Bathtime

Kara loves her bath!

Crawling pictures

Sorry they're blurry! It was hard to get one of her staying still! She was trying to get to her green frog.

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She's off!

Kara is crawling! She doesn't quite have it down perfectly, but she's getting around! She started rocking on her knees today, and all of the sudden started awkwardly crawling to the side and to the back this afternoon. It seems like it happened overnight!

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6 months!

Kara turned 6 months old Monday (can you believe it!?) and we had her checkup today. She is 25 inches long (25th percentile) and 14 lbs (20th percentile). Time sure flies by!
B and Kara and I spent the last day of summer vacation at the park (which is where I took the pictures above). I can't believe school is already starting again, and I'm a little bummed. B is starting kindergarten, and I have to admit, I'm going to miss spending all day with her!
Swim team preparations are in full swing as well. I feel like October is going to be here WAY too soon--and then I won't have a life until March! I really love it though, and I'm looking forward to a new season.

Kara's Latest

Kara has changed sooo much in the last few weeks. She is on the verge of her first word--probably "mama" because she's started saying "mmmmmmmmmma" lately. She is also starting to sit up on her own! It happened almost overnight, but she started pulling herself up in her chairs, and started supporting herself when I put her down.

Her newest "trick" is to copy when somebody waves at her. She hasn't quite figured out that it means something, but she knows she's supposed to do something with her hand. It is so cute!

She'll be 6 months old in about a week. I can't believe how fast time has flown!
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Guess how Kara feels about carrots?

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Cousin Seb

My cousin Brittani has a 10 month old son named Sebastian. We were able to visit when I was in Colorado, and the babies were able to play together. Sebastian was more interested in his Uncle Justin, but he was also pretty fascinated with Kara's toys.

At the Rodeo

In Colorado, there is a little hometown rodeo that we have gone to for the past 13 years. My dad has been able to present the saddle to the Rodeo Queen for most of those years, and it has become a treasured family event. This year was Kara's first year! I have only missed one year (last year), and made the drive up to CO to be able to attend this year.

We, of course, had to make sure Kara had the right garb for the event. She actually had TWO outfits (one for the warmer weather, a Carhart outfit, and one for the colder weather, blue jeans and a pink cowgirl shirt--fully equipped with pink cowgirl boots). While there, she got to sit on a horse. She was pretty interested in the horse, but she mostly just wanted to put the saddle in her mouth.

Here are some pictures:

August 7th, 2010

Today, Kara sampled some homemade whipped cream. She thought it was pretty fantastic.

Biscuits

Here are Kara's favorite foods, starting with least favorite up to favorite:

Applesauce
Squash
Pears
Sweet Potatoes
Green Beans
Bananas

(There are more that she eats, but she is neutral about them). She is a really, REALLY good eater, and she also loves to drink out of a cup. She has to have a drink practically any time she sees a cup. But her new favorite food?

Teething biscuits and cookies! She LOVES that she can feed herself--what a novel idea! It's a bit messy, but it makes her OH so happy!

BTW, check out the pictures below! I'll post more about our trip to Colorado in a little bit.

Colorado

Kara and I went to Colorado for a few days to visit my family. We went to the hometown rodeo that we go to every year, and Kara had so much fun! She got to sit on a horse, watch the barrel racing, and play with grandpa. I will post pictures and tell more about that later, but FIRST, here are some portraits that my photographer friend Alyssa was sweet enough to come over and do for us. She did an absolutely amazing job, and there were too many wonderful pictures to pick my favorite, but here are a few photos that I absolutely LOVE. (I may have to put a slideshow with all the pictures on my sidebar because I love them all).