to be attracted to these sorts of people. It also doesn't help when her fiancé elaborates stories to make her seem much worse that she already is.
Even with her somewhat controlling nature she is a very friendly person, she will talk to anyone and be nice as pie. Though, she is a vengeful spirit whom should not be toyed with. Lana trusts most people but when you violate her trust one should be prepared to fight a battle of wits. She's not one to physically fight but she is one to be nice to your face and use everything against you in the long run. Though, this has only happened a few times to her she is always prepared in a sense and will not use it to an advantage unless she feels threatened in any way.
Lana is very active when it comes down to physical fitness, she loves taking her son to the park and jogging. She usually goes to the gym at least once a week and even takes some classes there from time to time. She also takes a few "mommy and me" classes with her son as a form of bonding with the little boy as well as making himself and herself new friends to play with. She believes that starting your child young with social interaction will make for a more normal and well to do adult growing up. Though, she doesn't trust public school teachings and has a feeling that they just throw them in a classroom without even trying to reach out and teach the children, she also knows she can't afford small private schools, as well as being home all the time to home school the children themselves.
Generally, first impressions of Lana are that she's the girl next door type that is a sweetheart and possibly having that perfect life with the white picket fence and everything is happy. Though she does lead and pretty happy and healthy life, her and Rob fight a lot over stupid things, as well as Lana and Rob's daughter (the whole typical, you're not my mother stay away from my father ordeal.) Lana tries too hard to be something she's not which is frustrating to her in the end. Of course, she doesn't want to be a "bitch" per say but she just wants to be liked and it frustrates her when people don't.
