Our last day!

I have to apologize because I wasn't thinking when I began to post our trip. The posts are backwards, so if you scroll down the first Disney post and read backwards...you can read about our trip in order!

On our last day in the happiest place on earth we checked out of the hotel first thing in the morning and went down to Downtown Disney to do our souvenir shopping. We visited the Lego store and ate a really awesome lunch! It was a quick short day because Grammy & Papa had to get to the airport! We said our usual tearful goodbyes and headed home:-( It was a very long drive home because Kennedy's antibiotics had finally gotten the best of her. We went through three outfits and 16 diapers in 6 hours...needless to say I'm am so glad we left when we did! Holy Cow!! 6 more weeks Grammy & Papa....April can't come soon enough! Love you, we had a blast!

Day 4

On Tuesday we headed back to Hollywood Studio's to finish up anything we had missed. We had lunch at the 50's Prime Time Cafe, which is just like eating in "mom's" Kitchen back in the 1950's. No Elbows on the table, say please and thankyou, and finsh everything on your plate! Kennedy had her first taste of a milk shake and ate all of Grammy's mashed Potatoes! After the park we hopped a bus back to the hotel to sneak in some pool time. Kennedy loves the water so we wanted her to have some splashing time! After the pool we jumped back on the bus and went back to Epcot for the evening Illuminations and fire works show! What a great night we had!


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Day 3

On Monday Morning we woke up and headed over to The Animal Kingdom! I don't have too many pictures from this day because we had a rough afternoon. I'm pretty sure every other person staying at Disney that day decided to go to this park. It was PACKED! We couldn't stop to look at anything, it was impossile to even push the stroller. So we were there for a very short time and then hopped a bus to Hollywood Studios to finish up the day! Here are the shots I did manage to snap while there!

Riding the bus with Grammy

Making Daddy carry her

Being silly

It's tough to be a bug

Kendal looked every where for one of these hats....When I told him he looked just like his dad, he quickly put the hat back...I don't think he's ready to admit it yet (makes me giggle though)

Day 2

The next morning we woke up around 7am, everyone got dressed had breakfast and then we headed over to Epcot. We were blessed with beautiful weather everyday we were there. Epcot is probably my least favorite of all the parks at Disney. The park showcases 25 different countries and all kinds of technology, tons of walking and educational movies. I was however, looking forward to taking Kendal there. I knew it would be one of his favorites. We started out riding spaceship earth (which is the big golf ball you first see when you approach the park) and Kendal thought that was so neat, we continued riding all of the different rides in the front of the park and then headed over to the countries. I actually enjoyed walking through the countries this time around but was exhausted after Kennedy lost her favorite rattle in the Canadian falls, Kendal and I had a romantic $80 lunch in Italy, lol, and we stood in line for 45 minutes to ride the GM test track only for it to break as Kendal & I sat down for our turn! GRR! We headed back to the hotel, took a little rest and had dinner. Mom & Dad stayed at the hotel with Kennedy that evening and Kendal & I went back to magic Kindgdom to finish up anything that we missed. We had so much fun, just the two of us...we were like little kids running through the park!

Breakfast in bed!

Such a sweetie

What's with the tounge these days?!?

Papa walked to entire park with her attached to him
(BIG thanks to Brian & Andrea for letting us borrow their carrier, we would have been lost w/out it!

With Grammy in Italy

Cutest Minnie Mouse Ever

Meeting Dopey... She just wanted to rip that nose of his off!

I love him

Grammy gave Kennedy some ice cream when mommy wasn't looking!

Grammy & Papa in England

Disney World

What a week! I can't believe how quickly it has flown by. Last Thursday evening Kennedy woke up screaming at the top of her lungs and tugging on her ears. She had been fussy all day long so we new something was definitely wrong. Going to Disney World with a sick baby was the very last thing we wanted to do so we headed up to the emergency room that night. Sure enough she has an ear infection. Thank goodness we were able to get her on her antibiotic before we left for Florida. I spent most of Friday racking my brain as to what we would need all week. Diapers, bottles all the usual but we had never stayed at a hotel with Kennedy before. I had to think of things like dish soap to wash her bottles and laundry detergent to wash smelly baby clothes, extra batteries for her swing and so on. We packed up the car~ went to Brian and Andrea's for a quick bite to eat and then off to bed. We woke up at 4am to tie up any loose ends, eat breakfast, and head off. The ride down wasn't too bad, about 6 and a half hours (which is a breeze compared to the 12 hour ride to my parents)
Once we arrived we met Grammy and Papa outside the front of the hotel! Kennedy had been crying in the car and the minute she saw my mom she started clapping her hands and was so excited! We checked into our room a little early, refreshed ourselves, and then off the Magic Kingdom! Kennedy didn't sleep a wink. There was so much to look at and so much to take in!

Taking a break with Grammy before heading to the park

Hanging with Papa at the bus station

Meeting Mickey Mouse

Country Bear Jamboree was our first event, I'm not sure she knew what to make of all of the bears dancing around on stage!

Kendal & I on Main St. in front of Cinderella's castle

Riding Thunder Mountain

waiting for Mommy & Daddy

Still happy after a long day

So happy to just be together!

Happy Valentines Day

Hope everyone had a great Valentines day today! I know I sure did! Kendal surprised me with a necklace that I have been eying for quite sometime, so excited! Thank you babe! Other than that, we did the usual...grocery shopping, walmart, and Sam's Club! Fun Stuff! Gosh, we're boring! Anyways, Kennedy looked so cute in her t-shirt today, I just had to share a pic! Love you all!

8 months w/ Chardpanzee

I can't even stand talking about it and I've been putting off taking this picture all week! She just gets bigger and bigger everyday and we absolutely love watching her grow and change! But I'm starting to realize just how quickly life passes by. We weighed her this week and she is up to 18lbs, no interest in crawling yet...she can't stand being on her belly. She is learning to pick up and eat her own food though and is showing interest in pulling her self up on things. Can't wait to see what the next month brings!

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Finger Foods

We have a little piggy on our hands these days! We have always made an effort to feed Kennedy whenever we were eating so she would get used to eating dinner with Mommy & Daddy. About three weeks ago she started pushing away her baby food and whining until one of us would give her something off of our plates! I started giving her little bites of mashed potatoes and small chucks of bread, and now, she can't get enough of it. Kendal shares everything with her. Potatoes, creamed corn, banana's, even apple pie & chocolate cake (which we now know she has my sweet tooth b/c the minute he gave her a bite she actually said MMMMMM! too funny!) Anyways, she had a biter biscuit after dinner tonight and had me cracking up, she kept putting it in her mouth and then she would take it out and start laughing & talking! She is such a ham sometimes!

First Official Swim Class

We officially started swimming lessons tonight along with her best buddies Sean and Hayden! They all did great and absolutely loved the water! Our classes are only supposed to run about 30 minutes but we were in the water for a good 50 minutes tonight! When Kennedy's lips started turning purple I decided it might be a good time to get out of the water!! Their teacher has been teaching lessons for over 25 years and seems like a really sweet lady! I'm looking forward to seeing how well the babies progress over the next 7 classes! I'll be sure to keep everyone up to date!

Getting the water! Its chily mommy!

practicing kicking

Blowing bubbles

practicing hanging onto a noodle

Sean & Brian practicing hanging onto the side of the pool

Hayden & Jamie

Swimming w/ their teacher Ruthann


Can't wait til Thursday!