Gobble Gobble

What a fabulous Turkey Day(s)! Mom, Dad & I drove down to Cincinnati to celebrate Thanksgiving and I got to spend time with Grandma, Grandpa, Yia Yia, Theo George, Theo Bill and lots of other family. Despite avoiding every single nap while away, I was in great spirits the whole time! We got to do all kinds of fun stuff, like:

Eating my first Oreo cookie.

Playing silly games with Grandma.

Visiting with my Aunt Jessica.

Getting bundled up for the Festival of Lights at the Cincinnati Zoo.

Seeing Santa's reindeer.

Biting the head off of my very first gingerbread man.

oohing and aahing at all the beautiful lights.

Visiting with my cousin Lilly.

We did SO much more but didn't manage to capture it all in photos : ( What a great holiday!

Now & Then

Decidedly happier (and colder) then last year's leaf experience...

Hysterical

Tonight I crossed the line. That very fine line between finding humor in parenting and being cruel. I'll set the scene for you...

I got Sophia ready for bed-jammies, woobie, brushed the teeth, etc. and then realized I had forgotten the bottle she takes before bed. I left her to play in her room while I ran down to get the bottle. When I ran back up the stairs and turned the corner I was surprised to see a laundry basket walking towards me. Somehow Soph had turned her pop up laundry holder upside down over her head and was trapped inside. She was walking around aimlessly with clothes drapped all around her. As she walked toward the gate and saw me hysterically laughing she started to whimper. So I did as any self-respecting mother would do and ran for the camera.

Shame on me.

16 Months

What does a 16 month old do to celebrate her 16th month? Well duh.

She wears mailing envelopes on her head...

Plays dress-up with the dog...

Tries out some big lady shoes...

And reads the paper with daddy...

That's what she does : )

Snow

I know the title of this post is misleading but I didn't get a good picture this morning to show that the third photo in this series should be of a snow covered lawn as was the case this morning.

Dear Mother Nature,

No need to rush things.

Thanks,
The Karras Family

Congratulations Keith & Hollie!

Welcome to the world Baby Fisher!!!

Kelsey Paige Fisher

Oct. 29th

6 lbs 14oz

19"

Don't Take Candy from Strangers?

Funny, because I think that's exactly what we did. And I can attest to the fact that my mommy has already consumed quite a bit of said candy. Despite my really bad mood at the beginning of the evening, I ended up having a pretty good time and made it to quite a few houses with Luke and his cousins Josie & Jack!





We also took a day trip up to Frankenmuth with my Grandpa and Grandma on Saturday. To celebrate mom put in my very first piggies!




We had a yummy chicken dinner with accompaning life-sized chicken and went to an insanely large Christmas store that was, well, kinda scary.




All in all, a pretty fantastic weekend!

Congratulations Josh & Jackie!!!

Welcome to the world Baby Barnes!

Fletcher William Barnes

Oct. 29th

8lbs 7oz.

20 1/2"

6th Annual Karras Family Pumpkin Carving Party

This weekend everyone came over to my house dressed as animals. Seriously. There was a pig, turtle, duck, lamb, cow, butterfly and a ladybug. I'm not so sure I get this whole dress up thing since I didn't see any of the big people dressed as animals. However, I did get a sugar cookie with icing and sprinkles. Score 1 for Sophia!

This year there wasn't as much carving as in past years since the animals were running circles around their parents leaving little time for pumpkin artistry but we had lots of fun anyhow and still managed a good show of jack-o-lanterns at the end of the evening.

Thanks to everyone for celebrating Halloween with us!

Overheard...

Sitting in the waiting room at the dentist yesterday. Old, no make that REALLY old, man sitting across from me. Receptionist comes over to explain that he needs to have two teeth removed and that she can drive him home and pick him up again tomorrow to have them taken care of. Is that ok, she asks. He appears to have either not heard her or is sleeping. Then suddenly picks up his head and declares, "GOD DAMMIT!" Then looks at me and says, "Honey, stay young and pretty. I'm 102 and getting old stinks. DAMMIT, DAMMIT, DAMMIT!"

And that's what happens when you live to be 102. You get super grumpy and are allowed to say bad words at the dentist. Shoot, I'd be happy to still have teeth at 102.

A Bug's Life

This weekend me, mommy, daddy, Paula, Blake and my Godsister Ailey went to the Zoo for the annual Zoo Boo. The parents dressed us all up in silly costumes, loaded us in the wagon and pulled us around the zoo while they begged for candy from strangers. Weird. Anyhow, I scored some pretzels and new crayons out of the deal. I also got to eat a wonderful dinner (hot dogs and sweet-ter-tater fries) beforehand at my best buddy Ailey's house. Mommy says "compliments to the chef" about her big person food too : )

"So, do you feel as awkward as I do"

Pumpkin Animals


Daddies & daughters