So sleepy....

When Kara is this sleepy, she just can't keep her eyes open. :-) She will fall asleep almost anywhere. One minute she is jumping like crazy in her jumper, and the next minute she is sound asleep! What a sweetheart!

Standing & Playing!

Kara got the Leap Frog toy in the picture for Christmas and just started showing some real interest in it. Do you see Kara standing all by herself and playing? We think all the jumping she has been doing in her Rainforest Jumper has really strengthened those legs!

The cutest smile!

Look who was all smiles in her highchair this evening at dinner time. Don't those smiles and adorable faces make you melt?!

Weekend with the Grandparents

Tim and I celebrated our anniversary over the weekend, since the actual day (26th) landed on a Tuesday this year. The great news is that we were able to get away overnight! Kara and Samantha's Nana & Papa came up to spend the night and take care of them. Tim and I spent the night at a very nice Marriott hotel a little over an hour's drive from home, saw the movie Vantage Point, and had a wonderfully delicious dinner at The Melting Pot--a terrific fondue restaurant! What made our celebration even greater is that Nana & Papa said that our two girls were angels while we were gone. Of course, we expected that Samantha would not give her grandparents any grief, but it was our first time away from Kara for more than a few hours! My parents had no problems with feeding Kara, putting her down for naps, or at bedtime. Of course I was thrilled to hear the news, because that meant Nana & Papa would be willing to come stay overnight again!

Unfortunately, we didn't get any pictures of Kara and Samantha with their grandparents while they were here. :-( We'll post some more pictures soon!

Playtime!

We wanted to share some pictures of Kara playing with her toys. She just loves pulling on those toys on the activity gym!

Our cutie!

You said to keep the pictures coming....Enjoy!

Kara is 7 months old!

Our sweet girl is already 7 months old~time flies when you're having fun! Tim weighed himself on the scale and then held Kara while weighing himself. According to our unofficial methods, Kara weighs a whopping 15 pounds! We're not surprised because she has been eating solids twice a day for the past month, and has starting drinking 8 oz bottles in between meals throughout the day. Kara has become quite the "piggy" and we love it! You might have noticed from the last several pictures that she has developed little chipmunk cheeks. :-)

Kara and the Frog!

We were at Wal-Mart today to pick up a few things and couldn't resist getting the HUGE stuffed frog for Kara. It's bigger than she is, and she loves it!

What a big girl!

Kara is eating baby food in the morning and evening and really enjoying it, as you can see in the first couple of pictures. She likes sitting in her highchair and being a big girl, and gets very excited when she sees the bowl of food coming her way. :-)

Kara is sitting!

Kara has been sitting on her own for the past week! In these pictures Kara is sitting in her playpen having a great time with all of her toys!

Kara's 6 month appointment

We took Kara to see Dr. Joe for her 6 month well-baby visit yesterday (6/18). She is 24 inches long and weighs 13 lbs 12 oz! She also got four more shots, and hasn't had much of a reaction to them, except for being more sleepy. All in all, it was a good visit and Kara is pretty healthy!

Why the sad face??

Of course we had to include Kara in our family tradition of watching American Idol together, and tonight was the beginning of season 7. We discovered that Kara has an eye and an ear (especially) for talent! As we watched the auditions taking place in Philadelphia, Kara had very immediate reactions to certain people that performed on the show. The three of us noticed that it wasn't isolated, because Kara started fussing and began to cry softly at ALL of the bad performances!! We just had to take a picture of the faces she was making. If you watched the show...you know exactly who Kara didn't like! :-)

Kara is 6 months old!!

Our sweet baby is exactly six months old today! It's amazing to think that Kara has been a part of our family for 1/2 a year, because it seems like she has always been with us--and we can't imagine life without her! The puppy in the pictures is one of her new favorite toys that she received from her sister for Christmas. Kara absolutely loves it, and gets so excited every time we put the puppy close to her so she can play with it! Kara is also chewing on just about anything she can get into her mouth. In one of the pictures she is chewing on a toy on one of her activity gyms. One of these days, she might actually have a tooth come in!

A Tired Little Girl...

This is a picture of Kara after she fell asleep on her play mat! Obviously, we really wore her out today. She is just so adorable!

Celebrating Christmas in Ohio

We flew to Ohio on December 28th to celebrate Christmas with Tim's family, and didn't return home until today--January 2nd. We enjoyed our visit and had to post a few pictures of Kara opening one of her presents, and with her Grandma and Grandpa Lang.

Christmas with Kathy's Family

We enjoyed hosting Christmas day dinner for Kathy's family. We took a couple pictures while opening presents before dinner, and then one of the cooks. :-)

Christmas Day

We all had a LOT of fun this Christmas morning! Most of the enjoyment came from watching Kara. :-) She was absolutely wonderful and really seemed to soak it all in. When it came to opening gifts, Kara pulled on wrapping paper, played with tissue paper, and was very interested in all of the gifts she received. The 'playtime puppy' given to Kara by her sister, Samantha, was definitely a favorite. Kara made all kinds of happy sounds, waved her arms and kicked her feet to show how much she liked it!

Christmas Eve

The picture of the four of us was taken in front of our Christmas tree in the family room. We clean up pretty good--don't we?! We were all ready to take Nana & Papa to the candlelight service at our church. After church, we changed Kara into her PJ's. We had to show everyone the cute pictures of Kara smiling wearing her Santa hat--too cute! It's a tradition in our family to open one present on Christmas Eve. We took a picture of Kara ripping the paper off of the present she received from Micara & Daniel Coats--her birth-grandparents. Kara loves to rip paper! Kara opened a beautiful pewter covered picture album that had a giraffe, toucan and hippo on the front. It will go perfectly in her bedroom.

Kara's 1st Christmas outfit

This is the outfit Kara will be wearing when she wakes up on Christmas morning. Isn't she adorable?! Aunt Karen gave her the cute bib she has on. Kara's Nana & Papa will be going with us to the candlelight service at church on Christmas Eve and then spending the night...which means they'll be here to help us celebrate Kara's 1st Christmas! Then, Kathy's sisters and their families will be over in the afternoon on Christmas day for dinner. We will have a full house, and lots of fun celebrating the birth of Jesus! :-)

Kara is doing better today

Kara ate better today, and there were no instances of vomiting yesterday, or today (so far--hope I don't jinx it). These are some cute pictures we took of Kara lounging on our family room pillows--full of smiles!