Kennedy's first trip to the pool

We went over our friend's Brian & Andrea's this weekend (whose baby, Sean, is 2 weeks older than Kenndedy) to go to thier community pool. We went up to the pool around 5pm so the sun wouldn't be too strong and it wouldn't be to hot for the babies. To our surprise we were the only ones there, it was SOOOOOO nice! I thought for sure Kennedy was going to cry when Kendal would first put her in the water but she just looked up at him and smiled. He drug her all through the water, layed her on her back (which she loved) and her and sean starred at one another! It was such a nice afternoon, but I think it really wore her out, because she slept for 4.5 hours afterwards. Brian and I have looked into it, and our local YMCA offers a class for little ones and thier parents. Since they both liked the water so much, we have decided to enroll them as soon as my insicion heals. Which by the way, is still open and I have been going to the Dr. every other day for three weeks now. The nurse told me this morning it should only take about 2-3 more weeks! HURRY UP ALREADY! Hope everyone has a great week! Love to all!

Happy Birthday Kendal!!

In Honor of My Wonderful Husband... since he is turning 28, I decided to list the top 28 reasons I Love My Hubs...

28. I love the way he watches tv out of the corner of his eye, w/ his head tilted
27. I love the way he gets so frustrated w me and then just laughs bc he realizes thier is nothing else he can do about it!
26.I love it when he cooks, it always tastes so good
25.I love how he dances in the car when a rap song comes on the radio
24.I love how he is such a problem solver and is so creative w his solutions
23.I love how he researches everything and anything before he buys it
22.I love how he kills bugs and catches lizards for me
21.I love how he can tell when I'm upset and he'll quickly turn off the computer & Tv and start picking up the house like a little kid who is about to get into trouble!
20. I love the way he talks to Kennedy when he wants her to smile
19.I love the way he wants to help others any chance he gets ( no matter how much they take advantage of him i.e. our neighbors)
18.I love the way he can fix just about anything
17.I it when he grins at me from across the room and then attacks to tickle me
16.I love how protective he is over his daughter
15.I love how he can randomly quote just about every movie since 2000
14.I love how hard he laughs when he's watching south park
13.I love how easy going he is, he keeps me grounded
12.I love how he surprises me all year long and not just b-days and christmas
11.I love how serious he sounds when he's in uniform
10. I LOVE THE WAY HE LOOKS IN HIS UNIFORM (duh)
9.I love how he takes me to see my family every chance we get bc he knows how home sick I get
8.I love how funny he looks after he has devoured 20 chicken wings
7.I love how he randomly holds my hand in the car whenever a cute song comes on the radio
6.I love how much he loves his family and highly he thinks of his parents
5.I love that no matter how old he gets he still likes to "play" outside
4.I love how funny he is sometimes
3. I love the way he talks in his sleep
2.I love the way his eyes light up everyday when he comes home from work and sees Kennedy
and the number one reason I love my hubs
1.I love the way he loves our daughter & I and how he would do anything in the world to give us what we need and make us happy!
You are the worlds best husband and daddy and I hope you had a wonderful birthday! I love you!!!!


Kendal's Birthday was last Monday, August 11th! My hubs is getting so old! He turned 28!!! We went out to dinner on Tuesday with a group of friends to celelbrate because Brian's Birthday was on Tuesday, so 2 in 1! It was also Kennedy's Birthday on Tuesday...she turned 9 weeks old! Here are a few pictures of the Birthday kids, they were all dressed up! (Except about 2 hours into dinner Kennedy destroyed her cute little dress, in an event where daddy had to come into the women's bathroom to help mommy clean up the mess, it was quite funny!)

Like Mommy, Like daughter...Loves to talk!!!

Kennedy spends a lot of her time in her swing or in her bouncy chair. Well, earlier this week she found out that she has a voice, and loves to talk to mommy and daddy. When she is in her swing, we think she thinks that we are not listening to her so we have been sitting her up next to us on the couch. She will sit there for an hour, watching to tv, talking to daddy and starring at the fan. Evidentially she takes after her grandpa's because she ends up like this quite often!! haha!




Here are a few snap shots of her while she was talking my ear off one afternoon! She was just so happy!

I just thought this was too cute not to share...the other day Kendal and I went walking around the outlet mall and it was about 102 degrees that afternoon. Kennedy was pouring sweat so we decided to head home...we got her in the car, she was wide awake, Kendal said to her "Are you ready to go home baby?" She closed her eyes and gave him a thumbs up!!!
Two month Picture next to her "Chardpanzee".... Geez, she's grown a lot! I still can't believe she is 2 months old...:-(

Lazy Days!

Kendal has been on alert for the past week, so we haven't done anything too exciting except lay around the house in our pjs, cuddle, and watch movies! Kennedy also got her 2 month shots this week so she was pretty sleepy! Here are a few snap shots from the last week!

Let the fun Begin!

I apologize for slacking on the blog lately! I know I have frustrated a few people (DAD) so here is what we have been up to!
Wow! We have had some very busy last few days/weeks! Mom left last friday after her visit and Friday Night Mom & Dad Tripp, Jared & Gaige arrived for a week long visit! Kendal was on an airplane heading home from Washington State! When they first got here, they visited with Kennedy and took some pictures! One by one they headed upstairs to take showers because they had been in the car for two days! Gaige was so sweet with Kennedy all week long! I had never seen a little boy be so interested in a baby and so willing to help! He made sure she had her pacifier, rubbed her feet and sang to her to calm her down and helped with her bottle everytime she needed to eat! He was so sweet! Once Kendal got home, we all visited for a while longer and then headed upstairs and crashed!! I was so excited that Kendal was finally home and looking forward to the next week!

Saturday...First day of activity!

Saturday was our first day of festivities! Kennedy was the first one up! She proceeded to wake everyone else up shortly after! We had some breakfast, got dressed and then headed up to the Air Force Base so Gaige & Jared could see Kendal's plane! After playing at the play ground, walking out to the jets and investigating them we went over to Kendal's favorite Mexican joint for lunch! After lunch, we went to check mom and dad into the hotel they would be staying in for the week! They checked in, everyone changed into their swim suits and ran to the pool! They had a great time splashing around and cooling off while Kennedy and I relaxed in a near by chair! We came back to the house for dinner for a really delicious pork chop dinner, watched a movie and then they went to the hotel and we went to bed! It was a fun first day.... it seemed to be going by way too fast and it was only day 1!

BEACH DAY:-) My favorite!

Sunday was my favorite day of the entire week! We went to my favorite place ever...The BEACH! I was so excited to take Kennedy & Gaige for their very first time! It was a beautiful HOT day! We set up camp and hit the water! Gaige had a blast building sand castles and riding his boogie board! While Kendal & I sat under the umbrella with the baby! She just loves being outside! Mom had a great idea of putting Santa hats on everyone and taking a Christmas in July picture! I thought it was cute, but I'm not so sure Jared felt the same! haha! Grandma bought Kennedy a bathing suit to match her's which I thought was adorable, they looked so cute together! After the beach we came home, took a much needed nap and then had Brian, Andrea & Sean over for a deer sausage dinner ( I had a cheeseburger...lol)

July 28th...Fishing Day

Monday morning the alarm went off at 5am! Kendal headed over to the hotel to pick up his dad and brother and they headed down to the marina for a day of deep sea fishing! They said the boat ride was pretty rough and long but seemed to have a good time out on the water! They were all exhausted when they came home and were in need of some serious nap time! Mom, Kennedy, Gaige and I went shopping for a little bit and to McDonald's for lunch while the boys were away! We don't have any pictures of their fishing trip~ but a couple of shots of the kids that afternoon! I must add, many of you know I am not a big steak eater AND I add italian dressing to just about everything I eat, but mom made an awesome marinade the night before and when I took a bite of dinner that evening I couldn't stop! No Italian dressing needed! It was so delicious, I can hardly wait until next time! Thanks Mom:-)

July 29th Jared & Gaige's last day :-(

Tuesday was an interesting day! Kendal, Kennedy, & I were woken up by the police ringing our door bell. Turns out, someone decided to bash in the back window on Kendal's truck (but not take anything) we made a police report and Kendal spent the morning sweeping glass out of the truck! After that mess was cleaned up we headed over to mom & dad's hotel. We fed the baby and then headed downtown! It was such a beautiful day by our house, but it was pouring rain on and off down at the market! Kendal's family headed to the market and I kept Kennedy in the car until it started to drizzle and then Kendal and I joined them! We walked around for about an hour or two and then headed back to the north end of town for dinner! We went to the noisy oyster and ate some yummy sea food. ( yes ma, I do like some kinds of seafood, lol) After dinner we came back to our house to watch wipe out, which is our favorite new Tuesday evening show!! SOOOO funny! It was Jared and Gaige's last night here! So we made sure to take a few snap shots! Gaige was a little apprehensive about holding Kennedy because I kept saying how bad she stunk (I thought she went "boom boom" but it was just gas) Hence while she is sitting next to him and not on him! hahahaha!

July 30th...

On Wednesday morning Jared and Gaige headed to the airport for Gaige's first airplane ride! They went home a day early because Jared needed to get back to work! (I think he just didn't want to sit in the car for over 20hours again...lol) Kendal and his dad worked on the outside of the house, while mom and I stayed in the air conditioning with the baby! Mom sewed Kennedy's bassinet skirt for me and made dinner, while I gave KT a bath, picked up and did laundry! We had a nice and quiet day:-)

July 31st...our last morning with Grandma & Grandpa

Our last morning with Grandma & Grandpa was spent watching the news, sipping coffee, packing up the truck and taking a few pictures! It was sad saying goodbye, but we enjoyed our week together soooo much and will hopefully be visiting their neck of the woods for Thanksgiving!!! Thanks for everything while you were here Mom & Dad!!!

On Sunday July 20th, Kendal was getting ready for a week long trip to Washington State! I was very anxious and nervous about him leaving because this would be his first trip away from home since Kennedy was born! He would be gone from Monday-Friday and wouldn't get home until after his family would arrive for their week long visit! I needed to be able to pick up the house, mow the lawn, grocery shop, and take care of the baby all by myself! I was venting to my mom one evening on Skype when she informed me she would have the same week off of work while Kendal was away! I begged her to come stay with me for the week! And of course she came! (she needed some serious Grandma time!) I was so relieved while she was here. She spoiled me rotten ( as usual) and let me catch up on some much needed sleep! We had the best time laying around in our pajama's, cuddling with the baby and not getting dressed until well after 4pm everyday! Kendal bought me and Kennedy a plane ticket this morning for the next time he is going out of town! We will be visiting Grammy & Papa for 24 days and I can hardly wait!!!!

The Twins
Taking a nap w/ daddy
Drying off after her bath!


We had a pretty full weekend again! Kendal's supervisor, John, and his fiaPublish Postnce' Tara have been re-stationed in Kansas and this was our final weekend together! So Friday night we went to dinner at Yokoso Japanesee steakhouse with about 20 of our closest friends! We had such a great time and Kennedy was very well behaved. Much to our suprise She loved the sound of the drums and all of the loud noises! On Saturday we headed over some friends house for a goodbye party for John and Tara as well! There were about 25 people there and Kennedy was spoiled rotten, because everyone wanted to hold her! We were there until about mid-night and then headed home because mommy & daddy were pooped. But our party girl was wide awake! We finally went to bed at 1:30am! We spent all of Sunday laying around the house in our pj's and snuggling on the couch! It's been a fun-filled busy weekend! We hope all of you have a great week!


Watching Tv with Daddy
Hanging out
Our dinner group