Tuesday, August 25, 2009

1st and 2nds....

Ahh today

1st day of school... well actually CMO (Children's Morning Out) for Kennedi.

2nd open house for the schools, which was Conner's.

Kennedi LOVED school today! It was way too cute... of course I got pictures and I will let them tell most of the story..

Mommy and Daddy, I am ready to go to school...(as she opens the door and walks into the pantry!)

Lets go daddy!!

But I need to go up there (pointing to the top of the driveway) like Avery does in the morning. That big yellow thing needs to come get me!

Fine.. I will go by car but next time I want to get on the big yellow thing.

oh Daddy... must you hold my hand? I am a big girl now!

Everybody needs to line up behind me!

I can do it by myself... Open the doors and let me in...

fine, take me in daddy!!

Whew that was a fun day at school. I am wiped out!!!

2nd.... I got to go to Northgate and meet all of Conner's teachers!! I did not take my camera for the picture story on this one. Conner would have killed me! So you get the text version!

His teachers had nothing but good things to say about him. At first I was wondering if they were confusing him with someone else but then when they described him it was pretty accurate. So at least my child does well out of the house!! Nah.. I have to admit most of the time he is great at home too.
I was told things like, he answers all the questions, he is very bright, he is such a great boy!! So you can see the confusion I had for a little while... Just kidding Conner!! GREAT JOB on a great start of the school year!!

Saturday, August 22, 2009

whirlwind!!

Hmm lets see......

School is in full swing and both kids are doing GREAT!!

Baseball is about to be in full swing for Conner. The team that he was going to play on this fall does not look like it is going to pan out but..... the high school he is going to (and hopefully play for in the spring) has gotten a team or two together and Conner will be playing with them. Well its a team that is not a high school sponsored team. Its coached by some of the dads and we will be doing tournaments throughout the fall. Luckily they will be local. On top of that add the fall conditioning at the school for spring baseball 4 days a week. Whew.. I hope that kid really loves baseball!

Avery is about to start his fall lacrosse season. I still need to sign him up but hey I have until the 9th of Sept to do that... plenty of time!

College football is about to start.. ahhh another year of Auburn season tickets BUT with lacrosse on Saturday mornings and baseball tournaments on some weekends it may be a footballess (yes I know that is not a word) fall for us! Anyone want to buy some Auburn tickets?!?

And then there is Kennedi. I am so thankful she is NOT into any extracurricular activities.. YET! She does start school on Tuesday! We had meet the teacher this week and she seemed to like it. She got down out of my arms almost as soon as we walked into her classroom, walked over to the toys and it was like, "mommy.. who is she??".

Oh yeah... and more teeth!! So now we have the front 8 (4 upper and 4 lower), one lower molar that is completely in and then 3 (I think) other molars about to break through. Chris said there was one of the eye teeth about to make its way out also... Wow.... more drool, lovely!!

Well that's it, or that's all I can comprehend right now... I am tired and heading off to bed to read while Chris works...

Have a great night!

Sunday, August 16, 2009

Did we have a weekend??

Its Sunday night and I guess I need to actually say... did we have a last week?? It FLEW!!

The boys had a great week at school and Conner is loving high school. Avery is doing great so far and loves his 7th grade teachers. Keep your fingers crossed that it stays that way!

I hope to be able to fit in blogging with the schedule I have about to start in a few weeks.

As many of you know Conner is playing baseball this fall for a team that is doing just tournaments. They have been and will continue to practice 3 times a week. I also just found out that his high school has fall baseball conditioning. So on top of the practice factor in 4 days a week, after school conditioning for spring baseball.

Oh but not done yet!! Add in Avery and his lacrosse that I recently got the sign up email. So he will be practicing 2 days a week and playing on the 3rd.

On top of that throw in a husband that works... A LOT... and a baby that hates to sit still in her stroller and what do you get???

........................one tired mama!!!

Oddly enough, I can't wait for it all to kick in!!! So if I don't blog as much you can see why! Watch out though, when I do get a chance to sit and blog I am sure they will be a little longer and full of pictures!!

Have a great Monday!!

Thursday, August 13, 2009

A Very Happy Birthday Party!!

So its only taken me half the week to sit and write up a blog on Kennedi's birthday party. It has been a long week. School started and we are all trying to get back into that routine, Kennedi is cutting some molars and they are giving her a hard time and she is also going through some sort of separation anxiety. I can not even walk upstairs or get in the shower without her pitching a fit. She wants to be held all the time. I am sure it will pass quickly and before I know it she wont want me to hold her anymore so I will enjoy it while it lasts.

Sunday we had a small party for Kennedi to celebrate the 1 year milestone. She was pretty funny and soaking up the attention. Both sets of grandparents were there as were two of her brothers. Chris tried to get his son Dakota up for the day but that did not work out. Maybe next year. My brother and sisters, nieces and nephews were also there to help celebrate and some friends. She got lots of wonderful things and she loves playing with all the new toys. I need to get some pictures of her in action soon.

Her cake was made by a friend of mine at church and was BEAUTIFUL! I so did not expect it to be as pretty and detailed as it was. I loved it and really did not even want to cut into it and ruin it but I know that would not fly. I will have to call on Michelle more often to make some cakes. Maybe I need a back to school cake soon. Oh and then a Labor Day cake.


Here is Kennedi's smash cake. Well would have been IF Kennedi smashed her hand, face or anything into it... but more on that later.

Here is the big cake for everyone else. It was a 2 tier (and heavy while sitting on my lap in the car). Oh it was so good. Remember you can click on the pictures to make them bigger and see the detail.

Avery is helping Kennedi to open her gifts. Kennedi lost interest in this quickly. She saw a toy and decided she would rather play with it than to open another one.

Here is Conner chillin out and talking to his cousin Austin.

Here is the loot...we are still trying to find places for all of it. I think we will be skipping Christmas this year!

This is a hat that my sister in law, Beth, made. I was so happy when I saw my nephew walk in with this in his hand. I love her hats!!

This toy was and still is a big hit with Kennedi.. THANKS AMANDA!! Kennedi loves this toy! She will close all the doors on it and then I have to open them. She laughs when I do and then closes them again. We will do this for an hour easily.

Kennedi looks so sweet in her rocking chair. She will sit and watch a little TV in it now. She has even mastered the art of rocking (which did not take her long to figure out).

I would post pictures of Kennedi all messy from the cake but she was so neat about it. She would stick a finger or two in the icing and eat it and then use the same fingers again. She got a piece of the cake off and she ate it neatly too. I was expecting her to be a complete mess but it was not much at all.

Well I think that is all. We were so fortunate to be able to celebrate with friends and family. It really turned in to wonderful day. Thank you all for coming to be apart of Kennedi's special day!!

Monday, August 10, 2009

12 month well check .....

Chris and I took Kennedi for her 12 month well check on Friday. We were not even thinking when we I was not even thinking when I made the appointment on her actual birthday. What a Happy Birthday huh??? Bad mommy...

She did great! The doctor told us she will be a late bloomer since her soft spot was still open. He said that and I heard Chris let out a big sigh of relief! Dr. J also told us that she is about 96% in height right now and with her being a late bloomer she will most likely be pretty tall. He said probably 5 ft 9in or taller. WOW!!

Kennedi got 3 shots on Friday and then they did a finger prick. The finger prick was to check iron since they are transitioning from the bottle to milk.

By the way... did I mention that the bottle is almost totally gone!?!?! I had said on her 1st birthday it was gone... well Kennedi had one bottle yesterday and so far none today. I had the rule with the boys that formula is in a bottle and milk in a cup. We started to transition her back in July and she has done wonderfully! I may even try to not give her the bedtime bottle (don't worry its not in the crib) tonight to see how she does.. Cross your fingers!!

Her stats were wonderful at her check...

12 months

height 31 3/4 inches
weight 21 lbs 12 oz

getting ready to get weighed

Kennedi giving kisses to the cute baby in the mirror

Kennedi and Daddy... Kennedi wont take her eyes off that cute baby in the mirror