potty time?!

Well I think she gets it!





and I couldn't resist these pictures of Katara fixing her baby's hair the other night!

It has been brought to my attention that Katara is a complete girlie girl. In the past few weeks she has put lotion all over her hair on several occasions, put tooth past on her face, gotten a wide tooth comb stuck in her fair a few times and climbed up to get her hair clippies down and put tons in her hair. She is always bringing me hair things and wanting me to fix it for her, I thought it was time to learn how to french braid. Youtube didn't help, but luckily one of my neighbors was home (they are the nicest family EVER!) she taught me how to do it. Clearly her side was awesome, I still need a little work however. Luckily for Katara LOVES to have her hair done and she will sit still. Maybe I should fix her hair for a few hours every day so I can get a break!

The other day we ventured out to the new PX we got the boys each a nerf sword so we let Katara pick out something, she chose a plastic backpack filled with princess goodies. The next morning before Justin left for work he got her all dressed up, unfortunately for me when it was time to leave and I undressed her she threw a fit for about 30 min. She is so "spirited"! I love her and her high energy!

3 stitches later...

Tonight Katara was playing in the living room and tripped. She wasn't crying so I went over to her and she had her mouth open with blood pouring out, she took a breath in and started screaming. I ran into the bathroom with her and got a dark rag wet to see what was going on, as I tried to mop away the blood I saw that her lip was torn. I was pretty sure she needed stitches so I had Korbin call Justin both on the cell and at work. He was at the gym so we headed out the door. Long story short, she is the bravest baby girl, she didn't cry during her exams, or during her iv. It tore me up as they were stitching her she started coming out of the sedation a little and went from limp with stiff arms to wiggling and crying. They finished up and I held her until she was awake. Can't believe my youngest was the first to get stitches, hopefully this will be the only time we have to make a visit to the ER for a fix.

Bible School and Such

So Katara is full of new skills, she has learned so much this summer. She loves to take Kane's 'shark book' which is kind of like a diary and she will write in it forever, instead of making huge scribbles she will write very ting between the lines, it is super cute. Then comes the next skill, she climbs up on the dresser, then she grabs a diaper and a wipe and yells "Mama, Mommy, MOMEEEEEE" until I come, when she sees me she starts to take off her diaper. For dinner tonight I made short ribs, this is something I have never made but was watching a tv show and they had some so thought I would try it. I didn't care for them as they were full of veins and fat, Justin just didn't like the flavor but the kids LOVED them. Katata ate the fat and the "bouncies" off the bone then scraped her teeth on the "good stuff" inside the bone. Kane ate 3, yes that is 3 he not only ate them he devoured them! Korbin ate 3 as well. If any of you have ever eaten with my dad you know that there is no waste and that is exactly how Kane is.

Some More Summer Fun!

Happy Birthday Katara!!!

Katara had a beautiful day for her birthday, it was sunny and warm but not too hot...a perfect day for the beach. However her procrastinating Mother didn't have time to go enjoy the sun today I had to prepare for her party tonight. I made chicken chalupas, rice, nachos and cheese and a fruit tray. We invited our friends over who have become like an extended family, ate dinner and ate some delicious Mimi cake and ice cream. Katara had a blast, I had a blast I am pretty sure we all had a blast!

So nobody believes me huh?

Every time I tell someone about Katara's heinous fits I am always told oh no she can't be that bad, so I took my camera out to take a picture of her the other day, I had just fixed her hair and she looked so cute. She didn't want her picture taken...so the fit began. As you can see she gets loads of attention when she does this both boys run to her side and try to fix it. If I am just home with her she will throw herself on the floor and and wail then she'll eventually stop and come up to me and say Mama I fall...