Kara at 9 months

Kara has become a walking machine at 9 months! She rarely crawls now. She can squat to pick up a toy, turn while walking, lose her balance a bit and recover without falling, crawls up the stairs, and is overall dangerous. She wants to climb everything, but can't quite do that, so gets frustrated. Kara is also becoming quite a character! She LOVES to laugh, especially at something Kate or Ryan is doing, frequently belly laughing at a silly antic of theirs! Tonight Ryan and Kate were pushing her back and forth in the pool while Kara was in a floating device. She thought it was the best, giggling the entire time!


Kara is eating like crazy - bananas, watermelon, cantelope, cheese, pizza, cheese crisp, ANYTHING with cheese, bread, yogurt, soft granola bars.....she has stopped the bottle and only drinks from a sippy cup. This has helped while I work - she drinks more from a sippy than she ever did from a bottle! And she is my most thirsty baby - Kara chugs the water!

Kara waves bye bye (although her hand is backwards when she does this), gives open mouth kisses, says Mama and Da (for Daddy). It is cute when Keith is on duty and Kara wakes up from a nap. You can hear her in the monitor, yelling "DAAAAAA".

Kara is a HAPPY child! What a blessing! At first she cried a lot (first couple months of life), but now she is rarely fussy. She cracks us up daily ....SO much fun!