Growing girl!

Taking a walk to get the mail today (before the rain).

Running in the "back yard"

Helping herself to a few graham crackers during the YAF house tour

Dressed so cute for school!

Showing off her belly

Holly's "reserved" hybrid parking space at work.

Mom cut Karmann's bangs again...Miss Tori put it up in a pony tail at daycare today.

Being silly at dinner!

This past weekend was a lot of fun. Though, I should title this blog "How many things can a mom do with a child attached to her hip" because Karmann did not want me to let her go all weekend! So we did laundry, made dinner, got the mail, among other things, while Karmann was hanging on to my hip. We also took a walk to the post office (to mail our taxes) and Grandpa Hare came down and ran errands to Ikea and the mall. Karmann also has started the terrible twos a little early and has started to throw fits when getting into her car seat or just randomly if she doesn't want to be doing what ever we are doing - such as eating at a restaurant. So I have to keep that in mind when planning an outing to anywhere. Overall she is a good baby, but she also has a mind of her own and has a will to survive!!

Also last week, Kris and I hosted the Young Architect's Forum meeting at the house. It was (obviously) an in-progress construction meeting. Karmann came along and had a great time with all the people. In all we had about 20 people, mostly Kris' students, but a couple of our co-workers and other architects joined to see how things were going. It was also during Karmann's dinner time, so it was a little challenging getting her to eat. She decided that she wanted her graham cracker, so by golly, she just went and grabbed the bag and popped a squat down in the middle of the floor and pigged out! She was content and I didn't have to chase her around, so I let her eat as much as she wanted. She was a good girl the whole time, so why not "reward" her!

Last weekend, my good friend Kimmi and I were lucky to leave the men and kids at her home and we got to go to a movie - Alice in Wonderland. We had a good time, and Karmann, Oskar, and Ben kept the guys on their toes. It sounded like Karmann had fun with their jack russel, Marley, as they got to be good friends! To our surprise, the kids were still awake when we got home, and the guys were both almost asleep on the couch! Karmann slept most of that night, so I didn't complain.

On a random work note...the City recently dedicated 3 "prime" 3rd floor spots to Hybrid vehicles. The funny thing is, is that that's the "reserved" floor for all the upper management and CEO's of the businesses in CNL towers. So the other night, I was actually walking out with our director, who is used to his employee's parking up stairs, so when I walked to my car, which was parked next to his, he was kind of confused, though, after he saw I had a hybrid vehicle, he was happy to see that I was taking advantage of the spot. The other ironic thing about it is that now that I'm parked on the floor level that is connected to the pedestrian bridge, I don't have to take the stairs - so if I start gaining weight, I'm blaming it on that! Anyway...

Quick house update - Kris is working over there every spare minute, but things are not moving too fast right now. We do have the "peel and stick" layer on the roof and are waiting for the metal standing seam to be delivered and installed. We are also waiting on the doors and windows to be manufactured and delivered, so we are kind of in a holding pattern. Once things get moving again, I'll be sure to take more photos, etc. Have a good week!