9 months old! Oh my!

I know everyone says this when they have kids...but we really can't believe she is growing up so fast! Karina is 9 months old today. Tomorrow she will go to the pediatrician for her check up and next round of shots. She is an adventurous little eater (check out Marie's new food blog: http://mammascooking.blogspot.com/), loves to read, jump and play in her wading pool. She is slowly adding some new sounds to her repertoire. In addition to "Mamma" she is saying "baaaa".


This was a contender for the 9 month photo, but Tim wanted a picture with her hair flat after she had taken a bath :)


Karina loves her pointer finger. She is always pointing at things with it and putting it in her mouth and her ear.


Just too cute for words :)


Sitting on Daddy's shoulders.


Eating her first biltong :) mmmmm...a great South African delicacy.


Karina and Daddy reading a book.


This past weekend there was a festival at the Nordic Heritage Museum about a block from our house. Karina was more interested in eating her foot than enjoying the live Norwegian accordion music :)


Punk rock baby!


Karina v. The fan


Karina wins!

It's finally Summer!!!

After a record cold June, the sun finally came out last week!! Unfortunately it was in the mid-90s, but luckily our house stays fairly cool, especially in the basement. We kept Karina cool by playing in a wading pool in our front yard and taking her to a fountain park where kids can play in the water. She loved it!!


She is a very happy little girl :)


She wasn't too sure of the water at first, but after a few minutes was splashing away.


Playing in her laundry basket.


Posing for a picture in the shopping cart.


Walking around our neighborhood on Daddy's back.


Hanging out in the front seat.


Sleeping through the parade of naked people (aka the Fremont Solstice Parade).


If you shake something in front of a group of babies they will all look at it :)
Karina and her friends from PEPS posed for a picture at a picnic last week.


Karina's new favorite thing to do....jump, jump and jump some more! We finally gave in and bought a jumper because our arms couldn't take it any more :)