Naughty Girl

Karissa thought she would pull the cap off a marker and draw on her forehead. The marker said permanent, but it washed off!! I swear this kid is into everything!

Potty Time

Gotta have your sippy and a good book on the potty.
A little privacy please

We have been putting Karissa on the potty a few times a day. The only person to have any luck is Grandma. Karissa has gone potty for Grandma at least 3 different times, which may not sound like a lot but to me it is! She really likes to sit on the big potty ( i like it too b/c she can't get off alone!). She sits on the potty and then tells mommy down (I have to sit on the floor) and then we proceed to read Rainbow Rob at least 5 times and then she is finished. At least she likes to practice!

Ready for winter

I found Karissa a new snowsuit for winter. I of course had to try it on her and she was a willing participant. she thought she was hot stuff running around the house with her new suit on. Hopefully we don't need to use it quite yet!

18 Months

Karissa is now 18 months old (okay actually 19 by now). She is such a big girls these days. We are in full blown toddler-hood!! i always say she is 1.5 going on 4 years old! She is now weighing in at 25 lbs and is 33.25 inches tall. She finally made it back on the chart for height!! People are shocked when they ask how old she is b/c she is so tall for her age. Karissa is talking up a storm. I can't even begin to make a list of all the words that she says. She has just started to go from calling me mama to mommy and from dada to daddy. It's to cute to hear her say that although at times she does over use it too!! ha ha! she is wearing 18 months clothes for the most part although she does have a lot of 24 months stuff for winter. She is in size 4 diapers (hopefully will soon be done with those!), and wears size 7 shoes! She still takes one nap a day in the afternoon and sleeps from 9-10 pm to 8-9 am. She has just recently given up her binkie, okay we took it away, and thankfully she hasn't missed it too much. She has been sleeping all night rather than waking up once a night screaming. We are glad that we stuck to it even though it was a few long nights of going to bed screaming and looking in her crib calling out for pass, pass. I had to walk out of the room at that moment b/c I was laughing so hard. So that is the latest and greatest on our little missy pants!!

Camping

Boating Beauty

I love my pretties!

So I know that I am way overdue for a post, sorry. We went camping to Brower Park for Hot Boat weekend September 11-13. It was beautiful weather (the best in the last 3 years we hear!). We took our boat this time so that Karissa would have a little more room to play and a bed to sleep on. We had an amazing time. There were so many boats up there, it was crazy. We parked on the sandbar for a long time, Karissa got beads for just being so cute!! She does love her pretties! She didn't sleep well the first night, I think she was cold, but the second she slept very well. We had an awesome time and were pretty depressed when we packed all the camping stuff in the basement until next year. We can't wait until it's warm next spring!

Future Nurse?

You loved looking at the scrub magazine the other night. Maybe you were picking out your favorites for a future job!

Camping

Helping Daddy set up the tent
Putting a stake in all by herself

Daddy's big helper

Playing in the dirt...dress and all!

Sitting like a big girl with Aunt Colleen

I don't need my chair, I will sit right here all alone!

My life jacket fits better this year!

She LOVES to drive the boat!

No Daddy, you don't need to hold on, I've got this!!

Driving to boat all by herself, she actually did really well for not being able to see over the steering wheel

Driving with Uncle Caleb

We took Karissa camping for the first time last weekend. We went with Caleb and Colleen up to Brower park. It was beautiful weather all weekend. Karissa loved boating and playing in the dirt. She actually slept really well in her pack-n-play at night and took a 3 hour nap Saturday afternoon. We all had a really good time even though camping with a toddler is a bit more of a challenge. We can't wait to go again in a couple of weeks!

New Kicks

Could she get any cuter??

So RJ and I love shoes!! We are now passing our love of shoes on to Karissa. We went to get RJ new insoles last night and walked out with a new pair of baby Etnies for Karissa. Everyone in the store thought she was just the cutest little girl, of course the shoes matched her pink dress perfectly. They even joked that she needed to come model them in the store on Saturdays. Good thing we got a girl, maybe, this could be bad too with all the shoes that she could have. At least we bought them big enough so she will be able to wear them for a while!

Pics, Pics, and More Pics!

First came the doll blanket and pillow, then..... Out came the mattress too, then....

It was nap time!!

I tried to put my own shirt on, looks good right?

Does the long hair in back need to be trimmed???

Putting mommy's shoes on

I walked all the way over to the door without falling!!

Pushing my car back up to the house, this is much harder!

Pushing my car down the back yard

Taking a little rest in the grass

Playing in my car...oh how I love my car!

We started potty training, well kind of. I bought a potty a while ago but now I actually put her on it a few times a day. I am yet to get her to pee on the potty but I'm sure one of these times she will. Right now she just loves to sit there like a big girl!

All done going potty with her beloved ball.

Playing in the flowers

Buddie wanted to go for a ride too. You can tell that really neither one of them were overly thrilled to be in the wagon together.