Kara Mae is 21 months old!

Holy smokes, she's really growing up quickly now. I remember this happening with Jana too, but I think we've let Kara remain a baby for longer than we did Jana, so it feels more drastic.


She's such a little monkey! She climbs on EVERYTHING. Couch, chair, table. She has discovered that she can climb into the toy box and sit in it. We're waiting for her to climb out of her crib, but we're hoping that won't be anytime soon.

Kara's language is progressing quite nicely. She's trying to put phrases and sentences together. Here are some of the new things this month:

Mo lellow chsss (More yellow cheese)
Apple
illy doggy (Silly doggy)
Good Dog
Up pees (up please)
nummy/yummy
Ungee (hungry)
Maiya (no longer why-ya)
jacket
tac-toe (tractor)
nack (snack)
A pee-pees
A poo-pees
A potty

Everything has "A" in front of it. "a pizza", "a daddy", "a juice".

She's so into dress up. She loves hats, shoes, and jackets. She loves to put on my shoes and tromp around.

Here she's playing dress up at Grandma and Grandpa's.

She also happened to blow through her outfit, so she borrowed one of Grandma's shirts, which made a perfect dress for dancing in - with her shoes on, of course.
She also loves Grandma's tractor. Gotta love that cheesy smile!

Kara loves having "a-piggies" in her hair. Jana has coined the "chinchilla ears." Either way, once Kara has her hair up, I have a hard time leaving it down - she's just so darn cute! Even with after-nap messy hair.

Her little personality is on hyper-drive these days. She can be such a stinker! She knows very well what we're saying, but chooses to do what she wants anyway. Oh the terrible twos are going to be long. :-)

For example: Here is Kara eating her breakfast - a bowl of Cheerios. "Look Mom, no hands!"

Quite proud she got some Os stuck on her face.
So proud of herself!

We're having more battles over toys these days. Any toy that Kara has, Jana wants... and now. We have many fights over Jana's new doll set - stroller, crib, swing, etc. for dolls/stuffed animals.

Kara is absolutely addicted to her binkie. We thought it was hard to get through Jana's giving up the binkie, but I can only imagine how hard it is going to be with Kara. Here's our binkie girl!

Kara loves climbing on things- especially loves playgrounds. Her favorite is to "wing" (swing), but climbing on anything comes a close second. She still loves slides... that's how she gets down so she can climb up again.


The other day we had a wonderful time in the backyard with many of her favorite things: bubbles, climber, the dog, and big sis. Oh the simple joys!

Maiya attacks the bubbles and bites them. This brings Kara great joy.

And then again, there's always the pure happiness that comes with a sandbox.
And finally, a personal favorite. "Bubbles, Maiya, bubbles!" I don't think she grasps the concept that the dog can't blow bubbles. Good thing we have a very patient dog!