Who wanted a mobile child??

Kara is all over the place now. She figured out this weekend how to go up the dogs steps and get on the couch. She knows she's not suppose to climb the steps so when she gets up on the couch, she just starts laughing. Baxter is in trouble now!


I know I am doing something I'm not suppose to...

I'm up!

where did Baxter go?

daddy taking me for a ride

how do i get out of this box?

Happy Birthday!!!

She made as big of a mess as she could!


Happy Birthday to me!


riding with my bestie, Linley.



love riding in my coupe car

We had Kara's first birthday party yesterday. I've never seen her grin so big. She had a blast. We had everyone bring riding toys and we put them in the gym and they rode around. Then we had pizza and cake. We appreciate everyone who came and enjoyed this day with us. Big thanks to our bestie, Rusty, who took all the pics so we could enjoy the day with Kara. I can't believe it's almost been a year.

11 months old

Where has the past year gone??? It is flying by. I am already planning Kara's first birthday. I even mailed the invitations yesterday....I just can't believe it. Can't believe that this time last year there was a little girl swimming around in my belly...now I have a big girl here who is growing up way too fast. WOW!

She loves to eat. She will eat just about anything we give her. I can't think of anything that she doesn't like. Her fav is macaroni & cheese. If she has any macaroni on her plate, she eats it first and then eats everything else.

She is pulling up and standing in her crib now. So getting her to go to bed at night has started to become a task. But once she lays down she is a snoozer like her momma. We don't hear a peep from her until she wakes up in the morning. She likes to sleep up on her knees with her butt up in the air. Doesn't seem very comfortable but whatever!

Beach trip

Kara went on her first beach trip and she loved it! She's gonna be a little fish. Loved the pool and loved the ocean. Scott put her down in the waves and she would jump up and down when he would stand up. We also went to the aquarium, built a doggie at Build-a-bear and then rode the carousel. She enjoyed it all!


riding the carousel with daddy


at the aquarium with momma & daddy

swimming is fun!!

I love the water!

splish splash

Picture Update

Learning to feed myself is a mess!



At the park




trying to decide what to wear

loving on my daddy

9 months old! Silly girl

9-10 months

For some reason, I've been dying for Kara to become mobile...trying to figure out what the heck I was thinking!! She started crawling, by huge surprise to us, on May, 12, 2011. We thought she would skip crawling and go straight to walking as she showed no interest in crawling. Every time we would put her on her knees, she would roll over to her belly. All she wanted to do was stand up. But all of a sudden, I was cooking dinner (yes, you read that correctly) and Scott was sitting in the floor with her, a cup rolled too far out of her reach and she went from a sitting position to her knees and just pulled herself across the floor. We both just sat there with our mouths open. She's not really crawling a lot but she's getting around. She likes crawling better in her room where there is carpet. She doesn't really like the hardwoods.

July 12, 2010

What a wonderful day! Kara decided to be quick and after 9 hours of labor she was here. My contractions started while we were at dinner around 7:30 and at 4:26 the next morning she was here. Not to say we didn't have quite an adventure for those 9 hours but everyone has their own story.

While we were at dinner, I started to have contractions. We were with Rusty & Catherine and Rusty noticed that I kept hitting the button on my phone to check the time, every 5 minutes or so. He asked if I was ok and said that my face was showing that I was not ok. So after timing contractions for 45 minutes we decided to head to the hospital. Oh, did I mention it was monsooning outside? Yes, it was POURING down rain so we had to figure out how to get the car to the door for me to get to the car. Anyway, we get to the hospital and I was dialated to a 4 (which I had been for 4 days already). They put me in triage and called the dr. He told me to go home and go to my appt the next day. So they discharged me and sent me home. Before we even got home, I had Scott call my brother who was coming to stay with the dogs and have him come to our house as I knew we would be going back to the hospital SOON. By the time Brandon got to our house, it was 10:30 so we left for the hospital again. Forgot to tell you....I was doubled over in pain by the time Brandon got there...literally laying on my knees in front of the couch. We head back to the hospital. When I got back, the triage nurse was standing at the counter and she said "Oh, you're back? You look like you're in more pain this time." REALLY??? You think??!! So we go back to traige, she checks me and I'm dialated to a 7. Who whoo!!! She's coming today!! By the time they got me into a delivery room, I was dialated to an 8 and they gave me the epidural. Let's just say I was feeling GOOD by then! The epidural gave me the shakes though. It looked like I was freezing....just uncontrollable shaking. Scott kept asking if I was ok but the nurse told him that it was normal to get the shakes. After the epidural the dr came in and broke my water and within an hour I was pushing. I pushed for 20 minutes, the dr came in and she was out in 2 more pushes. It was quite an amazing experience. The dr was wearing glasses so I could see everything that was happening in the reflection of his lenses. Scott got to cut the cord. He tried to video the delivery but they wouldn't let him. I have to say it was quite and amazing experience that I will never forget...at least the hopsital made it eventful for me so it will be hard to forget.

Kara arrived weighing 7 pounds 8 ounces and 20.5 inches long. I don't remember much of being in the hospital. I was looking at the hospital pics the other day and there were pics of her crying and I asked Scott, "did she cry at the hospital?" and he said "you must have been on some good drugs". haha We spent 3 days in the hospital and then brought her home to meet Bax & Fiona. They were so excited and have been exceptionably wonderful with her.