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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

15 Months






Karissa will be 15 months old tomorrow! Where has the time gone? Karissa is totally a toddler now, there is no more baby in her at all. She is very independant and knows what she wants and will scream until she gets it! She is currently 23 lbs 4 oz (50% and only 6 oz bigger than at 12 months) and 32.75 inches long (97% yes back on the chart! and only 0.5 in longer!) So she has slowed down in the growing department drastically! That being said she is still in the same size of everything so much for thinking that 18 month stuff would fit this summer I should have bought 12 month, oh well. She is expanding her vocabulary almost daily. She now says hi all the time, mama, dada, nana, by, and is repeating sounds that you say like da-da-dress. She is running all over the place and getting into everything you don't want her in. I took her to the pool for the first time today and she was actually kind of scared which I think a little healthy fear is a good thing. She really likes her sand box and her kiddy pool which is more her size. She that's the latest and greatest on our little missy.

Meijer Gardens






Karissa and I were invited to the Meijer Gardens yesterday with a friend that I work with. We didn't realize how incredibly hot it was until we got out in the sun. Megan wilted fairly quickly and resorted to sitting in the shade. Karissa and Evie really liked to splash in the water. They were both soaking wet and happy. Anne and I also got very hot very quickly so we didn't stay as long as originally planned. We did decide to treat the girls to ice cream on the way home....yummy! We had a really fun time and hope to go back on a day that isn't quite a sunny or at one that has a breeze!!

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Karissa's Pool





Giving her bucket hugs

Look at my big pool!


Karissa got a pool for her birthday and I just got it out yesterday for the first time. I filled it in the sun thinking it would warm up fairly quickly, well it didn't as fast as what I thought. Karissa wasn't so sure about it right away b/c it was chilly but then she really liked it. She did try to sit down but it was still cool for her. We went back in it last night and then the water was very warm and she liked it even better. She loves to splash around, this is going to be lots of fun! Thanks Uncle Matt and Aunt Robin!

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Random Pics

Do you like my piggies???
eating dirt cake with Aunt Robin...yummy!
Wagon ride time with Holly, she didn't enjoy it!
Plumbers crack!!

Do you like my new hat?



Smoothies anyone?



Buddie makes it on the blog once again!

I'm hot stuff walking in the grass!

This is my tree


Miss Independant



Karissa picked her dress out the other day and wouldn't let me put it away, or get her dressed for that matter. She just ran around the house naked carrying her dress....too cute!

Green Thumb?






RJ made me a couple flower boxes this year and he stained them the red and green that I had picked out. I love them!! The flowers look really good right now but we shall see if I can keep them alive through the summer! Hopefully I have better luck than with the hanging baskets I got for mother's day, they may be half dead already (so is the mother in laws)!

The Driveway Bites Back


We had our first real injury this past weekend. Karissa was playing outside as we did yard work and the next thing we know she is crying and she stands up. Yes she indeed actually skinned her knee for the first time. She must have landed just right because she has fallen many times before. She is a true toddler now with a skinned knee!