Kara is One!

Kara had her first birthday almost a month ago, so I thought I'd write a little bit about her. Here is Kara trying so hard to get outside to play with the squirrels that run around out there. If anyone leaves a door open, she totally bolts for it. She's made it down the driveway twice and out into the backyard a few times before we knew where she was! Yikes! She absolutely loves being outside. After watching a few soccer games, she even has been crawling and kicking balls. Now that she is walking, she loves to kick and throw balls as well.

She loved when Larry blew his whistle for her. She is such a fun baby to have around- she is so silly lately and loves to laugh.

For her birthday she absolutely demolished her cake (my first child to do so). This girl LOVES to eat. She will eat anything, although she definatly has favorites- watermelon, PB&Jam sandwiches, and other fruit.

Since she has really been walking for about a month now, she is everywhere and into everything- including the toothbrushes and toothpaste that she found in the kid's bathroom. Yum! She also loved finding the drawer with ziplock bags- those were sure fun to pull out one by one. She loves musical toys and has even started to dance. It's really cute. She can say "mama", and she has said "Da," and "Ditty"(kitty), a couple times. She also signs, "All done" when she is done eating. She still has her beautiful gray/green/brown eyes and now has 7 teeth. She LOVES animals and has crawled/walked across a whole soccer field to stand right next to a few dogs. She is fascinated by them (and really doesn't even care if I'm within a hundred yards of her- she is fearless).
Kara is RAD!