the heat is on..

Hello all!

Cara is 9 months old now, and has this idea she doesn't have to take naps anymore. I think the morning nap is out, officially. We're enjoying our summer though....INSIDE. Every time I get Cara out of her car seat, the back of her head is soaking wet. She's hot natured which when combined with 150 degree heat, let's just say it's a sweaty mess. So anyways, I know it's been a while since the last update. I am attaching some photos from the last couple of weeks and also a video of Cara eating her favorite new food, sweet potato puffs.

Enjoy!

Kangaroo Bob's..

I read Kennesaw was voted by Parents magazine as one of the top 10 family friendly cities. This got me really excited, but after thinking about it, I wasn't quite sure how or why Kennesaw was so family friendly. The article pointed out their annual Christmas tree contest (which doesn't occur until December, and only lasts one month out of the year) and their local park, that is nice, but doesn't really have anything for kids under the age of "swing friendly". So I did some investigating, to see what this city could offer Cara and I, a mother-daughter team that is at home, searching for things to enhance our days. Alas, I found something. You know those moonwalk jumpers, that kids just go nuts over at the coolest kid in the neigborhood's birthday party?? Well there are places down here that are filled with those things, and for a charge, you get to play in them. There are two places that we tested, but after going to the second place (which charged Cara 5 bucks to slobber on blow up toys), we decided we liked the first place better. Kangaroo Bob's is the second place we tried out, and the only place I got pictures. But Monkey Joe's recognizes that she can't even walk yet so didn't charge us, and is A LOT cleaner, so I think we'll continue to go there. Cara does have fun though, and I like that when she's trying to defy gravity, there's a cushion to soften the fall. And she gets to see other kids, which she really likes for some reason. She's not big on the interacting yet, but she LOVES staring and yelling at them. It's also pretty fun for the parent interaction, cause moonwalks are awesome. So to wrap up my point from the beginning, I don't really agree that Kennesaw is this super family friendly city, but it does have it's perks.

Pictures posted for your enjoyment:

I don't know about this:




This is better:


Parent interaction (where's Cara?? hmm..)




Let Mommy get a picture..


Weeeeeeee..




Okay I'm ready to get off now..