Double Ugh.... (and some cute pics too!)

It's Baby Mozart! The little nightgow she is wearing

I used to wear as a little baby! My parents kept a lot

of my clothes so Kara has been able to wear some of them

and it's so darn neat!! She LOVES this mini piano which is a family

heirloom! My mom used to play with it, I played with it and now my

little Karakins gets to play with it!

It's SUMMER time in good ol' Florida!

Loving the pool!

Kara has officially learned how to dig through Mommy's purse!

Here she is trying to dig with Kasey and Mr. Cody eyeing her ;)

So Kara got sick last week and she decided she wanted to be so loveable as to share it with Mommy. Yep, we are both sick. :( Daddy hasn't gotten it (yet) but it's been an awful weekend and last couple of days. I have come to realize that babies and kids are little germ magnets and love to share with the rest of the familt! LOL Anyways, I feel better than I did, but still not 100% by far. I have a lunch meeting for work tomorrow and my voice is still horrid. I sound like that Judge Maria on tv... you know who I am talking about? Gosh, it makes me wonder how she got the gig on tv! Her voice is so low and sounds like she smokes a lot... it's gruff. Well, that's how my voice sounds and it's so embarrassing. I just want to feel better!

Oh, but guess what?! I have been busy blending the fall and holiday oils and WOWSERS! There are so dang good ones! I will probably be announcing them the first week of Sept. Behind the scenes on my website I'm adding a nice listing of holiday and fall blends (not viewable on the site yet) so it will be easier to shop for fall/holiday scents :) I am trying to do more blends of oils so they are unique and different. I'm always one for trying to be different! LOL

Anywho, that's the update here at Kara's Royal Castle ;) I'll add a few more recent photos of her below. She recently went to a pool party for one of the children she used to go to daycare with.... she turned one. Kara had a blast in this pool type thingie that sprayed water. It is so darn neat that I am on the hunt to get one. Apparently toys r us has them but living in this rural area we don't have toys r us so I have to order online. GAH! Anyways, enjoy the pics!

Winner Takes All

Well, it's been awhile since I have written! I looked at the date and couldn't believe it had been July 30 since my last post! So much has happened in the last few weeks! Business is great! I am working on some awesome blends for fall!! I have about four right now if I recall correctly while typing this blog. I plan on introducing them in September and am also working on the fall holiday scent description page so all holiday themed scents will be listed on one page for easier reference :)

So, what's new.... well, Kara came in second place in a local baby contest. It was for Carpet One called the Carpet One Cutie contest! We saw an ad in the local paper and decided to give it a shot. We got an email the other day saying she was in the semi-finals and then one a few days later saying she is a runner up (aka second place) for the 0-1 age group!!! We were able to see the professional photographers photo of Kara and WOW!!! She is BEAUTIFUL!!! Her eyes are just gorgeous in this photo! I wish I could post it on my blog but they don't allow it. We will get a free 8x10 framed photo of her so I can't wait to show everyone!! Carpet One is going to use the babies selected in their print advertisements! We get to go to an awards get together party where the photographer will be taking pictures of the babies, etc. We are looking forward to it! We had so much fun.

And this weekend Kara gets to go to her first birthday party! One of the little girls she used to go to daycare with is turning 1 and on Sunday is a little party. I'm looking forward to going because Kara is so darn cute to watch while she interacts with other babies. Maybe I'll get some pics I can post on here for you :)

Okay, gotta clean house and take care of things that I often neglect during the week. Who wants to do chores on their day off anyways?! LOL

Peace out....