Karina with her hair up like Mommy after she sat in the shower while I washed my hairKarina has become such a big girl and she has really adjusted to being a big sister. She still tends to be rougher with Tommy than we would like, but she hardly ever intends to hurt him (usually when she's really tired) and mostly "loves" him to death. She goes shopping with Daddy almost every weekend...something they started just before Tommy was born and I couldn't get around the store very well any more. She loves it because she gets a cookie at the grocery store and Daddy loves it because, "we really have conversations in the car...or else we just sing and dance to my music!" She continues to be the same child who's first word really was "Hi" and Daddy always says that people comment about how friendly Karina is. When she and Daddy went to see the Air Show, Tom described that as they were walking to the show she befriended the family walking near by, introducing her family (Daddy), inviting them to join her and telling them all about "my Tommy" who is at home with Mommy. Tom said she just talked and talked and talked. This is usually when Tom reminds me that Grandma Heinrich always says that Karina's so much of a Mattern.
Karina loving "my Tommy"
She has gotten to an age that we decided that she really shouldn't be using a Nuk anymore, but felt that it might be too much to ask right before school starts and after she's just finally been doing so much better with sharing her world with Tommy, so we compromised and have now banned use of the Nuk from everything except car rides, bedtime and sick/rest time. She's still allowed to have Uh-Uh most anywhere, but even this has become prohibited in stores...Uh-Uh can come along for the ride but has to stay in the car. Karina has adjusted quite well to both limitations.
Notice the band-aids on her legs and the missing sock
In regards to speech development, Karina still has some trouble enunciating, but is improving every day. She can most often express what she wants to, even if she has to "describe it to Mommy, because I can't understand what word you're saying," in one instance trying to say "stroller." She says her 'l's most of the time, but still has a hard time with blends like "str" "sh" for example. She sometimes gets words a bit mixed up, like "noga bar" for "granola bar" and "alligator" for "elevator." Grammatically she speaks quite accurately (or at least as accurately as her Mommy and Daddy) except for continuing to use "her" inappropriately, "Her's eating an apple,""Her looks happy," and the classic problems with irregularly conjugated verbs like "blowed" for "blown" and "taked" for "took." To her credit she has already learned that one says "did" rather than "doed." She has taken to calling Daddy "Dad" most of the time, which Daddy finds cute and makes her seem like a teenager already.
Karina loving "my Tommy"She has gotten to an age that we decided that she really shouldn't be using a Nuk anymore, but felt that it might be too much to ask right before school starts and after she's just finally been doing so much better with sharing her world with Tommy, so we compromised and have now banned use of the Nuk from everything except car rides, bedtime and sick/rest time. She's still allowed to have Uh-Uh most anywhere, but even this has become prohibited in stores...Uh-Uh can come along for the ride but has to stay in the car. Karina has adjusted quite well to both limitations.
She has also become more and more of a "girl" showing a predilection for shoes (she'd actually already been doing this when she'd wear my shoes around the house for fun), jewelry/accessories and clothes. She's been getting better at taking off and putting on her shoes and coat/jacket and taking off her clothes (putting clothes on is still pretty hard unless the shirt is already over her head and if I help pull the pants over her bottom.) She loves to wear any costume jewelry she can find...she loved the party favor necklaces from Lisa's Bridal Shower! She's enjoyed having her nails painted by me and wants to do it herself, as well as wanting to put on my make up. Being the creative girl that she is, she has taken to "making up" herself by using a marker to color her entire hand and forearm and has used an entire box of band-aids to decorate herself on a couple of occasions!
Notice the band-aids on her legs and the missing sockIn regards to speech development, Karina still has some trouble enunciating, but is improving every day. She can most often express what she wants to, even if she has to "describe it to Mommy, because I can't understand what word you're saying," in one instance trying to say "stroller." She says her 'l's most of the time, but still has a hard time with blends like "str" "sh" for example. She sometimes gets words a bit mixed up, like "noga bar" for "granola bar" and "alligator" for "elevator." Grammatically she speaks quite accurately (or at least as accurately as her Mommy and Daddy) except for continuing to use "her" inappropriately, "Her's eating an apple,""Her looks happy," and the classic problems with irregularly conjugated verbs like "blowed" for "blown" and "taked" for "took." To her credit she has already learned that one says "did" rather than "doed." She has taken to calling Daddy "Dad" most of the time, which Daddy finds cute and makes her seem like a teenager already.
Karina and Beth made a Zoo for her animals
Gross motor skills continue to improve in literal leaps and bounds. Karina still goes to Gymboree and she is quite a runner, jumper, tumbler and hanger. She really loves her School Skills class and will come home telling me about a classmate, "I like Eva. Her's my best friend!" She's still very good at kicking a ball and is trying to learn how to dribble her little basketball. She a good thrower and catcher and now likes to throw something in the air so she can catch it again. She can summersalt and is trying to hop on one leg.
Karina and Tommy: a photo of a sister and brother
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