Funny Sayings

I'm having difficulty blogging lately - meaning I don't have a lot of motivation to do it for some reason. I guess we haven't done too much out of the ordinary recently. :)

Here are a few funny things Karla has said lately....the things I've remembered to jot down anyway.

*We went outside one day when it was pretty warm. As Karla was taking off across the yard I said "Karla, run like the wind". She stopped. Looked at me like I didn't know anything and said, "Mommy, wind doesn't run".

*We were getting ready to go to Lilliput (a place nearby with the play homes) and Karla wasn't cooperating when getting ready so I suggested maybe we shouldn't go. She yelled, "Yes. I want to go to silly putty!"

*Karla was playing with her Barbie's, Prince Louie and her newest Barbie, Mermaid Princess (for those of you on a first name basis with her Barbies). She said "Mommy, Prince Louie and Mermaid Princess are SO happy. They just adopted their baby!" Mermaid Princess was holding a baby from her dollhouse. I immediately texted Jason to tell him about it. :)

*Last weekend we saw my sister Brenda who is due to have a baby in May. Karla has been around pregnant women before occasionally but never paid much attention before. This time, she paid attention because it was her Tia Brenda. All this week Karla has been telling me there is a baby in her tummy. Sometimes after that she will pause and then say, "Oh, she just kicked". One day her baby moved up to her throat. :) It has raised some interesting questions. Luckily Karla never asked me if she grew in my tummy... I know she will one of these days and I'll answer her....but for now I'm okay with putting it off a bit longer.

Before the baby shower last weekend, after Karla had initially seen Tia Brenda and discovered there was a baby in her tummy, Karla pulled me aside and asked me if Tia Brenda ate her baby. She was dead serious and I actually did not start laughing but was able to answer her. I laughed about it later though!

Having some fun outside after the baby shower.

Hiding behind the couch in the sunroom with Audra. Karla and Audra played together ALL day! Karla loves her cousins!

Me, my sis, and my sis-in-law.

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Aren't they cute?!?!

Yes, that is a polar bear swimming right about their heads!



For Jason's birthday yesterday we went to the zoo. Jason and Karla took a "zoo class" called "Teddy Bear Picnic." We signed up for it quite a while ago knowing Jason was going to take the day off. The two of them went to the class while I sat in a hallway and read a book (and loved every second of it). Jason and Karla saw a few live animals, learned about bears, sang about bears and made a craft (cookie that looked like a bear). Jason said Karla participated in the class once she warmed up and answered some of the teacher's questions.

After the class we all went and visited the animals!

Girl Time!

Two Sundays ago Karla and I had "girl time." We went to get our hair cut. When I used to go get my hair cut before Karla was home I'd go to Starbucks afterward. So I decided to let her be part of my "tradition." She's never been to Starbucks and was excited to go. She got a hot chocolate. :) She actually let me take her picture because Oso was posing for the picture NOT her. Oso was very excited about girl time...and the hot chocolate. :) At the salon she doesn't look happy but she was....she just purposely doesn't smile for the cameras anymore. She's still talking about our "girl time."

Adoption Day - FIRST Anniversary!!!!!!!!!

This was us last year!

For my "Adoption Day recap" from last year, click here.

In celebration of Adoption Day this year we went to Toys R Us last night and picked out a desk for Karla. Jason and I both have a desk in our "office" room so we thought Karla would like to have one too. Karla did get to play with her new desk a little last night before bedtime but it wasn't fully assembled yet. She seems to really like it and got right to work making pictures. This morning...she's back at it! "Working" with Oso this time. She's been "working" for almost an hour now!

It is an easel...

...and a desk!

Look at the back! All of her coloring books fit in.
Pap-Pap is in trouble. He gave Karla some markers that we just used for the first time...and I haven't been able to wash this off of her hand after two scrubbings. :)

Karla announced last night and this morning, "I need a puter (computer)now too, Daddy!" Jason and I both have laptops on our desks. I think she'll have to wait a while for her puter. :)


This is still one of my favorite pictures from last year. The whole time we were in the courtroom Karla was holding my fingers and playing with my hair. I loved it! :)


Happy Adoption Day Karla!!

Promised Pictures

At the Science Center. Karla wouldn't look at me so I didn't get a good picture.

My sweet girl.

Tio Kevin with his cake decorated by Karla.

Princess Karla. If we aren't playing Barbie's we are pretending that Karla is a princness, Cinderella, or Princess Aurora.


Karla just helped me complete my occupational therapy exercises for the first time at home. She is SO sweet! She uses encouraging words and everything! :) She is now working on making a picture for Daddy (another favorite activity that involves drawing and LOTS of cutting with her little scissors. Better go because now she wants to cut something else...

It has been a while

I've got several ideas for blog posts and some pictures to share....just haven't had the motivation since I got my cast off last Wednesday. I'll just say that February was a pretty difficult month. I'm glad it is over. I am really thankful for family and friends that helped me out. Having people bring us dinner and drive me a few places helped SO MUCH!!! I think I thought that if I "acted" like my surgery was no big deal, then it wouldn't be a big deal. But, darn it, my ligaments had other plans!

I had my first occupational therapy appointment tonight. I'm going to be going three times a week for the next 4 weeks. Fun. Then I see the doctor again. When they went in for surgery they discovered the ligament they were going to repair was completely torn...not just partially like they thought after seeing the MRI AND there was a second ligament that was partially torn. So I got a partial cast and now get to experience occupational therapy for the first time.

Enough about me! Karla is doing well. Saying new words everyday. Sometimes I don't even know where she has heard the word. The other day when she said "dangerous" I knew she must have heard that from me. :) About 3 days after my surgery she started falling down the stairs head first - from the very top. She did a complete 360 and miraculously I was on the stairs in front of her and CAUGHT her, mostly in my right arm, thank goodness. My mom was here and at the top of the stairs behind Karla and kept Karla from crying too much - and kept me from crying at all. I honestly thought I was going to pass out afterward! So, anyway, "dangerous" is a word I use a lot near the steps these days...and so does Karla. :)

Karla finished her swimming class on the 14th. She got "promoted" to the next level class. She is now an "eel". Her first lesson this session starts Wednesday. She loves swimming!!

We went to the Science Center for a couple hours this morning with some friends. Karla and her friend Sophia wanted to play alone and "didn't want me to watch". I was of course following them and keeping an eye on them. That is definitely the first time Karla has seemed like she didn't want me around. I didn't like how that felt. :) I want some independence but I'm not ready for "don't watch me". :)

I'll post pictures tomorrow!!!