My Mara Girl

I know that I probably blog about Mara more then I do Xander, Pat or even myself, but my little girl has just captured my heart. And c'mon what child doesn't! So here are just a few of my favorite pics of the last week or so.

We went to our friends house for dinner last week with a big group of friend from High School, and of course I took my camera. But dumb me, I only took pics of my kids! We should have gotten a group shot of all of us together, but we didn't :( Thanks again Tashina for hosting the party! Can't wait until the next one.

But here is Mara in an awesome Banana Chair, she had picked up a mini book of "The Children's Song Book" and told me that she was reading a story! So cute!!

Last Tuesday me and the kids went to lunch with Pat's sisters and mom for his mom's birthday. It was fun to have a girls lunch (plus 8 kids), afterwards my loving sister Lana took Xander for the afternoon to give me a break and let him play with Noah. And Tammy (my mom in law) brought him home for me, which was another treat, not to have to go get him. Anyway, Xander was upset that he had to go home, so Lana gave him a dumdum sucker for him and one for Mara. So when he got home he gave Mara her sucker, and of course it was blue. When she was done her whole mouth was blue and even her lips. I got a good pic of my blue girl!
After much thinking, I cut Mara's hair. I really want her to have long hair, so I hate to cut it, but it just looked so weird when I did piggy tails. The top layer of her hair is really straight, and the bottom of her hair curls, so it just looks funny pulled up. So I decided to trim it up a bit, and it looks really cute!! Here is the before -
And the after -
And then when it's dry. I have yet to pull it up, so I hope that it looks okay, if not, Oh Well!! I'm not cutting it again for another 6 months, or until I have to!
This was last night: We were celebrating my sister's birthday and she wanted pictures with all the nieces and nephews. Afterwards Mara had to make her funny face! She has perfected this one!
And this is just barely: She picked up the camera and wanted to "say cheese"!
Oh how I love my little girl!