Lifelong Practical Joke

While most people are born with birthmarks that resemble lakes, ponds or puddles in shape, our daughter was marked much differently. You see, my sister Jennifer thinks she is quite hilarious. In heaven, she must have decided to write on Kavella with some sort of permanent marker....for, on the back of Kavella's head, her birthmark reads....yup, "JeN." Furthermore, it is upside down, which leads me to believe that Kavella was sleeping during the alleged marking, therefore having no knowledge of or ability to rectify aforementioned birthmark before coming to earth! Thanks a lot Aunt Nennerpoo! It's actually not as clear in the picture, but you get the idea...remember, it's upside down...do you see it?

Speaking of writing your name on other people's stuff, this reminds me of my scrapbox growing up. Mom made a box for each of the older kids (Jenn, Ricky and Kelly) that was filled with memorable items, awards and achievements. Each box was neatly labeled with our names using permanent sharpie. One day, Ricky was teasing me and decided to take claim of my scrapbox. As I reached for my scrapbox, I discovered that he had put a large "X" through my name and re-labeled it with his.....using pen. Not only that, but he also wrote his name on all four sides of my scrapbox. What a punk! Ha, ha! I won't even go into how many times I thought Ricky would end my life in the swimming pool...that's a different post.

Oh-my-goodness! What a tasty little hat THAT is! Aunt Erica gave Kavella this treat and I think she looks quite stylish in it!

Thanks, Aunt Erica and Uncle Shane!!

The next two pictures are from our walk down to the pier. Things really start getting busy during the summer where we live, so it's great to go "people watch." People-watching is probably one of my favorite things to do, especially with all the tourists coming through!

After church, we are sometimes invited to Auntie Deina's house for dinner, which we love! Deina makes tangy, delicious food! Granny and/or Poppy get to come when they're in town, too! We sure like living in the same town as the Wakehams and we dread when it changes.

The above picture is one of Kavella in her swing pod. It has this mobile attachment, which she just loves to suck on! I love her toes. I just smooch them all the time! The picture below is Kavella's first time eating "rice cereal." It was so cute--she didn't really open her mouth, but instead just sort of sucked it up--kinda like she was still trying to suck a nipple!

The next picture is of an outfit that Granny made for Kavella! It is ridiculously darling! Well, first Granny bought her the bow, but I didn't have anything that matched! So, sure enough, Granny built an entire outfit around the bow--genius! We love Granny!

Last, Brian came to California on a work trip, so we were excited to have him visit for a few hours! Uncle Brian took the train from Ventura and we picked him up in Irvine! We went to TK Burger for dinner and then he had to continue on to Oceanside!