Kara’s Korner

Thankfully the remainder of our visit was much less adventurous, and far more enjoyable than the flight. 

Shawdi and her roomate Christy had so many fun things planned for us to do!  And so many fun things waiting for Kara to play with!  Have a look below by clicking on the picture!

Visiting Shawdi 8-25-07

Shawdi had arranged for Kara to have her pictures taken!  What a perfect idea for a princess…Kara immediately began smiling and posing for the camera.  She giggled through wardrobe changes and was charming for every picture.  Click below to see our princess all dressed up!  Thank you Aunt Shawdi!

Princess Kara

Shawdi and Christy also took us to the San Diego Zoo - we saw beautiful birds, greedy monkeys, a friendly giraffe, and adorable little deer.  There was also a goat that made Kara laugh - I think it reminded her of Chase!    See more by clicking on the flamingoes!

Zoo 8-23-07

Our Last day we went swimming.  The water was freezing, but Kara didn’t seem to mind.  She enjoyed splashing and kicking, and being pulled along through the water.  While Shawdi was holding her a cool breeze blew across the pool, and suddenly she realized she was cold!  Even worse, she realized it was not her mother holding her.  Forlornly, she looked up at Shawdi and pleadingly said "Ma Ma!"  We were so taken aback by it that she had to say it again before she was indeed restored to her mother’s arms.  See Kara swimming by clicking the picture below…

Swimming 8-24-07

Finally it was time to go home - God was very gracious and we had the same little row of two seats that we had on the flight there.  So there was an extra seat for Kara to use!  We said goodbye to Shawdi and Christy at security, and they watched me struggle through the secuity checks - juggling a stroller, car seat, baby, and diaper bag.  We found our gate and enjoyed a wonderfully uneventful flight home.  Kara’s daddy was waiting for us, and she surprised him by saying "da da da" when she saw him!  She was so happy to see him!  We celebrated by going to Panda Express for dinner, where she decided she wanted some too!  We thought that was just too much growing up for one week.  but she did get to sit at the table in a high chair.  What a big girl our little baby is becoming!

Going Home 8-25-07

After a rather adventurous flight (being told as we were trying to board that Kara couldn’t have her car seat because her seat wasn’t a window seat, getting settled in our aisle seat, administering infant tylenol, preparing for takeoff, watching the ever informative safety demonstration, not taking off, learning that a window fell out of the plane into the first officers lap while trying to take off, this resulted in us not taking off, waiting an hour and a half while they tried to repair window, determining that the window was not immediatly reparable, sending us off the plane, waiting for them to find the stoller and car seat, running from terminal D to the sky train and then running further to our new gate in terminal A, waiting another hour, boarding the new plane, getting a row all to ourselves, with Kara in her car seat, Kara, exhausted from all the excitment, and perhaps feeling the soporific effects of the tylenol, falling fast asleep and missing the second safety briefing, sleeping myself, and landing in San Diego without further incident), Kara finally met her Aunt Shawdi in San Diego!  An appropriate flight for a visit to see Shawdi - I would expect an adventure!

Perhaps the pictures don’t do it justice, (no photos of aforementioned broken window) but go ahead and have a look anyway…click on the picture

The Airport

Kara’s adventures continue with her first flying experience this morning on an American Airlines flight from Dallas, TX to San Diego, CA. Kara Joy will meet her special aunt Shawdi Joy for the first time! Natalie is very excited too…And so am I! She fixed me special Indian lunches and dinners to last for 5 days (all in the freezer). Yum Yum! But, this is also the first time that Kara will be away from her daddy for soo long. I miss her already! and Natalie too! But I know that they will have a great time.

Pics to follow in the next few days…

It seems like the last month has flown by - how is it possible that our tiny baby is already sitting up, rolling over, laughing, talking (sort of), unfolding the laundry, and taking complete control of our lives?!

The past week has been filled with her growing personality and accompanying antics!

See for yourself by clicking the pictures below!

2007-07 Almost 5 months

Kara’s growing up so fast, and its hard to keep up!  Lately she enjoys eating cereal, being tickled, laughing, singing, swimming, standing while holding onto things…what’s next? College?!  We’ve expanded our archive to now include "mini-videos" of Kara’s progress - the quality isn’t very good, since they are just on the regular camera, but it does give you an idea of how incredibly cute she is  and what our days are like!  

If you want to see pictures of her week, click on this picture!

Week 21

To see videos, click on the picture below!

Week 21, July 24-31