Karsten going underwater for the 1st time

Karsten, Mommy and Auntie Jen at swimming lessons

Inside Out

It is amazing how quickly children learn many things including cause and effect, loud versus quiet, hard and soft, and...inside and out. Karsten was so puzzled that she could see the dog, but not touch her. There was some annoying thing called a glass door in the way of her having fun with her best friend Hannah. Just another lesson in life!

Karsten loving on Hannah

Since Karsten started crawling she always seems to find our dog Hannah. Karsten crawls, grabs, pulls, pokes and does just about anything to Hannah and what Karsten gets in return are doggie kisses(you have to love lab's). The two also have a trick going when Karsten is eating. Any food on Karsten's tray that she either doesn't like or when she just wants to see Hannah next to her K throws her food off of her tray on to the floor. Hannah hears the food hit the floor and immediately runs over to scarf up the scraps. We have never fed Hannah scraps, so now that Karsten does she has found a new best friend.

Karsten and Mommy hanging out poolside

1st Day of Swimming Lessons

Karsten had her first day of swimming lessons today at the Kroc Center in Coeur d'Alene. She was AWESOME in the water and acted as if it was nothing! She floated on her back, got her hair wet in the water, sat on the wall and tried to leap in toward Mommy and Daddy. The instructor was very surprised at how comfortable she was in the water. We are very excited for next week.

The best part was that it was WARM inside for Daddy and Mommy. So when you looked at the COLD rain outside, at least it felt like the Caribbean inside!

Karsten Crawling

Crawling

Well it is official! Karsten had hit the floor crawling! Life as we have known it is no longer. This new phase is fun...so far...and it has been pretty funny to see how she reacts to things. She often times is fussing while she is crawling as if to say "this is WAY hard work and I just want to be picked up". But the funny part is she is a champ at crawling to mommy and then crawling up my legs, looking up and begging to be held. She is just so dang cute! She rocks back and forth on her knees just looking up at you-I know, I know...SUCKER!!!!! So needless to say we are still trying to catch her on camera before she poops out. We will get some pictures posted soon.