Merry Christmas

Hi Everyone, why not follow-up the Thanksgiving post with a Christmas post :). Kennedi has not been sleeping very well, which we thought was in part because she is in her big girl crib now. But, I decided to take Kennedi to the doctor this evening and it turns out she has an ear infection. She is taking after her mom in the ear ache department and I hope this doesn't mean tubes are in our future. I am thankful we have an answer to why she wasn't eating or sleeping well and I hope the antibiotics kick in to help her discomfort. She has been a trooper through all of this!

Well we finally got our x mas photos back and I wanted to post a few below.

Happy Thanksgiving

I know, it's late but I wanted to say Happy Thanksgiving to everyone and hope you all enjoyed time your family. Kennedi enjoyed her 1st thanksgiving holiday with family & friends. She even went shopping on black friday for a little bit in the afternoon. Here are some cute photos we took during the holiday.

Christmas pictures will be coming shortly!

Kennedi Sporting Her Outfits

Kennedi has fashion sense already!

Look at my big girl outfit! Thanks Grandma Homan.

This is what happens when Daddy dresses me :)! Too cute.

PS..it's on backwards, see below.

All bundled up and ready for winter. Kennedi before she heads to the sitter.

Kennedi's 4 month picture I took

Kennedi Loves to Eat

How could I forget to post the pictures of Kennedi eating her 1st bites of "food", baby cereal. We have started this at night and she really likes the cereal and always wants more. She is a hungry monkey.

4 Months Old

Time goes by so fast...Kennedi is already 4 months old. She is getting so big and really starting to talk or should say more like a screaming at the top of her lungs. She loves looking at herself and belly giggling when people play with her. She also knows what she wants and will arch her back and scream until she gets what she wants. Not sure who she gets that from, umm maybe Daddy :).

We went to go get holiday pictures last weekend and she did such a good job. It's so stressful getting her dressed and making sure she doesn't poop through her diaper or puke all over the outfit before taking the photos. Then, you need to wait and hope she doesn;t get hungry while taking the photos and last but not least want to make sure she has some sort of smile on her face during it. I am glad they are over and she looked so cute on most pictures. It was the first time the whole family was in a professional picture since she has been born, so sad. I will post once I have the pictures in hand.

We had her 4 month appt last week and her stats are:
Weight - 15 pounds, 12 ounces
Height - 26 inches

And what you all were waiting for...pictures of Kennedi.

Kennedi sporting her new hat for winter.

Hanna and Mason with Kennedi and Kasey

The 2 girl grandkids

Hanna and Mason

My sister, Kendra, just sent to all of us pictures of her kids at Halloween. (twins Hanna and Mason). I wanted to share with all the readers of my blog since they are adorable. They are getting so big so fast! Soon, they will have a brother or sister joining them.

Happy Halloween

Pictures cont...

The only reason some of you check my blog is to see the "star" of the blog and not read my ramblings. So, I am attaching more pictures that were taken in the last few weeks.

Have a great weekend everyone. Winter is right around the corner so stay Warm.

New Routine - Back to Work

Mommy is Back to Work Full-Time

Well as most of you know I returned to work this week on Wednesday. The 1st day off to the babysitter (Jane) went smoother than I was anticipating. Of course, Kennedi didn't want to get up at 7 am to eat and change her clothes. The look on her face said...What are you doing waking me up at this hour. Our little girl loves to stay up late, already a night owl, and then hates the mornings. When I was on maternity leave she would eat around 6 and then go back to bed until 8:30 or so. The first day Chris and I both went to drop her off for the first time so Dad could meet Jane and understand the process since he would be doing it going forward. Chris brought her by himself Thursday and today and he is doing a great job! I pick her up at the end of the day and it is the highlight of my day picking her up and seeing her smiling face. I am really going to cherish the time I spend with her at night and on weekends now that I am away from her all day.

So, How is Kennedi at Jane's? The report from Jane is that she takes cat naps during the day, haha, not too shocked since she needs to know what is going on all the time. She is eating great out of the bottles and overall happy when she is there. The sitter did experience a "Kennedi explosion" for the 1st time and I warned her it would happen eventually :). Thanks Jane for taking care of our little chunky monkey if you are reading this, I am so blessed I have found you.

Kennedi must have sensed Mom was going back to work, because she was sleeping pretty well at night for me up until this week. Starting this week she has decided to get up at 1:00 and 4:00 each night and she is up for awhile when she is up :(. She also has decided she is a big girl and doesn't go down until 10:30 when I force her down....for a little girl she doesn't sleep much. She is taking after her 1st cousin Hanna - my sister and I think it's girls :)!

Overall, I am transitioning well back into work and juggling the demands of motherhood. As always, posting some recent photos of Kennedi. We go to the doctor in 2 weeks so I will have updated stats for you then. My guess is she is around 15 pounds already!

The only picture I have with a smile, she always smile but as soon as I put the camera in her face she stops smiling and wants to figure out what is in her face, lol.

Kennedi's Sleeping Position

I am going through Judy's pictures and found 2 pictures that just make me laugh out loud. Kennedi gets her sleeping position from Daddy...so cute! Enjoy.

Have a great weekend!

Kennedi with Daisy

Thought I would post some pictures of Kennedi with Daisy too! It's hard to get all 3 to look at the camera for a quick photo as you can see from the pictures below. We have our hands full with 2 dogs and Kennedi :).

Our visit with the Millers...

As most of you know, Josh and Lori had a beautiful baby girl at the end of August named Zoey. I wanted to share the wonderful pictures Lori snapped of the two little beans when we went to visit. Chris said Kennedi is the Jolly Green Giant, lol. Zoey is 3 weeks old in this picture (if I remember correctly) and Kennedi is ~2 months. We had a wonderful dinner and enjoyed our visit....of course Lori and I shared similar stories of motherhood and the men sat outside I am sure complaining, lol jk! As our daughters grow I am sure they will become great friends and play buddies. Enjoy! Thanks Lori and Josh!