A Shared Moment

So I've never really just expressed what's on my mind but tonight I'm feeling the urge to share to other Moms!  The other day at work I had a four year girl come into the ER who was watching her Mom cook dinner, she was making a pot of soup.  So this little girl decided she wanted to see it so she pulled up a chair and stood on it. Unfortunately the chair gave out underneath her and as she was falling she grabbed onto the pot of soup.  So this boiling soup splashed all over her right arm, lower back, and thighs.  When her parents brought her in, they tore off all of her clothes and she was badly burned, I had never seen it this bad.  Her Mom and Dad were crying leading me to have tears in my eyes as I'm trying to start an IV in this girl to give her pain meds so she could relax.  I couldn't help but think, what if this Kara?  Almost every night I'm in the kitchen cooking on the stove and Kara is busy playing by my feet.  What if I dropped the hot boiling water right over her?  Since then Kara has been in the highchair while I'm cooking something hot just because I am so fearful of something happening. This little girl will be okay and thankfully she wasn't burned on her face or hands.  She was transferred to a burn unit up in Fresno where she'll be in good hands but will definitely have a long road ahead of her.   I couldn't help but share this story to all you Moms because this is an accident that could easily be prevented.  Every day I pray that He will keep Kara safe and healthy and I will continue to pray that everyday.  Children definitely bring on a whole new outlook on life.  

All the smiles!

Kara and Bruin

Well Bruin may not get much attention these days but Kara sure does love him.  Maybe someday they can play together.  Bruin has some growing up to do!  

Kara ready to give Bruin a kiss!

Clapping Kara

I couldn't resist taping this.  Kara all of sudden loves to clap and dance whenever music comes on.  It's adorable!  She also just started waving too so now she waves at everything.  The funny thing is she won't wave at you if you are waving back, she only waves when you are walking away.  I guess that makes sense!  

It's always amazing what Kara finds at her eye level....who would have thought?

She loves to stand now.  I've seen her pull herself to a standing position once but I think it was at the perfect level for her to do so.  We did lower the crib yesterday just in case.

Our Cabin Trip

This past weekend we went up to Shaver Lake with several of our friends and stayed in a cabin.  We had such a great time and Kara was such a good baby the whole trip.  There were almost 20 adults and 8 kids under the age of 5 there so it was definitely busy, we had 2 cabins at least!  We went sledding the first afternoon and on Saturday the guys went skiing or fishing and some of us girls stayed back to watch the kids.  It was so nice to spend a weekend by the snow since we don't get to experience that at all here... I know some of you may think we are crazy! Kara wasn't quite sure of the snow but really what can she do in it?!  She did enjoy a short ride on a sled with Daddy though.  

Life with a busy crawler!

Well, we are seeing how busy our lives are going to get watching Kara always on the go!   Kara has proved to us that she has a lot to explore and whether we are near her or not she's determined to get where she wants to go.  She loves to crawl down the hallway and check out the bathroom and laundry room, even if it's pitch black!  She loves to follow me around the house so I have a little shadow now.  Kara also loves to try to pull herself up to things, she's not quite there yet but I'm sure it won't take long.  We are thankful that she is figuring out these little accomplishments  and we love to watch her as she discovers something new to do.  As far as her ear infection she is doing great.  The worst was the diaper rash but I think we have that under control now!  Here's a few pictures of her new discoveries!

Kara's Crawling!

Kara decided to bring in the New Year by showing us she could crawl!  We were soooo excited.  On New Year's Eve Tom was playing with her on the ground holding the remote (she LOVES the remote) and all of the sudden she got on her hands and knees and moved forward.  From then on she's been crawling all over the place.  She's not too quick yet but I'm finding I have to move all the things she can't play with, she's got lots of exploring to do.  It's time to child proof the house!  

 Sorry this isn't the best video clip!  I thought it did pretty good considering I don't have an actual video camera....my old camera did the job!