Kara Mae is 22 months old.

Noooooooo! Kara can't be turning 2 in two months! How can that be??? We've so enjoyed these 22 months with her and have a hard time remembering not having both girls, but how can she be that old?

She's getting so big! She's getting way too long for a lot of her clothes and we are truly moving clothes from one side of the closet (Jana's) to the other (Kara's).

Look at how tall she is getting? She's hanging on to the edge of the counter.
And look at her here, grabbing something off the counter.

This kid is a character! She's so stinking sweet. She's a snuggler! She has the greatest coy little looks, pretending that she's shy, but we all know the truth.

Her vocabulary is growing so quickly these days. She's also putting together 3 or 4 word sentences.
"I ready a go, Mommy!"
"A brush a teeth, Mama!"
"I a coming!"

Every where she goes she has to "a walk". She doesn't want to ride in the stroller or be carried. She must "a walk" or "a run". (Did you notice that everything starts with "a" for her?)

Since Mama started a new job for the rest of the school year, Kara is enjoying some social time at Brenda's house (a friend of Mommy's) with Kara's new friend: "a Noly buddy." Nolynd is about the same age as Kara and they are having a wonderful time together. Kara is also enjoying Brenda, who is very willing to enjoy Kara-snuggles. Kara spent most of the week calling Nolynd "Noah", but she's now getting better and saying "A Noly, buddy." The other adorable thing about being at Brenda is that she has a little yappy dog "JC"; however, Kara calls him "Little Maiya." Slight size difference. :-)

Kara's newest trick that we love is that she knows the Sandra Boynton book "Moo, Bah, La, La, La." She loves to make the animal sounds in the story and will bring it to you and call the book "La, la, la."

Kara still loves slides and swings. Her favorite is to climb up the slide.

She's also very into her baby, play food, Mama's kitchen utensils, and play houses.
First she must dump out all the playfood.
And then pretend to eat it.

Okay, okay, less pretend and lots of slobbering.
She has also stopped tolerating "a clip" in her hair. She rips them out of her hair so quickly and then holds them up proudly!

Going...
Going...
Gone.

Her eyes seem to be lightening up and becoming more of a steely-blue like Mama's. They are still a very cool color, but not as blue as big sis's eyes. And this kid is starting to get some hair!

She's actually even had her first pair of real piggy tails, not just pulling up the front part of her hair. This also seems to be one of her favorite places to sit - directly under the snack cabinet. Her other favorite place to sit is... I kid you not, in the fridge. We'll have to get a shot of that this month.

Ah, our sweet girl!


Kara LOVES car seats... as long as they are not strapped into a car. She strongly disagrees to getting strapped into her car seat, but loves to sit in big sis' booster seat. Silly girl. She also loves playing with the old bottles and sippy cups that she has outgrown. "A bottle"!

Such a little ham!