I couldn't help myself.  I had to add these couple of pictures.  This was at Granny's house.  I went in to check on Kennedy and found her as you see in the first picture.  I thought it was so cute that she was holding onto the bumper and resting her mouth on it ( I think she had actually been sucking on it) that I had to go get the camera and snap a picture.  And wouldn't you know the second I snapped the picture and the flash went off she opened her eyes and smiled.  Adorable.  I took the second picture right after the first.  Could she be any cuter?

On the Move

Kennedy is on the move.  In the two weeks we were in California she figured out the army crawl.  She can get pretty much anywhere she wants to now.  I must admit to not being exactly ready for this much mobility.  She is only 5 1/2 months afterall.  No signs of sitting up all by herself yet though.  In fact she really doesn't like to sit.  She can't get herself anywhere that way.  Daddy was sure surprised when he saw her.  Carter and I had kept it a secret so he could see it for himself when we got back.  Oh, Babyproofing--here I come. 

Granny's House

Well we had a great time at Granny and Grandpa's house.  Here are a few highlights.  You'll have to bear with me since we did a ton of stuff while we were there.  These are a few of my favorite pics.

The Sleepover

 The Park

 The Blessing

Fairytale Town

 The Airplane

The Cuties

The Costumes

The Tree

The Tub

The Treasure Hunt

What a Cutie!

We finally got out the Johnny Jumper.  Kennedy is having fun with it.  She hasn't quite gotten the hang of it yet, but she loves the freeedom that it gives her to move around at will.  Plus, Carter loves spinning her around in it. 

Catch Up

I thought I'd try to catch up on some of the things we've done lately.  Here we are at our annual trip to Kings Island (amusement park) with Nate's work.  It is always a ton of fun.  Kennedy pretty much just got to ride around in the stroller though.  The boys had the most fun I think.   

Here are my adorable kids chillin' on our new couch.

The boys headed to the Red's game this week.  The team is acutally doing really good right now and have made it into the post season for the first time in 15 years.  They had a really fun time being at the stadium and pigging out on junk food.

This picture is a little shout out to Kennedy's birth fam.  The Penguins are a Pittsburgh hockey team.  They got this for her in the hospital when they visited after her birth.  She certainly looks like she'll be a fan.  

And it has arrived--Baby Food.  You know it is so exciting with the first kid and pretty much just one more chore that you don't have time for with the second.  My doctor felt that I needed to start Kennedy on baby food at four months since she is a formula baby.  I haven't been super consistent but I pretty much got out of the first week or so since she was sick.  She seems to like the rice cereal and we'll see if I even get around to adding anything else before heading to California.  My goal at this point is just to try and remember to fit it in once a day. 

Our trip to Children's

Well, here she is in her carseat on our way to the hospital.  For those of you who hadn't heard about it, I had to take Kennedy to the ER a few weeks ago.  She had a cold and then the right side of her face started swelling up.  They believed the culprit was an infected tear duct (which is really quite rare).  I took her to the Dr. and they put her on some oral antibiotics.  But she continued to get worse so they sent us to Children's for a few rounds of IV antibiotics.  They don't mess around when infections are that close to the eye.  But we were in and out in less than 24 hours and the only traumatic part was getting her IV started.  They had to try four times!  It was awful.  Luckily I have lots of experience with needles and was able to be strong for Kennedy.  I'm not sure if they picture really captures how bad she looked. 

Update

Well, for some reason I just haven't found the time to post lately.  But we are all doing well.  The camera is currently with Nate and Carter at the Reds game so I'll have to put up some pics later.

The weather has finally decided to cool off so we can actually head outside and play.  Carter sure loves being outdoors.  Kennedy is doing great.  She is still a super easy baby and does well being dragged around town and not getting scheduled naps.  She is also all over the place.  This morning I ran upstairs to the bathroom and when I came back down she was about five feet from where I had left her.  Instead of being satisfied with her own toys she had made her way (via rolling) over to Carter's trio blocks.  She sure was proud of herself too.  She is usually content and really likes to sing-song scream right now, it is adorable.  She also likes to be tickled. 

We got new couches yesterday, Hooray!  I finally feel like our furniture looks like it was on purpose, not just college couches.  Some of the pillows need a little stuffing, but overall I am very happy with them.  If only I had more space in my house!  I'll put up pictures sometime if I think of it. 

That is about all that is going on here in Kentucky.  I can't wait to head to California in a couple of weeks to visit my fam.  I am a little nervous about the whole two kids in the airport all by myself though.  Wish me luck.  Too bad Kennedy has a horrible tendency to have major blowouts.  Let's just hope that doesn't happen in flight!  Carter will do fabulously I'm sure.  He absolutely loves flying and asks to do it regularly.  I may have a little pilot in the making, following in the footsteps of my dad and brother.