More Christmas!

January 1st, 2011: Evening

After we wrapped up our family Christmas it was time to get ready for the whole Kaufman Crew to come over for Christmas that evening. We made the soup the night before so all we had to do was clean up and get the soups on the stove to warm up. It still took quite a while but at least we were a little prepared. Grandma, Steve, Donna and Lindsey, Dave, Lisa and Sydni, Marcy, Dean, Abby, Dave, Andi and Dane all came over to celebrate.


Grandma giving Kennedy the tickle fingers!

So many presents to open! She has so many people that love her so much.
We had such a good time.

Cousin Andi giving the hot baby her baba!

Grab bag time.

The Kaufman Christmas.

January 1st, 2011

Happy Birthday to ME!


We had Christmas with Mom and Dad, Alan and Cate and Drew and Kendra the Saturday after Christmas which just happened to be my birthday too. I got up early to start cooking the Christmas Brunch for everyone so that it would be ready after we had our Christmas celebration. I got it done just in time to start the Christmas Extravaganza!



Kennedy is all ready for some present opening!

Silly Daddy, putting bows on Kennedy's head!

Opening her present with Aunt Kendra.

Thanks Uncle Alan and Aunt Cate!

A New Year's / Christmas Brunch.

Resting up for another big Christmas with the whole Kaufman family in the evening.

the Christmas continues

December 31, 2010

Kennedy has so many presents to open that it is getting spread out throughout a period of about 2 weeks. Tom and I decided that since we would be having another family Christmas with the Kaufman side on New Years Day that we would have Kennedy open the rest of her presents that Santa brought her on Christmas Eve.


Pushing her Baby Stroller. She did not want a baby in it though.

She would much rather play with ribbon than her toys.

Daddy and Kennedy have some kind of inside joke going on.

Cuddle time for Mommy before bed.

Donohoe Christmas Continued...

Kennedy is having quite the first Christmas. She is getting to see all her family and open so many presents! We got up Christmas morning and went to Christmas Mass. Kennedy really enjoyed listening to the Children's Choir. After church we came back and Aunt Eileen came over to help Pat cook Christmas Dinner for everyone.


Kennedy with her Aunt Eileen.

After dinner Kennedy got to open all her presents that Santa Claus brought for her!
She loves opening presents!

Merry Christmas Kennedy!

Santa brought her a tea set, a spinning top and some zoo animals on wheels. Mommy got to open her birthday present early too.
An Elmo book to read to Kennedy.

Christmas at the Donohoe house was great. We got to see the whole family and even Jimmy and Kathy and some of her family came over too. The only thing that went wrong is that Kennedy, Patrick and I ended up with the flu. Kennedy started throwing up Christmas night just before midnight, Patrick in the middle of the night and me first thing in the morning. Oh Boy was it NOT FUN... but we made it through and we got back home to Iowa safe and sound thanks to a wonderful Daddy and Husband. He did such a good job taking care of everything to get us back home.

Donohoe Christmas Continued...

The family picture.
It's not too often that everyone gets together in the same house at the same time.

Tom with Ryan and Kennedy

Silly baby! And Silly Daddy too!

What a little stud muffin!

Donohoe Christmas, Continued...

After dinner we took the little ones into the front room to have their Christmas. They had such a good time opening presents.


Kennedy's present is bigger than she is! She is so excited to see what's in there!

Ryan knew and he helped her open it, then he stole it from her. :(
Poor Kennedy. But once she got to play with it she loved her Winnie the Pooh train, thanks Uncle Mike and Aunt Lisa!

Kennedy opening her Christmas play set from Grandma!
I think she likes that too, what do you think?

Daddy's Christmas present was a little pink baseball mit to play with Kennedy, he loved it. Thanks Mom!
Kennedy also got an outfit from Patrick and Soumya and and outfit from her Aunt Kathy. Grandma got her a new bath towel, a
sing-a-majig and her little dress. Thanks everyone for a great Christmas!

Donohoe Christmas

Mike and Lisa came over with Ryan and Brianna around lunchtime on Christmas Eve. Brianna is just 4 weeks old and this is the first time that Tom, Kennedy and I will have met her. What a precious little baby. She slept most of the time that she was there but we still enjoyed looking at her.


The family gathering around the kitchen table, a Donohoe tradition. Aunt Soumya is about 21 weeks pregnant with baby Quinn's little cousin, a boy too.

Kennedy hanging out with Uncle Jimmy.

Baby Brianna with her daddy, Uncle Mike.

How sweet. Sleeping like a little Christmas Angel.

Crazy Baby!

This baby is scared of nothing it seems like! I was finishing crocheting baby Brianna's Christmas blanket on Friday morning and Kennedy found my extra yarn to play with. After she got it wrapped up all around her she decided to go on an adventure around the living room and found the bookshelf. It wasn't long until she was inside of it having a good 'ol time.


"hmmm, I wonder how I could get in there, looks like just enough room?"

Out of order picture but this is where she discovered the yarn.

She made it up there.

A much better place to play with yarn, don't you think!
What a little monkey baby!

Meeting Uncle Patrick and Aunt Soumya

We got to Chicago Thursday night before Christmas around 6:30. We had a nice, smooth ride and only had to make one stop, not bad. This was going to be the first time that she has met her Uncle Patrick and Aunt Soumya since they moved to Washington State just before she was born. They greeted her at the door and actually freaked her out quite a bit. It took about 5 minutes to calm her down from crying but eventually she decided that she liked them and had a great weekend with them.


Uncle Patrick and Aunt Soumya giving their first baby a bath and Kennedy getting her first bubble bath.
All three of them had lots of fun!

Helping make caramels

Mom and I had a candy making marathon last week before we left for Chicago and Kennedy just couldn't wait to get her hands on one of those caramel spoons once it cooled down.


She didn't know what to think at first because she has never gotten to lick the spoon before but it didn't take her long to figure it out!

Yummy, Yummy Caramel....
More Please!