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..

she already loves herself..

Cara has started to explore everything she can reach (and sometimes things she can't) which has forced me to re-baby proof parts of the house. I had thought I baby proofed well, but realized very quickly that I'm easily outsmarted by a baby. So Cara's exploring her room and finds the photo boxes that made the cutest shabby chic decorations. I like to let her explore so I usually don't intervene until something starts to look potentially dangerous. Well as I'm watching her, she breaks into the photo box and starts to rummage through photographs. She finds a picture of herself that she particularly loved which inspired this post. I had to show everyone how Cara reacts to seeing her own baby picture. She's madly in love with herself, borderline obsessed. She would carry the thing around with her all day, except I'm more or less paranoid she's gonna paper cut her mouth, so I'm forced to take it back. Which leads to the second video in the posting. You'll see what I'm talking about, just watch the videos. Enjoy!



and this is what happens when you take the picture away:

Pool Days

Summer is almost here, but in Georgia it feels like it's been here. And since Cara has started to enjoy water, I decided to take her out to the pool..she LOVED it.

Pictures are attached, for proof.











So happy:

June Playdate

Well, Cara had her first playdate this month. Really it was her first interaction with other "little people" like herself. And surprisingly, she wasn't the biggest one there. Apparently kids are bigger these days. I swear everyone I talk to has a kid who is in the 90th percentile. I guess all the midget babies live elsewhere. I've posted a couple photos and when I get my camera back, I will post a couple videos. We tried to get a group shot of the kids, and since Cara was the only one who could crawl, we tried to secure her in the middle. Needless to say, it was still a challenge to keep her there. I think she had fun though, I know I sure did!!

Enjoy.



Group shot one:


Take two, Cara losing interest:


Cara trying to feast on Tyler's hair:




This is Carter, I think Cara had an eye on him:

splish, splash

We're approaching 8 months old...wow. They just start growing up so fast. Cara may have said her first official word..although we may never know for sure, if she really knew what it meant. When pulling up on things she says "up, up, up" over and over..so I have convinced myself my almost 8 month old daughter knows the word up, when all the other kids are stuck on "daaa" or "gaaa". She's a genuis..no big deal. I have two videos, one showing her saying "up", even though it's not the best one I could have gotten..but she tends to get camera shy, so it's the best I have for now. And my second one shows Cara LOVING bath time, which is a new concept, considering she use to freeze up the moment the bath water would run. Excuse the naked baby, there's no other way I could really shoot her in the bath..lol.

Enjoy!

whoa!

Cara is 7 months old now, almost 7 and a half and has officially taken over the house. She loves to eat! Her favorite meal is sweet potatoes and corn with peach cobbler as a dessert (peach cobbler that smells nothing like peach cobbler should). I have posted a couple videos, one of her enjoying meal time, which she enjoys emphatically. And another of her showing off her "inward scream" as I like to call it. There are also a couple pics, some from the other day while we were spring cleaning. Enjoy!