Sleeping Baby

Kara has had a busy day today. She untied all of the ties on her crib bumper, crawled around the entire living room and pulled several items out, drummed on some toys, climbed all over mommy, flirted with daddy, got food all over herself, and at the end of all her adventures, fell plumb asleep mid-dinner.

Archie

My cat is clearly not worried about rules or the squirt bottle. We obviously aren't scary enough.

For the record, we don't normally let our pets lounge on the dinner table.

Mmmm, Steak.

(I get the feeling that I'm the only one who reads what I write on this blog, but at least I'll have it for posterity, right?)

Last night, we were having a yummy dinner of steak and vegetables. Kara got tired of sitting in her seat, so my mom picked her up and set her in her lap. Well, not two seconds later, Kara lunged for my mom's fork (which had a bite of steak on it) and immediately shoved the whole bite in her mouth. It was pretty funny!

A few minutes later, we looked at her, and she was biting down on a napkin and letting the rest of it hang out of her mouth. We started cracking up, and once she realized we were laughing at her, she did it over and over and over, as well as bang her hands on the table. It made for quite the entertaining dinner! Unfortunately, I was laughing too hard to get a picture!

Scrunchy Face

Kara has started doing a "scrunchy face" to us to make us laugh (or pick her up. She knows she's cute). This picture doesn't quite capture how cute she looks with her scrunched up nose, but she sure makes me laugh when she does it!

We drove home from Denver today, and she did surprisingly well, especially since she just out of the blue rejected her pacifier a few days ago (did I mention she did that? She's nearly impossible to soothe now unless she's being held). I have no idea what prompted the pacifier rejection, but I'm certain it hasn't helped in the cranky department.

We enjoyed our quick trip, but it's always nice to be home. I really enjoyed spending time with my dad though--it would definitely be nice if we all lived closer.

I Guess This Means Naptime is Over

Love

I'm just crazy about this baby! (Pictures from my phone... Of course!)

I was only in the bathroom for a minute...

B: "She was cold, so I put her in the bag."

Baby in a bag. Kind of like pigs in a blanket?

Faces

What is this face for? Can't figure out where it came from, but it's Kara's new favorite facial expression.

Maybe we smell funny?

She also likes to laugh at herself. She'll be "talking" and then will giggle at herself. I'm afraid she gets that from me--I laugh at my jokes more than other people laugh at them. (And I get that from my dad. Guess it runs in the family!)

Baseball

My brother was watching the baseball game. (We have an ongoing rivalry--I like the Rockies, he likes the Mets. Truth be told, I like the Mets too, just not as much as the Rockies). Anyway, he felt that Kara needed to watch the game with him. Aren't they cute?

Cousins

Kara tried to tell her older cousin that she doesn't like being a princess when they were playing dress up.

But it was better than the sparkles that were all over her head the last time they played dress up. Fairies have to sparkle, y'know.