Fun with Cousin Gwynnie

Kennedy just loves that her Cousin Gwynnie is here to play with her. They are having so much fun together.
They laugh and play all day long.


Playing with Grandpa with the fun ball game that Uncle Drew got for Kennedy.

Big Girls, sitting in the rocking chair.

Kennedy would not eat her breakfast for Mommy.
But... when Gwynnie gave it to her she opened her mouth wide and at it all up!
She loves her Gwynnie.

I have had a good time fixing Gwynnie's hair every morning.
I can't wait until Kennedy grows some hair so I can do hers too.

Back home to Grandma and Grandpa's House.

When we got back to Mom and Dad's house on Saturday night Drew and Kendra and Kimmy, James and Gwynnie were here to see us. They hung out until Sunday morning but Gwynnie is going to get to stay for almost 2 weeks with us.


It's Favorite Aunt Kendra.

Uncle Drew showed up with more presents, like usual. He loves to spoil his nieces!
Kennedy got a new Elmo toy and a fun ball game. She loves them both. Thanks Drew.

Bye Bye Grandma... See you at Christmas!

Kennedy had such a great time at Grandma Pat's house. She got to experience so many things while she was there. She had her Pop Rocks for the first time, she got to play with the birdies, she became an expert crawler (no more wormy crawl) and she learned how to climb up stairs. That's a lot for only a couple of days.


Love that Grandma!

Grandma gave her a sucker before we left.
What a sticky baby!

Hanging out at Bobby and Mo's

When we get into Chicago we like to be able to hang out with Tom's friends from the neighborhood. Friday night we headed over to Bobby and Mo's and met up with them and Jimmy. We all got to have a nice relaxing evening, catching up and having fun. Too bad that I was not used to the Chicago traffic and got really car sick on the way over there and it took me a while to feel better.


Chillin' with Uncle Bobby and Uncle Jimmy!

"Do you have teeth like me, Uncle Jimmy?"

Kennedy had lots of fun playing with Joey.

Oh Boy... Another new trick.
It only took Kennedy about 5 seconds to see stairs for the first time and figure out how to get up them.
It was a non stop game from then on seeing how fast she could out smart everyone and get over to them and up them!

Trip to Grandma's House

We got to Chicago late Wednesday night so the next morning Kennedy was ready to play with her Grandma! Grandma Pat had all kinds of fun things planned for Kennedy. When we got up it was time to play with the birdies. Grandma even let them out of the cage to fly around. This is also the trip where Kennedy got her first dose of Grandma's Pop Rocks Candy.


Let those birdies out!

Whoa! Birdie Bird!

Pop Rocks Morning!
She thought they were yummy!

Mike, Lisa and Ryan came over for a visit on Friday.
Next time we see them they will have a new baby!

Danger Girl!

We have a little dare devil on our hands. Finally, yesterday we had to block off Kennedy her own little section of the living room. With me being pregnant, it was just getting way to hard to chase her all over the living room getting her out of trouble all the time. She loves to climb up and grab Grandma's pumpkins from the bay window, or under the desk to grab the garbage or the electrical cords, or over to the side table to grab the table cloth or behind her rocking chair to grab all the picture books. And that's only in one room! Well, I had to leave her for a second to go in the other room and even though Grandma was right there, she still did not want me to leave her in that cage!


Trying to make the escape.

"Take me with you, Mommy!"

Almost high enough to jump over.
Boy are we in trouble!

Now what?
She got up and now can't quite figure out how to get down.
Poor Baby! Mommy will save you!

I can't believe how strong she is!

Kennedy's first Halloween

For Kennedy's first Halloween, we thought it would be a little weird taking a baby trick-or-treating when she can't eat the candy but we still wanted to share the fun of it with her. We decided that she would go trick-or-treating over to all of her Grandparent's houses and of course, Aunt Marcy's. She had such a good time and we never expected her to get so many Halloween presents. I guess no one can resist such a cute pumpkin!

Our first stop was Great Grandma and Grandpa Kennedy's house. We surprised them but they didn't care. They thought she was just the best pumpkin there could be! She really made their day!


Kennedy with Great-Grandma getting her lady-bug pillow present.


Our next stop was Colo to see Great Grandma Kaufman and Aunt Marcy and Uncle Dean. Grandma surprised Kennedy with a set of building blocks and a colors book and even gave her a pack of skittles at the door.

Walking over to Aunt Marcy's house from Grandma's.
She had so much fun seeing all the other kids dressed up silly!

Trick - or - Treat!

The cutest pumpkin on earth!

Kennedy's first Pumkin

Friday night when Tom got home from work we decided to carve Kennedy's pumpkin for her. She really didn't know what to think of it but really wanted to play with all the pumpkin guts. She didn't last very long watching. Grandma took her to go get a bath and to play and them came back for the finishing touches.


"Huh, that's interesting, doesn't look like much of a toy?"

Mommy draws it and Daddy carves it.
What a good team. Not too scary this year!

"Thank you Daddy for such a cool pumpkin!"

Ahhhh, finally done!
"I love it!"

Happy Halloween!

Silly Girl!

I finally got a winky on film! They just keep getting better and better! She used to only wink when she was tired at night to keep her from going to sleep. Now she does it when you ask her to wink or when she just wants to flirt with someone. It typically comes with a wave first. What a little ham.


Winky for Mommy!

Yummy fig newton snack!
Oh, what a mess. Next time we will cut it up in pieces instead of giving her the whole thing!

October 25, 2010

When we got back from Missouri on Sunday night we decided to stay at Grandma Kaufman's because Kennedy had her 9 month check up with Dr. Swanson on Monday morning. When we got up in the morning we didn't have as much time as we anticipated to get ready so Kennedy had no other choice except to hold her own bottle for the first time! I had to make Tom's lunch and breakfast and still pack the diaper bag and only had 10 min and that's about how long it takes Kennedy to drink her bottle in the morning. Kennedy was a good sport and a team player!

What a big girl!

So sleepy!

After Kennedy's doctor's appointment we were both pooped out. When Grandma got home from work she told me to go take a nap and she would watch Kennedy. Well it turned out that she took a nap too.

Kennedy checked out great for her 9 month well visit. She weighs 18 lbs 12 oz and is 27 3/4 in long. She is in the 50% for both height and weight however she is in the 98% for head circumference. Lots of room for those big brains of hers! She also got part one of her flu shot. She has to go back in one month to get the second half.