Party Time!

This past Friday night we got all dressed up and headed out to
Kennedy's very first wedding. Our friend
Tina was married out in Dorchester, SC ( about 45 minutes away)
Kennedy was so funny when we first put on her new dress.
It had a lot of tulle underneath it and she couldn't stop
playing with it all night. She kept rubbing it, kicking it, eating it,
anyway she could get her hands on it...
she was just so fascinated by the something new!
We had a lot of fun but had to laugh when we were
headed home at 9pm on a Friday night, times sure have changed!
Kennedy had been up since 3 o'clock and was pretty fussy s
o we had to duck out shortly after dinner.
Congratulations Tina & Wade, we hope you have
many long and happy years together!!

ON A SIDE NOTE: We are heading up to
Charlotte tomorrow evening and then flying to Iowa Monday morning!
We will be gone until the following week but
I will try my best to update the blog while we are away!
Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Family Dinner

For those of you who don't already know.... There was something in
the water/sweet tea last year! In our little group of friends...
All four of us have added a new addition to our families in the past 6 months!
Almost three years ago, we started something called "family dinner"
with our friends Brian and Andrea on Sunday evenings. Seeing as
how all of our real families live so far away we decided to create our own
little "Carolina" family! We try to get together at least 2-3 Sundays a
month and have dinner together. Our family has grown over the past
few years and it is so fun to all sit around the table and talk about our
week and since we all have kids now, its such a nice, comfortable, relaxing time!
This week dinner was at our house!
We had Chicken Shish-ka-bobs w/ potatos,
macaroni, and fried apples...w/ chocolate brownies for dessert of course!
We finally sat down and took some pictures of all of us together,
although its a little difficult to get four babies to all be happy and
look in the same direction, we're just glad we actually remembered
to take some photos this time!!!

All the Mommy's
Jamie & Hayden, Jess & Christopher, Me & Kt, Andrea & Sean

From Youngest to Oldest (left to right) Hayden,
Christopher, Kennedy & Sean!

We don't know how it happened, but all of the men
ended up in the kitchen cooking:-) We were bummed that
Jamie's husband, Uriah, had to work and had to miss out...
but here are the boys!

Chris, Kendal, Patrick and Brian!

5 months!

I can't believe it!!! 5 months old????
We went out shopping tonight and the whole time I just kept staring at her...
when did she get so big? And this personality?? When we got home
Kendal gave her a bottle and was getting her ready for bed and I lost it.
I was sobbing on the couch...He was like, what is wrong with you?
I told him, she's going to be going to school before I know it,
She's going to be 13 and stomping up the stairs telling me she hates me,
and then I'll blink one more time and you'll be walking her down the isle!
He told me I was crazy and continued to go upstairs...
but when he came down he had a look of concern on his face...
I asked him what was the matter and he replied...
Walking her down the isle?? Great! I just started her a college fund and
now I have to worry about a wedding too! I guess we both want
her to stop growing up so fast~ LOL!

Coastal Carolina Fair

This past weekend we headed out to the annual Coastal Carolina Fair! We spent the day with great friends and ate our favorite fair foods! There was a pretty bad stomach bug going around that weekend and no one was feeling all that great (Kennedy even managed to puke on me four times while at the fair, so no pictures of mommy...lol) Afterwards we headed over to Brian and Andrea's house to hang out and eat Chinese. We had a really nice time even if we were all sick!

Happy Halloween

Our first Halloween with Kennedy was unfortunately quite uneventful! Mommy and Daddy both had food poisoning from the night before and they were very very sick. Mommy spent the entire day with her head in the toilet and Daddy was exhausted and very weak! We dressed Kennedy up and drove over to our friends, Brian & Andrea's house anyway to help them pass out candy to all of the cute trick-or-treaters and watch a scary movie. I'm sure we will have much more fun next year...and we'll just have to remember NO JAPANEESE food the night before!!!

Pumpkin Patch

This past weekend we decided to take a little trip out to a family farm to pick our pumpkins for the fall season! We had such a great day! Kennedy loves to be outside... she is always so happy when the sun is shinning on her. When we got to the farm we headed straight to the patch and found our pumpkins! I, of course, made Kendal jump through all kinds of mud and dirt to find me my pretty little pumpkin! And he had to have one of the biggest ones in the patch! Kennedy got a little baby one to match her size! We then walked over to the hay ride area and loaded up! I thought we were taking a nice little ride around the farm and that was it but when we rounded a corner about 10 minutes into the ride, I noticed a BIG cow walking straight towards us. I said to Kendal, Um, why is that massive cow coming right towards us??? and he started laughing at me. About 10 seconds later, about 15 BIG MASSIVE cows came running toward our wagon! I of course, being the city slicker I am started freaking out and jumped to the middle of the wagon. While Kendal laughed at me and said, its just a cow! I had never seen a cow that close up in my entire life! They had the most disgusting tongues I had ever seen! The tractor driver passed around Cow pellets so we could feed them, but I just sat back and took pictures! Kennedy thought they were the funniest things she had seen yet! The closer they got, the more she would laugh and when Kendal would stick his hand in their mouths to feed them she would smile so big! I guess she has a little country in her after all because mommy was completely grossed out and would not let Kendal come near me with is slobbery hand until he washed it like three times! It was such a nice day! I can't wait until next year! Hope everyone has a fantastic week! Love to all!

Eating Baby Food!

Its official...she's a little piglet! We started with Cereal, upgraded to cereal with apples and have now moved onto squash! She loves to eat! She talks the whole time we are feeding her and gets upset if we don't move fast enough! She tries to grab the spoon and help me put it in her mouth, which is why she is wearing a big plastic bib (shield) hahaha! She gets so excited when we put her in the high chair, she knows just what time it is! Kendal says she must have been offended last week when the doctor told her she was small and petite!! I can't wait to see how much weight she gains from this past doctors appointment to the next one!

Bumbo Chair

Last weekend we put Kennedy in her new Bumbo Chair and she absolutely loves it! It is a chair designed to help her learn how to sit up on her own. In just a week we have noticed that she is pulling herself up more and more when she is in her swing or bouncy seat. She is so funny when we put her in it, she just sits there and plays with her toys and talks to herself NON-stop! (just like mommy :-) Finally, something that entertains her by itself !!!

4 month w/ "Chardpanzee"

We took Kennedy to the Dr. today- She weighed in at 12lbs and 24 inches long! The doctor said she is growing great and will probably be a very petite adult because her bone structure and frame looks quite small. But so far so good...We started her on Cereal this week and she absolutley loves it! Just one more week and she will start veggies! Can't wait for those pictures!

Here are the past three month shots! She is changing so much everyday. Kendal says the first month doesn't even look like her anymore! And I can't believe she is bigger than the chimp now:( SLOW DOWN BABY!

Month 1

Month 2

Month 3

I hate saying goodbye

The time is finally here, we had to say goodbye to everyone in Ohio! We had a blast with everyone and really enjoyed spending so much time with grammy and papa but we were missing Kendal and home very much! So last Wednesday at 2:30 in the morning (UGH) we packed up and headed to the airport. (why I thought taking a flight at 6 am and flying out of an airport that was an hour away from my parents house was a good idea is beyond me)...but after a very LONG morning we are home safe and sound! Kennedy was so excited to see her daddy! She gave him a BIG smile and talked his ear off all the way home. She had so much to tell him! 3 weeks is a little too long Kendal said, and I agree! We will be back at Christmas time to see everyone and we are bringing daddy with us this time

Uncle Cody & "soon to be" Aunt Elizabeth

Aunt Carli

Grammy

Papa

I just love those chunky thighs!

CUPCAKES!!

When I was pregnant, one thing I craved more than anything else was cupcakes! My friends would buy me cupcakes, send me pictures on the internet of cupcakes to tease me, they even bought me bibs and burp cloths with cupcakes on them! Normally, I'm not a big cake eater and I always blamed the cravings on Kennedy, whenever Kendal would scold me for shovling the cake in my mouth, my excuse was that the baby was demanding them, and I couldn't deny her! After she was born, anytime my mom saw her sucking in her sleep, she would say she was dreaming of cupcakes with pink frosting! I knew it was her all along! The last week we were in Ohio, Grammy made some cupcakes w/ PINK FROSTING! Her face in the pictures say it all...she was having such a hard time deciding! (side note: No we did not give her any of the cake or frosting...though I was very tempted to stick some on her tounge! Maybe, in a few more months!)

Rolling over

Well, its official! You can now add rolling over to her resume! Kennedy rolled over for the very first time last week while we were still at my mom's! Once she made it to her back, she started screaming... I think it scared her to death. She hasn't done it since but has gotten very close! We are still working on mastering it!
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Family and Friends

This past weekend my bestfriend, Lindsay, hosted a little get together for all of my old friends to come see Kennedy and I! I had so much fun getting to hang out with the old gang..whom I've been friends with since Kindergarten, and letting them meet our sweet little pumpkin! Here are a couple of pictures from the day!





Mommy, Kennedy, Grammy, and Aunt Carli



The Three generations...Oh and have I mentioned we are all Gemini's as well! lol!

Kennedy with her favorite Aunt!
Kennedy and Brayden (my friend Jen's son, he is exactly one month older than KT)
All the ladies! Mandy, Patsy, Kelly, Me, Jen, Lindsay, and Lauren!