Kennedy can roll over!

Last week was a really long week. Tom spent last week up in Chicago spending time with his mom while she recovered from surgery. Kennedy and I had a decent week, we just didn't get to spend much time together. I had to spend a lot of time at work so Kennedy spent a lot of time at the babysitter. She had a good week. It turns out that she has been laughing like crazy all week. I picked her up on Friday and Debbie tickled her and she just started cracking up.

We picked Tom up from the airport late Friday night and then I had to go to work early on Saturday for high school physicals. Tom really enjoyed being able to be back at home spending time with his baby girl. When I got home on Saturday Tom had to leave for work and I finally got to spend some time with Kennedy. We were playing on the floor and she decided to roll over for the first time! After that I got the camera and was able to record it...

Check it out on youtube... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gsmhgxf1R50


Hanging in her swing after her morning bath.

So excited

She just started getting interested in the tray part of her swing.

She gets really serious when she's playing sometimes. She is so fun to watch!

Mother's Day Weekend

Since Tom's mom is in the hospital recovering from her surgery, Tom is spending the week in Chicago helping her recover. He left this afternoon and will be back on Friday night. Since he was leaving on Mother's Day he wanted to celebrate the day on Saturday instead which was perfectly okay with me. It was a really nice day. We hung out around the house in the morning and then in the afternoon Tom grilled some hamburgers for lunch and he took us to the park for a walk and then cooked me dinner. After we put Kennedy to bed we watched some TV then off to bed. It had been two weeks since we got to spend a whole day together and it was really nice.


All dressed up to go out for our walk with Daddy and the puppies!

This morning we got up for church and then Tom took us out to IHOP for breakfast. We had a little bit of time to hang out before I had to drop him off at the airport. Now Kennedy and I are just hanging out, enjoying a week of just us girls. We will miss daddy of course!

Pretty Girls!

Playing with my Johnny-Jump-Up, SO MUCH FUN!

"Playing makes me soooo tired!"

We made it through the flood.

Last weekend was a crazy weekend. Tom was gone for his Reserve weekend in Alabama so me and Kennedy were Bachelorettes for the weekend. It started off fine and we knew that it was going to be a rainy weekend but we had no idea what was in store here. It started storming around 7am and didn't stop until about midnight and then started back up with Tornado sirens going off at 5am on Sunday with rain again until about 6pm on Sunday. Of course, the flooding was horrible and thank goodness we live up on a hill and Kennedy and I were safe and dry from all of the flooded roads and homes. So many people in Nashville lost their homes, their cars and 10 people lost their lives. We have been praying for everyone who suffered losses and have been very thankful for getting through this unharmed and dry.


We played dress up on Sunday since we couldn't go outside. Doesn't she look cute in her summer dress.

Tummy time on her play mat yesterday. She's getting so strong.

Kennedy sitting up in her big girl chair. She loves to play with her ball. She is so much fun!

Bad Weather!

I am sitting up at 11:30pm watching the weather making sure that I don't go to sleep if bad weather is going to hit while we are sleeping. It starting storming with pouring down rain this morning at 7am and it has not stopped raining all day today. The rain let up here and there but it has caused a lot of flooding throughout middle Tennessee. This morning I had planned to go get my dress for Drew's wedding altered and I really don't have another time to do it before it gets too late so I needed to do it. I decided at the last minute, however, to take Kennedy over to Debbie's house instead of taking her out with me because of the weather. I am glad I did because i got worse while I was gone. On my way home the interstates started to hold a lot of water and the traffic was moving about 30mph and we were hydroplaning often. From then on the flooding kept getting worse. It actually turned into all of the interstates being shut down and the water was over the cars on the interstate and a lot of the side streets here by the house.

I decided since I am awake, I will just catch up on putting pictures up on the blog. I had one of my busiest weeks this week. Monday and Tuesday I traveled to Bowling Green with our doctors and so I was gone from the house 12 hours or more Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Thursday I was home most of the day but had a lot of catching up to do. Yesterday back in the clinic but home early so we got to catch up a little bit over the last couple of days.

These first few pictures are from last Sunday after church.


Kennedy and Mommy

Pretty girl! In one of the dresses Grandma and Grandpa gave her for Easter.

"Playin with my chewy blanket!" "So much fun!"

Today... Talking with her Mama...

teething?????

Kennedy has been a drool monster lately and up until just today that was it. She was real fussy this morning and early afternoon and she didn't want anything except for to be chewing on her burp cloth with my finger in there and that only kept her happy for a few minutes. After a couple hours of not knowing what to do to make my poor little baby happy, we decided to follow Pats advice and let her suck on a pretzel for a few minutes. SHE LOVED IT! I know it might not have been the best thing for her and I am sure there are plenty of people who disagree with giving it to her this young. But, it worked and that is what mattered.


Nummy, Nummy...

Ah, my bib.

No Riley, I will not share my bib with you :)

She is going to be one of those babies who carries around her burp cloth til she's four sucking on it...

Easter at Uncle Alan's

Last weekend we went to Alan's house in Peoria to help him start remodeling his bathroom and we also got to have Kennedy's first Easter there too. Kennedy was a really good girl in the car the whole way and the puppies were too. This was the first time that the dogs got to ride in the car with Kennedy and it was for a 7 hour drive so it all worked out really good. Riley rode in the back with me and Kennedy and Shirley rode in the front with Tom as co-pilot.

Random picture of Joey and Daisy at Mom's house.

Kennedy's first Easter Basket! She got an egg with$5, some books and some really cute summer outfits. She is such a spoiled baby, but she loves it!

"Wow, look at all that cool stuff, and its all for me!?"

Isn't that cute, she loves that thumb!

Saying hi to Cate.

Go Cubbies!

She loves that thumb! It's really cute right now. I just hope we are not trying to break her of it when she 15! :)

She loves the Cubbies! We got to go to her first baseball game today. Everything at my high school got done really early today so I decided to take Kennedy to a baseball game over at FRA where I used to be an athletic trainer. Everyone there was so excited to see us and just thought Kennedy was the cutest little girl, of course!

Catching up on picture taking

I finally got the camera unpacked today! I decided to take lots of pictures today to make up for lost time. Kennedy is still changing every single day! She is still smiling all the time and she is sooooo close to laughing. She is still sucking them in and doing her little squeals but as soon as she learns to blow them out she will be laughing all the time.


Hanging out in her comfy jammies and talking to mom.

playing tires her out.

Tummy time! She is now "raking" her toys. She reaches out for them and she grabs them. She enjoys her tummy time for a little longer period of time now.

Watchin TV with Dad.

No pictures :(

So I kinda feel like a bad mom... I haven't taken a picture of Kennedy in over a week. We have been so busy lately I barely have time to do the little bit that I have been doing. I have just been plain tired! Last week I spent trying to catch up from the week before doing cooking (not much), cleaning (not much) and working (a lot!) and also trying to get us ready to go to Peoria for the weekend to meet up with Mom, Dad, Alan and Drew. It was a weekend filled with bathroom remodeling, yeah! So there were several pictures taken over last weekend, but none with our camera. I have tried to get Alan to email me some of his but I haven't gotten them yet so I am just writing instead. Mom took a bunch but I keep forgetting to ask her for them. I really need to go get my camera out and take some pictures of my own.

I have found myself this week in a whirlwind of emotions. I think it always happens after I get to see my family. It reminds me of how much I miss being close to them and how much I would like to get back home. Also last week on Thursday when I picked up Kennedy from her babysitter, she actually cried when I got there. She was perfectly content with Debbie and when she saw me, her lip went out and she started crying... I thought maybe she just wanted me to hold her so I took her and the crying became wailing and it didn't stop until I turned her around so she could see Debbie again, then which she immediately stopped crying and started smiling. Tell me that doesn't break your heart! Maybe it was a fluke but it sure didn't seem like one and it took everything for me not to start crying right there and call and quit my job on the spot. I wish I could be okay with leaving her everyday, but everyday when I walk out the door the only thing I can think about until I get home is her. I am sure that I am not the only mom who works that feels this way. I think (hope) things will be better when this summer comes and I only have to work 20 hours a week. Until then, I will just make the most of the time I get to spend with her and hope I figure out a system to be more organized and to use some time management to get everything done around the house .

Puppies help with bath time...

Yesterday morning for bath time, the puppies decided that I might need a little help to make sure that Kennedy got all clean. For some reason they just figured out to come in and inspect while I was giving her a bath. They have never bothered to come in there before. At first Shirley was just in there. But when Riley heard Shirley trying to drink the bath water, she came running in to check it out. When Kennedy would splash around, Shirley and Riley would get all excited and start wagging their tails. It was really cute!



Mommy's little helpers

"Did ya get behind her ears, ma?"

Daddy got her all snuggled up and warm after her bath.

In her favorite spot, this morning after bath time with Grandma and Grandpa. They got to Skype in this morning to see her play in her bath tub.