Elvis has left the building...

Ya ya I know Halloween is long past...But she is STINKING CUTE!

Promises for some new posts....

Just realized how long it has been since I updated...I am making a promise for some new pictures tonight. Count down 13 Days until my baby is 2.

I have some great pics to post.

Welcome Tessa!!!

Congratulations to Katie and James on the safe (and early!) arrival

of a beautiful baby GIRL!! What a beautiful addition to your family!

I LOVE love love her. Truly the most beautiful and perfect baby that I have

seen. ( Besides Kennedy- but I am obviously biased.)

I was supposed to be having a baby shower at my house today, but

Little Miss Tessa Camryn couldn't wait. I am glad she waited to get into

the hospital at least, because poor daddy was worried he was going to

have to deliver her himself!!

Congratulations guys. She is truly beautiful, and so blessed to have such wonderful

people in her life. ( And by that, I mean me.)

About me...

My friend Kerry sent me this little About Me thingie and So I decided to give it a crack...

I Am trying my best.
I Want Kennedy to be happy.
I Wish that I had travelled somewhere when I was younger. Lived abroad, worked out west...something. Just to say I did.
I Hate the sound "oi". In any word. Especially ointment. I also hate the word "ooze". I really hate the two words togethor. Nothing good can be described with those words... Go ahead..TRY.
I Fear death. I am sort of a hypochondriac. You name it,- I have had it. Google amplifies my problem, because any symptom I "think" I may have, I google it, only to find out that I have 14 minutes to live.
I Search the internet. Alot. I love useless information and can spend hours poking around on sites like this.
I Wonder what Kennedy will be like as she grows.
I Regret not enjoying my pregnancy more. I wish I could have focused less on how much weight I was gaining and more on what a miracle I was creating.
I Love unexpected kisses from Kennedy. Nothing is more rewarding then having an 18 month walk to you with their lips puckered for no reason. (Other then they love you.)
I Always say "Hi baby" as soon as I see Kennedy in the morning, and I always say "I love you baby" every night when i put her in her crib.
I Usually neglect my housework.
I Am Not Betty Crocker. I stink in the kitchen, although I do try.
I Dance with my daughter to the Wiggles.
I Sing in the car.
I Rarely watch TV. There is not many programs that I could sit and watch a full show of any ways. Maybe the fact that I can't sit still for half an hour contributes to this.
I Cry rarely. But when I do, watch out. It is like Niagara Falls. I well up often, but tears dont come much.
I Am Not Always honest. Sometimes I wish I could say what I am really thinking, but I hate hurting people.
I Should remember to say I love you more often. I should also go to bed.

She DOES laugh!

Seriously...Who knew that a farm could be so Funny?

Hannah and Kennedy found a new use for her Little People Farm today.

They discovered that they can "shoot" Little People with it,-- and that's what they did!

ALL day. Much to Kennedy's amusement, Hannah was having just as much fun as she was.

And much to Hannah's amusement, she was really making Kennedy giggle!!!

Snow Day!!

Ever wonder what the top of McDonalds Playland looks like? Just get your kid stuck up there, and you can go save her/him too. What a great experience!!

Ouch....

Kennedy had her first real "injury". I reacted like an idiot, completely panicked at the sign of blood. I can't imagine if it were something more serious. I think I almost threw up, although I can't remember because I was so upset. I tryed to convince John that she should go to the hospital, but he assured me that it was ok, and that I was giving myself a panic attack.

It really wasn't that serious, but she did manage to scrape off a good portion of her cheek!

BTW I did manage to snap some pics with my new camera (thanks John!)....

What a great b-day gift!

One year and two years ago...

PLEASE oh PLEASE...

Remember when your parents used to say not to make

faces like that because if the wind changes it will stay like that forever??

PLEASE God don't let the wind change when she is doing that.

Doesn't she look scary?

Temper Temper

See Kate..,- although she may know how to say Happy

- she certainly doesn't know how to display it.

I also did get the Barney song on tape... Thought I would show you "bad" Kennedy before

I post her singing.

Remembering...

With my buddy Kate being really really about to pop preggo (haha), I started to think back to how crappy I felt when I was pregnant.

And then I came across these pictures and I remember there were moments when i really really loved it.

Splisha Splasha

After a long day of getting goobered on by Ethan, (ok, ok Kennedy did the goobering) Kennedy got to enjoy a longer than normal bath. After coming out looking like a wrinkled prune, there was a Ding Dong at the door. Gramma and Ba-Ba came over with a Valentines day surprise. A singing Gorilla. (Thanks. Extra thanks for showing her how to turn it on) She went wild. She danced and danced and danced some more. Just when you'd think she was done....She' dance some more. Unfortunately for her, as Katie has lovingly pointed out, she gets her rhythm from her mother. (not that her dad's is any better) I must tell you, Ethan doesn't have the greatest moves himself.

Anyhow....

It was a long day. We played the morning away with Ethan, slept the afternoon away, and danced the night away. Dancing video to follow-- as soon as I teach her some moves.

Squinty Smiles...

I love love love this new smile of Kennedy's. Her "squinty" smile.

Its almost like she knows how freakin cute she is.

Who needs toys when an oven mitt can entertain for hours....

February 10th, 2008

It seems like it was 10 years ago that Kennedy looked like this.

I must admit that I am a little bit jealous. John can make Kennedy "belly" laugh to the point where I know she is peeing her pants. I try and try and all i get is a few giggles.

It isn't fair. I spend all day (and night) with her. Is that what she is laughing about?? OR does she laugh so hard at him because he is funny looking??

Kennedy is becoming increasingly independent. She refuses to be spoon-fed (for months now) and trys so hard to do it herself. Half the time there is nothing on her spoon and she just gobbles up the air.

The days are long, but the years are short.


How very, very true.

A year ago today...

Its funny how easy it looks now when you look back.

Look how still she used to be.

This is her doing "strong girl". One of my favourite things.

Kennedy meets the Potty

When I first heard that my friends who have children the same age as Kennedy were putting their children on the potty, I must admit - I thought they were crazy. (Secretly I still do.) Of course I sat and entertained their stories of their children successfully peeing on the potty, all the time not believing anything they are saying. (Good thing those paticular moms don't have my blog address!)

So, today in Walmart it is decided Kennedy needs a potty. I had originally got one at our baby shower but it was a singing potty that has all sorts of bells and whistles. ( The one I registered for) After reading how bad they are for potty training in my parenting magazines, I took it back.

So today kennedy got a plain jane potty. When I first showed it to her she seemed pretty excited. She sat on it for a minute and looked at a book. Then mommy had to leave the room for 30 seconds to go "potty" herself, and came back to discover that Kennedy had the potty bowl ...on her head. For real.

Note to self : Never leave Kennedy unattended with the potty. Especially when the bowl has stuff in it.

Caught ya!!

It has become increasingly difficult to catch my daughter in time to take a quick pic.

She runs by me at the speed of light , and when she sees the camera she just runs faster.

(Hence my lack of updates) I have a million pictures of her first year, but almost NONE of

the last three months. Facially she has really changed, too! She is starting to look alot like Dad... Or maybe not like Dad, but just Italian. This is Kennedy yesterday and a year ago yesterday.

I didn't realize how ...umm..."energetic" Kennedy is until today when my friend Jeff brought his beautiful Charlee by for a visit. To put it nicely, Kennedy ran around like a maniac while Charlee sat nicely eating her yogurt tube. Might I also mention that she sat and ate her yogurt tube on my carpet without spilling one drop. Unfortunately she put it on the table (nicely) to go and explore the bowling pins, not knowing that her devilish little friend would get it. Kennedy squeezed the entire thing out on the carpet! Of course she did. Sit and nicely eat yogurt? Not my child.

Charlee decided she would play with Kennedys favourite thing....her kitchen. Nope. Kennedy isnt having that. She pushes the kitchen over onto Charlee. Charlee crys. Mommy tells Kennedy not to be mean...Kennedy crys.

A year ago today...

This is what my baby looked like a year ago today. I remember that sleeper. Size 3 months.

Right now kennedy is in size 18 months. A visit to the doctor on Thursday tells us that she is under weight (22lbs) but tall for her age (34.5 inches) I knew she was underweight and tall without his expert opinion. She is into everything. Her favourite toys of choice being her Playskool kitchen and her Bristle blocks. (SHe still enjoys my telephone and remotes more than anything.) She repeats everything now. Her vocabulary is quite large, I think that I have counted about 30 words that she knows and uses in sign as well as speak. She has stopped signing as much now that she has words. And words are so much more fun...because they are LOUD! She yells for everything. She was the "bad kid" last week at daycare with an incident of biting and beating up other kids. Not one of my prouder moments. As well, she managed to climb over her crib rail, land with a loud boom all to get to a book she decided she should be reading instead of sleeping.

She is still very affectionate. She mimicks I love you. She hugs often and kisses alot. I hope that those are things that she will never outgrow. The biting?....Well, i could live without that.

Dominican Baby

Don't complain...this is what you get.

To all you complainers who keep telling me that I don't update my blog enough, and there is never any new pictures, and so on. My child is 14 months old. She runs by me like the speed of light. I can't catch her to change her diaper or wipe her nose, let alone take a picture. So here. A Recent picture.

Her future's so bright....

Kennedy Signing

Kennedy is getting really good at signing! She understands alot more then she uses, but so far her everyday vocabulary consists of eat, drink, milk and more. She knows and uses dog, bird, cat and book - but only when she sees them.
She points at everything and shrugs her shoulders, and in all the signing books it says that she is asking, "what is that?"...I never know the signs at the time. I always have to look them up, and by then she is obviously on to something different.
So, she knows the basics anyhow.

Oh yes...she is also saying "Noooo. no no..."
In a "I am mocking my mom", voice.

Bored with my cooking.

Maybe I should take the hint. Every time Kennedy eats she falls asleep.
Could it be that my cooking is boring her?