Play-date with Ty

Karmann and Ty having a blast playing together after dinner!!

Karmann is hanging onto Piggy, but she is sharing her toys with Ty nicely!

Ty is being followed by Karmann - she copied everything he was doing! It was pretty cute!

Happy Bastille Day! Karmann in her "Paris" outfit, with Eiffel Tower on the pants.

This was from last week, but I had to post it, too. She definitely does not fit into the box!!!

As you can tell from the photos, Karmann and Ty had a blast playing together last night! It took her a while to warm up to Ty, but she is like that with anyone. Once they got to know each other better, Karmann though he was great! It was really entertaining for me and Faun to watch the two of them play together! He would run from the couch to the futon, to the wall to the chair, and Karmann would copy right behind him! They even collided once, and Karmann practically flew across the room (he weighs 10 lbs. more than her though he's only 1 month older!) She thought it was hilarious, but carried Piggy and Sweetly the rest of the play time, maybe for cushioning in case it happened again? She's clever that way! He would dance and she would dance, and they would crack up laughing at each other (not to mention Faun and me laughing too!) They even sat down together and we read books, too! So we will definitely have to do that again when we have more time!

I am impressed with Karmann's social skills, as well as her progressing verbal communication. She busted out with saying "puppy" as clear as day yesterday. Usually she'd just "arf arf arf" when she saw a puppy or dog - now she knows what it is! On the other hand, she's also becoming frustrated when she can't communicate what she wants - this I am assuming is the beginning of the "twos" as she is crying real tears, arching her back, and also dropping to the floor and throws a little fit - until you figure out what it is she wants, then she instantly goes back to normal. So we are working on that. She has an infatuation with socks and shoes, and tries to put hers on herself. She also had learned most of the Sesame Street song and all the character names. So she asks for Elmo or Abby in the morning when she gets me out of bed. She loves to sing, still, and now she can say most of the words more clearly to "Ring around the Rosie," Itsy bitsy spider," EIEIO (a favorite!) and Bingo, too! She's also recognizing a few letters and numbers - like when we are in the elevator at school, she says the letter of the floor we are on when we go up and down!! It impresses me, at least! Okay, I'll stop bragging....

Quick house update....Kris has started putting the exterior siding on, as the plumbing and mechanical is also getting roughed in! Electrical coming soon! It seems like things are moving fast to me, but slow for Kris - since he's doing most of the work, I understand that! Photos to come hopefully after the weekend. Something for next time....