TGIF

I am beat! Kara is really into everything and I am trying very hard to keep her out of everything. She is also repeating tons of stuff which is funny, mostly. She now walks up to us and says, "Hi five, too slow!" She learned this from Aaron but doesn't know all of the phrases to the joke.
She is definitely a girl because she loves trying on shoes. She has been walking around in Aaron's loafers and it looks funny. I need to get a picture, but as soon as I get the camera she is off doing something else. She also likes my purse. Although I have already given her one of mine she needed another one the other day so I found another for her. So she stuffs the purse with her books and walks off happy. Another time she had her purse and her play phone and was talking to Ava. She would say, "Ava", and some baby talk I didn't understand, then "purse" and more jabbering, then "bye!" It was adorable. I know that when she sees Ava they will probably just stare at each other, but in her own home Kara is certainly comfortable chatting with Ava on the play phone. Adorable!
Kara also loves to do whatever Daddy is doing. When he gets home it is like a rock star has arrived. They run to give him hugs and Kara usually says "Up with Daddy!" Poor daddy, Kara is usually swimming when he gets home so he gets a soggy hug from us all!
Here is Kara trying out one of Aaron's toys. She runs over to what Aaron is doing and says, Kara's turn, peese. It's cute. She rarely uses please so Aaron always gives in. He's such a sweety. The other day she took her step stool over to the phone alcove and used it to get the phone and the pens that are nomally out of her reach. She has also figured out how to turn on the laptop, so we have to keep that closed now. This morning I had the laptop closed, so she grabbed the phone instead and started dialing. And this evening she discovered the joys of the open toilet. Someone left the lid up so she was splashing. YUCK!
Did I mention her new word, sucks. She was in her crib and didn't want to nap and was saying sucks, sucks, sucks. I was thinking surely she doesn't really mean that? Can she possibly know how to use that word already? Then I noticed she was holding her feet. She wanted socks. I was afraid she had learned that her crib sucks and then I was going to hear that about my cooking and anything else that bothered her but fortunately she just wanted socks.

Aaron is just as exhausting only he is mentally draining. It was raining and windy one evening, o.k. every evening here and he was talking about tornadoes. Ughh. Whoever first mentioned that to him is on my list now. GRRR! Anyway, he was asking why I was not worried earlier when it was windy and rainy, about tornadoes. So I told him that normally we will hear a siren or a warning on the t.v. or radio when the conditions are good for tornadoes. He then asked, "If there is a tornado and I'm sleeping will you get me?" Of course I will. And do you remember what room we go to. He said, "
Downstairs bathroom." So I said yes, daddy or I will get you and Kara and go there to wait out the storm. He then brightened up and said, "if I'm pooping i can just stay there." Yes, you can. Then he asked, "What if we die in a tornado." I said that everyone would probably be sad about it, but mama and daddy will do everything we can to make sure you and Kara are safe. Then he said, "O.k." Hm..so I changed the subject. Very deep stuff for right before bed.
Other exciting Aaron news is that I was taking out the diapers and felt something on my foot. Fortunately it was a frog and not a leaking diaper like I first thought. So I ran up to get Aaron and Andy out of bed and we went to the front and searched for the frog. Aaron actually caught it and then was jumping around after it trying to catch it again. It was really cute and he was excited about catching his first frog. Pretty neat.
Another cool thing Aaron and I have been doing is I found some of the chapter books I read as a child and started reading a chapter a night to him. They are the Cam Jansen mystery series so there are cliff hangers at every chapter. It's kinda neat. Tonight he let Daddy read the two chapters for the night since it is close to Father's day. It is a happy way to end the day!