The Tripp Family: Happy Labor Day!

About two weekends ago we went out to dinner with a big group of friends. Kendal went around the table and asked everyone what their plans were for the four day weekend. Everyone was either going out of town or already had plans. So he asked me if I wanted to do something just our little family. I was so excited and asked him if we could go out of town. He was thinking more along the lines of the beach or somewhere closer. But after a week of persuading him...he finally said, Okay, lets go see your parents! So I only had three days to pack all of us (which if anyone knows me at all, then you know I need months to plan these sort of things, make lists, and be way overly organized, And this time we had to add a baby to the mix, lol) This was not even the worst part, Kendal said I couldn't tell anyone we were coming because he wanted it to be a surprise. ( well, we all know how well I am at keeping secrets) I finally broke down and called my sister. I had to tell someone! So we loaded up the car and headed north on the LONG 12 hour drive. I was so nervous because I didn't know how Kennedy was going to react to being in her carseat for that long. But much to our suprise she did awesome. She only cried twice, and it was because I didn't make her bottle fast enough. She actually had her first giggles in the car! She loved it! I will never forget the look on my parents faces when we showed up at their door step at 11 o'clock at night! They were so excited!

The next morning my parents still had to get up to go to work. So Kendal and I got dressed and went to my mom's office so she could show off her grandbaby!

Next, we called my brother, Cody and surprised him with the news that we were in town early, (I am going back to town on Sept. 24th for a month so he had no idea I was at my parents) "Uncle Bubby" was so excited to see his new neice! She loved him, she cried everytime he walked away from her. He fed her, burped her, and helped me give her a bath since it's still kind of hard for me to bend over the tub with my insicion (yes it's still open") I had never really seen my brother around babies so it was pretty funny to see him so facinated by her!

After "Uncle Bubby" left my very best friend, Lindsay came over to see Kennedy for the first time! Now as most of you know Lindsay has absolutley no interest in babies or any such thing. She would perfer to be out on the town with her girlfriends! But for some reason she was just so in love with Kt! She changed her diaper for me and played with her on the floor she got jealous when other people wanted to hold her! It was so cute!

My cousins Theresa and Amy came by to see Kennedy as well! And thankgod they did, because my cousin Theresa is a nurse and I asked her to change my dressing on my insicion so it wouldn't get infected! Thanks Theresa!

Then Papa came home from work and you could forget about anyone else holding her for the night! He is so in love with her and visa versa! I don't think Kenendy even loves me or Kendal as much as she loves her papa! She kept giggling at him and smiled everytime he walked in the room. and whenever she would cry all he had to do was pick her up and she was fine again!

After such a busy day of visitors she fell right to sleep! She's wasn't used to all of the attention! And of course...she fell right to sleep in her papa's arms, while probably watching sports, just the way mommy used to!

The next day we had a pretty slow morning. We had a few visitors and then had to go grocery shopping. It was a beautiful day out, so dad and Kendal were going to rent Harley's and go riding for the day but after they found out it cost $100 and a $2,000 deposit they quickly changed their minds. So Kendal took out my dads bike and we the rest of us got ready for a "front yard" Cookout!

On Sunday, we decided to drive about an hour to one of the Labor Day Fair's that were in town!
Kendal and Kennedy cooling off in the shade!

That morning we realized that we hadn't brought our stoller with us, so grammy and papa ran up to the store and bought her one, that she could keep at their house so we wouldn't have to always remember one! They are the best!

It was so hot out and papa was worried about his baby because her cheeks were getting red so he let her borrow his hat!

Once we got home, Kendal and I decided she really needed a bath but what we didn't realize is that she had gotten a little too much sun. So when we put her in the tub she started SCREAMING (she had a little sun burn on her head and feet) and she didn't stop screaming until about 8 o'clock that night when papa layed on the couch with her and sang the christopher robin song in her ear and helped her fall asleep!