Karen is still as happy and funny as ever. Very funny! She spends her day with her mommy barking like a dog, mooing like a cow, hooting like an owl, growling like a bear, and buzzing like a bee. She likes to say "shoes" ("sh-szh"), "ball" (which comes out, "daahl"), "baby" ("daah-daah"), "fish" ("fiszh"), "cheerios" ("chsz-sz"), and "Elmo" ("el-YAA", her favorite from Sesame Street). She still has a bunch of hand signs, such as: patting her head for "hat" or "hair", palms up for "I don't know" and "all gone", stroking her cheek for "kittycat", and her latest invention, patting her chest for "burp" and her belly for "fart". (See, we told you she's funny!) She loves to announce to us when anyone in the room has done either. We're so proud.

She's been walking and running for a while now, and her latest thing is learning to climb up on things (and fall off them). We've been having lots of visions of rushing her off to the emergency room; but then Karen picks herself up, rubs her head, and laughs "Ooo! Oooo!"


Karen Karen and her new earrings
Karen eats the grass. Karen models her new earrings.
(And if you look close, you can see
where she split her nose running
across the parking lot.)
Karen goes offroad Karen's formal shot
Karen test-drives cousin
Sam's four-wheeler. 		Karen smiles for the camera.
Karen making a mess
This room was completely clean
five minutes ago...
(Do you see Karen here?)
Karen on her boxes
Karen's favorite place to
climb and hang out.
Karen in the field Airplane!!!
Karen relaxes in the grass. Karen demonstrating:
1. climbing up on the sofa
2. making her old "monkey-face"
3. giving the "airplane" sign.
(Thanks for the outfit, Conor!)


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