7 month update!

Today was Karmann's 7 month birthday! She is on the cusp of crawling, has been teething but still no teeth, and even went to her first concert this weekend! She also loves to stand up and hold our hands while she wobbles and dances. She still is a little stubborn bugger when it comes to eating solids, though. She still won't open her mouth for the spoon! So far we have attempted cereal and oatmeal, avocado, carrots, pears, and applesauce. This week, peas and more pears are on the menu. I'm making her baby food, organic and all, so I'm not sure if she just doesn't like my cooking, or what!

Her personality is really starting to blossom. She is the sweetest little thing! One thing I won't ever forget happened last week at the daycare...Karmann has her little girl friends Emma and Samantha. One day I brought Karmann into her classroom and sat her down on the play mat. Samantha's dad brought her in just after. Samantha can crawl already, and as soon as she saw Karmann on the mat, she looked over, saw Karmann, and crawled over and touched her gently on her leg and gave her a big smile - as if to say "good morning! I'm so happy to see you!."

Karmann smiled and looked back at me, as if to say "Its my friend!" It was so absolutely adorable, I get teary-eyed thinking about it! One of the ladies at the daycare saw it too and said that sometimes they will both be on the mat playing and they almost hold hands. Too cute!! Like I said, she is the sweetest little thing!!

Also this weekend, Aunt Keri, Uncle Choy and Cousin Amara came to visit. Amara has been at "grandma camp" for a month and hasn't seen Karmann for at least that long. The first thing she said was "wow she got big!" We all agreed. Here's a photo of the two of them. Needless to say, Amara is getting big too - she'll be 7 years old in just a few weeks!

As I mentioned earlier, Karmann went to her first concert this weekend - well, it was a tiny concert in some one's back yard, and including us, there were 15 people in attendance. We went with our good friends Bev and Kirby (Kirby is as fond of bluegrass and folk music as Kris). Unfortunately, where we parked our car on the side of the street, apparently is a good place to get sideswiped, because our car did! I was up closer to the house nursing Karmann, when I heard a sound that sounded like car contact. When I was done, I went to ask Kris to go check the car, and sure enough the mirror was broken off and the whole side of the car was swiped. Actually, it wasn't as bad as I had envisioned when I heard the noise! So, though we had fun with Bev & Kirby, and enjoyed the music very much, we will be taking the car in to see what the repairs will cost in the morning.

On a higher note, we also got to see our good friends Kimmi & Abre and their two boys, Oskar and Ben! We had a great time hanging out with the kids (thank you Ben for showing Kris what needs to be baby-proofed in our house real soon!) and we had a fun dinner at Tijuana Flats! Yumm! Here's a shout out to Kimmi - only 10 weeks to go till you are finished with school! You can do it!!

Well, sorry I don't have more pictures, we've been slacking lately, and I hope to make it up soon! Have a good week!