4th Anniversary

Thursday the 29th was our 4th wedding anniversary. Even though we were not able to spend the whole day together, because Kacey had to work in order for us to go down for Coast Guard and his brothers bachelor party, our evening together was nice. Klara and I spent the whole day together with Kacey's sister Kymm and her two kids. We drove the two hours out to Tahquamenon Falls State Park and enjoyed the beautiful sun and water. We hiked up to the upper falls and found ourselves surrounded by the rushing of golden orange water and cool mist spraying up from the bottom. On our way to the lower falls we stopped for some shopping and lunch.  Our trip continued on to the lower falls which are a beautiful combination of racing rapids and trickling falls. By this point the kids had had it. We tried making it back as quickly as possible and the two hour ride home was almost completely silent except for the sleeping breaths of the children and Kymm and I whispering.
Kacey came home and I quickly put Klara in Kymms arms (thank you so much for watching her!) as we walked out the house for our anniversary dinner. We spent the evening eating and conversing at the Portside, which is not the fanciest restaurant in town but it is one of our favorites and not very baby friendly due to its lack of space. With both of us exhausted we finished our meal and headed home. When we walked in the door Kymm informed us that Klara had problems going down (her magic did work) but not only that Klara had rolled over from her belly to her back....and Kymm saw it! I know she had been doing it but I had never been able to catch her doing it. I also found out Klara beats to a different drum when rolling. Instead of placing her arms and legs in ways to push herself, she straightens stiff as a board and begins to rock back and forth until she gets enough power to roll.....that's our daughter! The other new feat Klara accomplished was finding her nook and placing it in her own mouth.  I know that she could grab it if it fell out but to know she could then place it in her mouth is huge. Of course since then she still cries in the middle of the night to have us get her nook, but I know the night is coming when she will do it on her own ....hopefully