my beautiful kara

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:37:08 -0700

sweet kara, today you are 9 months old, 39 weeks, and have been in my arms longer than you were in my tummy! we prayed so hard for you, and i was so nervous while you were inside me! what a blessing you have been. your gummy and toothy grins, sparkly eyes, long gazes at me, and laid back disposition make everything beyond worth it!

comparisons

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:01:27 -0700

i love being a mom. i love being a parent, and just about everything that it entails. what i hate about being a parent is the comparisons, that seemingly everyone, even those who have good intentions, do. i mean, shoot, i even compare my girls with each other. kara is nothing like ariana was as a baby, except their voices. everything else is totally different. i hate that i find myself comparing them, though. “well, ariana was doing this, and kara is doing that”. etc. the part i really abhor (yeah, it’s that bad) is when people compare my child to their own, or someone else’s (in regards to baby development). i got it a lot with ariana, because she was so small. i had people saying “oh, MY daughter/niece/granddaughter is doing this. ariana’s just too small to do that yet”. or “is she doing this? so and so is”. and when she did finally catch up, it was “oh, she’s doing so *well*, in an “i’m so sorry” tone. here i was thinking that kara was already doing so much more sooner physically than ariana was, and yet, the comments are starting up again. “she’s not crawling yet?” sigh. am i just sensitive? probably. it takes a lot to rub me the wrong way, but for some reason this just does. i don’t know why it bothers me so. i guess i am more sensitive than i thought, and as much as i try not to let what people think get to me, i am human, and it does! (rant over)

overhaul

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:00:23 -0700

so i’m going to try my hand again at the whole blog thing. i think i tried to just do updates about my family, instead of just thoughts and random observations about life (which, shoot, sometimes is more fun! though i’m sure the grandparents would disagree) so here i sit, hand-creating all the details and colors/style of this blog, which has seen more facelifts than goldie hawn. ok, so not that many, but you get the idea. and just because, here’s a picture of us at the beach just about a mile down the road from our house. strawberry and banana aren’t the most pleased to being posed here. apparently that day was not a ham it up day.

family of 4

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:51:17 -0800

we’re adjusting now to being a family of 4! i’ve only had one week with dave being back at work, and it’s been working from home, so we’ll see how things go “for real” when it’s just the girls and me without daddy near by. though i think i’m going to be spoiled for a while, with the holidays right around the corner, grandparents are here, and we all know they don’t come to visit dave and me anymore ;) dave’s parents are here this weekend- Pop wanted nothing more for his birthday than a little Kara fix. my parents come on monday, then dave’s parents back again mid-week. we had to re- think how we were going to do Christmas, as we thought we’d have a 2 week old, we now will have a one month old, and are able to do a little more than we originally expected (which is good!)

kara is a very chill baby. she’s super sleepy, but when she’s awake, she looks all over, and takes everything in- very aware. she has the cutest noises and faces, and does tons of raspberries. we’re waiting for the day she “wakes up” and the quiet is over!

i’m healing remarkably well this time from the c-section. i’ve had tons of people (especially those who have had a section) say that they can’t believe how well i’m getting around. dr. tangchitnob did a great job with the surgery, and i give him full credit!

ariana is doing remarkably well, too, though, i’m wondering if/when the day will come when she totally rebels against having a baby sister. she’s helpful, and LOVES to cuddle kara. we have to keep a close eye on her, to make sure she doesn’t love her too much!

(i posted pics)

introducing... Kara Grace

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:38:47 -0800

November 27, 2009 8:32pm
6 lbs, 11 oz 19 inches
3 weeks early, and bigger than her sister was

added pictures- whole new page at the top