9 months!...and CNN here we come

I can't believe Miss Thang is 9 months old! I love watching her grow and change and am amazed at how big she is getting. But, I also get sad thinking of how quickly time has passed since she was the smooshy little thing we brought home from the hospital. (I seem to long for those days a little more when I am out and about trying to do something and she is grabbing everything in sight, throwing it on the floor, and then looking at me like, "Um...you gonna pick that up now?") :-)

Her third tooth has broken thru and its a top one! Soon she will be able to chew instead of eating only dissolvable foods! :-) She still doesn't seem to be a fan of swallowing textured things, but she's going to have to learn to eat solids eventually- I will not be packing baby food in her lunch when she is 10 yrs old. :-)

She's becoming a lot more stable and balanced with standing up and even does it with out holding on for a split second. However, this means she is also become more adventurous, so the injuries will probably increase.

She got a new chair to sit on and she likes to sit in it and have her bottle or "read" (i.e. chew) a good book. Oh! She is actually letting us read some books to her now, instead of just trying to eat them. She is working on turning pages, but I think sometimes it is just a ploy to get it in her hands so she can eat it. She also likes pages with shiney and sparkley pictures- that's my girl! :-)

This is her latest adventure that she explored last week. Apparently, she has seen Annie do it and thought it looked fun. (Sorry the pictures are fuzzy.) But, it has been taken apart now so she can use the walking part of it :-( She seems to like that just as well though.

This is Kennedy just being a goober.

She's my daughter and I love her, but I think this is her redneck picture. With only two teeth, the crooked grin, her shirt that is too big and her head band that looks like a wrap for her rollers, she would be the one person they interviewed on the National news when something happens in Indiana...well, she's probably a little cuter and is more articulate. :-)

Yuck

I started back to work yesterday :-( My four weeks off went by too fast. I loved spending time with Kennedy. I was hoping she would reach some milestone while I was off so I could actually see her do it for the first time instead of whoever is babysitting her, but being the little stinker she is, she is holding out. :-) She has been sick lately, but hopefully she will be good tonight and go to sleep without problems, I'll watch Tori & Dean, and all will be right with the world :-)

Baby Party III

We had another baby party the first week in July. So far we have had one at the end of '07 (the year all of the babies were born), the beginning of April, and the start of July. I wish we could do it more often. :( Jack (the 2nd oldest) and Katie couldn't come down from Fort Wayne :-( but the rest of us were there. It was funny to see the kids now that they are all somewhat interacting with others. Sebastian (11 mos.) and Kennedy liked to go take the toys that other babies were playing with. I think she was practicing for when her little brother is here :-)

Showdown: Mason (7 months) & Kennedy

Look at her face!

Miss Avery (17 months)

Hmm, I think I need whatever that is

How do I get him off of this?

If I stick my finger in her mouth, she will leave me alone.

Love Triangle

Climb Every Mountain

Kennedy is crawling and climbing everywhere. She "walks" whenever she finds something that is helpful enough for her. I'm sure by the pictures we do not looked very baby proofed, which is why I am spending most of my summer chasing her around and trying to get her to stay in the "safe zones." Don't worry, I watch her very closely :-)

This weekend she discovered stairs. Until now, she would not venture onto the linoleum. Yay.

She has a love of accessories. Unfortunatley, the love is eating them, not wearing them.

We've been to the zoo twice now. The first time, the weather was crappy, it was super croweded and she was pretty indifferent. This time I was able to get her out and a little closer to the exhibits, so she seemed to enjoy it more. The waters building was the best because the animals moved around and held her attention. With the sleeping animals she looked at me like, "Yah, so? The dogs can do that at home."

This is a perfect example of why I rarely have my picture taken during pregnancy. (Example 2 will come soon.) She was upset because she felt she should get the apple, but the giraffe took it.

Kennedy and Sebastian after a rough day at the zoo!

Another Pool Day

For the 4th of July we went down to see family in Southern Indiana. The weather sucked (either rainy and yucky or too hot for preggers) and her sleep schedule was totally messed up. (It wasn't that great to begin with.) You will also see Examples 2 & 3.

This is just Kenna laughing, which I think is freaking hilarious!

Video

Ok, I can't figure out how to post this video, but I think it is very funny. I saw it on Ellen several months ago, but it was on again recently. It does have a 3 year olds version of a curse word, but it is funny. My favorite part is when her mom tells her it's not nice. Hope you enjoy it, sorry for the cursing. :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk-1mla0LeU

Busy Busy

Sorry, my dearest Beth and Katie :-) I just finished up the school year this week, so things have been pretty busy lately. Anyway, here is an update...

First, I forgot to upload these a while ago, but here are some of her 6 1/2 month pictures we had taken.

Kennedy started crawling last week! She is EVERYWHERE and already pulling up on stuff. She has an amazing ability to know where to find everything she is NOT supposed to get into :-)

We have also enjoyed some more swimming time here recently. Katie, I am quite impressed that you were able to have air "rushing" into the pool! When I tried to blow up Kennedy's, it was more of a situation where the air meandered into the thing. It took forever and I thought I was going to pass out! In case anyone is worried, we stick to the skimmpy swimsuits when there is no one else around :-) (She has 4 bathing suits!) Also, I only took her hat off to get some pictures...then she decided it need to go into the pool.

Annie wanted in with her SO bad!

This is nothing special, just a cute pic.

A future musician? Maybe. She also likes to play with her drum and the marracas. However, she mostly eats the marracas. (sp?) Oh! I am very excited because we (I) were watching So You Think You Can Dance (recorded, she's not up that late) and she got very excited during the hip hop and contemporary routines! That's my girl! :-)

Ok, I don't plan on being one of those parents that just plops their child down in front of the TV all of the time. However, I do love me some TV, so Kennedy is bound to be exposed to it. I already mentioned her enjoyment for S.Y.T.Y.C.D and she loved the commercial that has Rhianna and the lizards dancing to Thriller. I had on seasme street the other day while I was playing with her and she went nuts over Elmo. It was funny!

Two more things and then I shall go. First, Kenna's started doing this weird grunting thing. At first I thought it was funny, but then I got concerend. The Dr. told me not to worry, so I'll share it so you can think it is funny too :-)

Also, I took a picture of her yesterday in her car seat and I thought of how much she has grown in 7 1/2 months. The first pic is the day she came home from the hospital and then the one I took yesterday. :(

Next stop- MTV Beach House

Kennedy got some shades and went to the pool for the first time! She did really great and seemed to enjoy it. The only problem is that now she wants to splash in the bath tub like she did in the pool, which makes for a very wet Mommy :-)

Is it me, or does she look like Elton John in the first 2 pics?

Has my agent called?

Where's my Starbucks?!?!

Trying to eat the horn