Deck The Halls

Kara had her first encounter with a Christmas tree (that she can remember) last weekend. We went over to the Bodily's and helped decorate their tree. It was a lot of fun. Now I just need to get motivated to get a tree for our house.

It didn't take long for her to figure out what to do with ornaments.

She was actually really good with the tree. She didn't try to take everything off or destroy things. That's my girl :)



Also, I just think this is funny so I am going to blog about it. The other day I was cleaning up and Kara was wandering around with me, as she usually does when I clean. I walk into our bedroom and I see this:

Kara had climbed up and plopped herself on the full laundry basket. That was the first time she truly climbed up on anything besides the stairs. She couldn't quite figure out how to get down so I had to help a little :)

Baby Shower

I helped hold a baby shower (one of the reasons why I've been a little busy) the day before Thanksgiving. It was my first time hosting a baby shower and it was for my good friend from NY, Chelsea. I was in charge of the decor, which I gladly volunteered for because I wanted to actually make some of my ideas from Pinterest come to life. And they did! Some of them took a lot longer than others. Mainly, the white crepe paper flower ball. I didn't keep track of the hours I spent on it, but it was many. I'm glad I never have to make that again (heck yes, I'm keeping it for future use!)

See that white thing? Yeah, THAT'S what took so long.

Really bad lighting, I know. But it was an evening shower...

The entire spread (including catering from Zupas, yum!). And yes, people were sitting on the floor. We ran out of chairs.



 I was also in charge of getting the decorations for the white onesies we decorated. I can't remember where I heard this, but what you do is decorate onesies with different things/sayings and then the mom-to-be gets to pick a winner. The winner gets a prize and the mom-to-be takes home the onesies. It's a great idea, I think. Everyone did a great job.

This was mine. If you don't get it, you don't know Harry Potter :)

Better Late Than Never

I realize I am WAY behind on blogging because I'm talking about Halloween on the last day of November. Lately, I have been pretty busy so I just haven't been motivated to blog. But I'll try and catch up a little. Here are some pics from Halloween. We went trick-or-treating with some neighbor friends and it was quite successful. I was surprised at how long Kara was willing to stay out.

We saw our friend, Becca, at the ward Trunk-or-Treat

She was a huge fan of the candy.

The icing on the cake of this whole Halloween thing was that Kara learned to say "meow" and would say it while wearing her kitty costume. It was perfect timing. And oh so adorable. Here's a video. Oh, and she also learned where her booty is...and how to shake it :)