We are happy to announce that Karina is now crawling! Last week, she apparently decided that she's waited long enough and she had places to go and things to see. So she got on all fours and started crawling a few shuffles at a time. A week later, she is now a pro at it. Her preferred method of locomotion, however, is either being carried by mommy or daddy, or walking while holding onto our fingers. So she won't crawl if we're in the room. The only way that Elvin was able to get a video of her crawling was by hiding in the other room and holding the camera out around the corner. In the video, you can also see her get on all fours and stick her bottom in the air--she's practicing how to stand up.
Karina is pretty good now at entertaining herself if there are toys or books around. She has one favorite book--her peek-a-boo book--that she'll flip through. It's been very well loved.
She is her generally happy self. She doesn't like weird textures on her feet, though. Emily set her down on the grass once...
...and she stuck her foot out so it wouldn't touch the grass. Then kept right on playing.
After a while, her leg must have gotten tired, because she started propping her leg up with her hand.
We usually do baths around 7pm and by the time 8pm rolls around, Karina is pretty pooped out. Here she is just before going to bed...
With berry season in full swing, Elvin goes out to the backyard twice a week to pick berries. We usually get a couple of pints a week. Eliana comes out to help too.
Karina really really likes raspberries and can eat several dozen in one sitting.
Eliana doesn't like them as much but will snack on them, especially if it's the ones she's picked. Here are the girls fighting over the last few precious berries.
Eliana has gotten a lot better on her bike. She's now able to pedal by herself and can steer reasonably well too. That is, when she is paying attention. More often than not, something will catch her attention and she'll end up riding into someones lawn before she remembers to pay attention as to where she was going. Needless to say, it'll be a long while before we let her ride in the bike lane.
She is also her usual, helpful self. Here she is helping her grandpa water the garden. This is a real treat, as she LOVES watering things, but we have our yard set on drip irrigation, so nothing needs to be watered by hand at our house.
Eliana is also obsessed with accessories. She may have gone overboard one night. After bath, she insisted on putting on four pairs of hair bands/hair clips.
And Eliana has taken a real interest in photography. Here is a picture she took with Elvin's digital camera.
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