If Kennedy were a Sumo Wrestler...

She might look like this

Yup, I spent 15 minutes bundling K up so we could go outside for 2 minutes :-) She was miserable, and I laughed so hard at her I almost peed my pants. I don't think I'll be winning Mom of the Year. ;-)

I'm not sure what she is doing with the fork and my cell phone, but she's concentrating very hard.

How cute is he when he sleeps??

Extreme Makeover: Blog Addition

I need a blog makeover. I'm trying to finding a title that is clever and meaningful (I might steal Katie's strategy and pull from a favorite quote.) I also would like to have a cute blog. The problem is, I don't know how to do this!!! It would be more financially sound to do it myself, but I do not have the knowledge. Maybe I could write to Ty and he and his team could show up at my place to help me out. Ya think it would work? Even if they don't fix my blog, he would be some nice eye candy :-)

*** I do realize that I don't really need to make over a blog that, literally has less than 7 readers, but it's kinda like having matching underwear- nobody sees it, but it makes you feel good. (BTW, I don't think I've actually had matching undergarments since I was like 3 yrs old and refused to wear undies that didn't match my dress.)

On the baby front...no pics because I keep forgetting to download new ones. At the doctor's appointments both babies were way under weight!!! Neither one of them is on the growth chart! How did two totally NOT small people create such little babies? She said she can come to terms with Kennedy just being small as long as she continues to grow. She is more concerned about Deagan. I have to take him in this week to be weighed and Kenna in 2 more weeks.

K was 31 inches tall and 18 lbs 2 oz
D was 24.75 inches long and 11 lbs 4 oz

Additionally, K doesn't want me to work out apparently because she has now started SCREAMING whenever I leave her at the Kids Club at the gym. I feel awful and if I try to leave her to see if she calms down, they come and get me after 10 minutes. She has become very clingy and is into the separation anxiety thing. It's nice to know that she loves me, but it's frustrating feeling like a Koala with my baby around my neck all the time :-)

4 months old!

Saturday was Deagan's 4 month birthday! I can't believe he is 4 months already!! Bright and early Monday morning I have doctors appointments for both kiddos, so I will up date all the vital stats at that time. Thought I would post some 4 months pics of the cutie-pie :-)

P.S.- If you haven't check this blog in awhile, you might go into shock that I have done three posts this weekend!!!!

Here is Kennedy at 4 months old. I thought about putting D is the same outfit, just to compare, ya know? But I figured Devin & my dad wouldn't find it too funny :-)

Kennedy is sick & tired in this pic, hence the odd look of her eyes. I had fun doing her hair so that she looked like a citizen of Whoville. Also, please note the cream leg attire...yes these are the same Babylegs sorted in these pics and these. My how she has grown!

Finally, these are two videos of the kiddos trying to bust a move (Deagan has the help of Aunt Megan).

Previously, on Steph's Blog

It's 6:30 am on a Saturday and I am awake because Deagen and Kennedy have been up most of the night. Yuck. I was very pleased with myself because Degan was sleeping much better than Kennedy. In fact, for about a week before I went back to work, he was sleeping in his basinette, from 8:30pm to 8:00am!! It was glorious! Then. Last Sunday night happen. Yes, the night before I went back to work after break. Did he go to bed nice and sweetly, soothing himself to sleep between 8:30 & 9? Nope. Did he stay awake for 12 whole hours? Nope. Did he fuss and not go to sleep until almost midnight and then wake up several more times, including wanting to eat at 4:30, exactly 45 minutes before I had to get up? Oh yeah. AND he hasn't gone to sleep well or slept soundly since then! Right now he has a cold, AGAIN, so I think that is part of the problem. We are back to sleeping in the bouncy seat, but still wake up alot.

Then this week I get a call at work from Devin's mom , as I'm taking my kids to dismissal, tellin me that K has a fever of 103!! After hounding patiently contacting our fabulous pediatrician I learned that she has a double ear infection and probable strep throat! How is it that my sweet little girl who went her entire 1st year without any MAJOR problems, has had an ear infection, a throat virus, and now this, all in the past 2 months?? Poor thing. Needless to say, her poor sleeping has been even worse this week.

Alright, on to cute pictures of babies...Oooh, but first I have to share pride in my cooking from this week. I have been working very hard to cook more and have healthier food in the past few weeks. I found this site through Katie and made this awesome Chicken Lasagna this week. Obviously, the original recipe wouldn't be considered healthy, but I made several changes to lower the fat and calories, and it was AWESOME!

Kay, back to the kiddos...facebookers, you will recognize some of these pix, but I have three other readers who haven't so they are for their benefit...plus I will (hopefully) post some videos too!

When I need to entertain myself during bathtime...



Deagan's thinking, "You're letting this girl hold me? What kind of parenting skills do you have?"

Seriously?

K thought Maggie looked thirsty

This is what happens when K's in the kitchen while I;m trying to cook.

Here is a video of Deagan for Mimi :-)

Kennedy was just making noise at first, but at the very end she is trying to...um, take care of business.

The neighbors probably thing I am holding her hostage since she often stands at the door and yells at the world outside.

Long Over Due

Ok, I just spent over and hour creating a post and then blogger deleted it while I was trying to post. I will try to start over when I stop being angry.

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I'm not done being angry, (this is actually the 3rd time I've tried to post) but I will try again. I do feel sad for my 5 readers, because frankly my first post was mildy funny wildly enertaining and I just don't think this one will live up to the original.

I have also added some more links over to the left. If you are ever bored, I would encourage you to check them out. It's amazing how many awesome people I have discovered with my B.V.D (Blog Voyeurism Disease)! However, it is mildly disturbing that I actually only know 2 people on the list, and sort of know another one. (Katie, does meeting at a Ladies brunch, and then communicating thru Beth and blog comments count as knowing or sort of knowing? :-) However, I like to pretend I know everybody and can maybe have Mexican food with them one day. :-) (Watch the clip)

Alright, in the original post, I also provided many lame excuse for taking 1 month and 3 (almost 4) days to post again, including but not limited to my sickness, baby sickness, holidays, work, grad classes and more babysickness. I apologize for the delay. I have lots of thing to post about, but might have to break it into smaller post throughout the weekend just in case blogger tries to be a playa hata and make me yell, scream and throw things calmly walk away from the computer again.

I took K to the Children's Museum with my friend Holly and her two boys. I had so much fun with Kennedy! I can't wait to do it again!

The holidays were super busy but Kenna was fun because she was more exciting then last year, when she was basically just a 2 month old lump. :-) She loved the wrapping paper and boxes and decided that all of Deagan's toys were also her toys. Deagan got to be the lump this year. :-)

Tryin' out the new Elmo Slippers

What is that face??

This is Kennedy busting a move with us as I challenged her 10 year old cousin to a cheer off. Wii Cheer rocks! :-)

This is what are living room looked like after Christmas! I have since packed up some toys and re-arranged to save my sanity.

We had our 2nd Annual December Baby Party. It was fun because last year all of the babies except for Avery were basically...well, adorable little lumps! This year they all intereacted except for Deagan.

Mason

Sebastian

Jack

Avery

The crew '08

The Crew '07

I rarely post pictures of myself on here, but I will post a picture from New Year's Eve in hopes that it will motivate me to continue to eat better and work out to rid the 47 years of baby weight that has acrued. :-) I had fun seeing my friends that night. I haven't had a New Year's Eve with them like that since..2002/2003 I think. Of course I missed Katie up in Ft. Fun and Jenn who was stationed in Hives-ville. ;-)



I have more but will save it for later!

To be continued...