Monday, February 23, 2009

Watch Me Grow - Kennedy - 3 Mon

I can't believe it's already time for another duck post! Yes, Miss Kennedy is 3 months old today and as sweet as ever! She is also as wiggly as ever. I can't remember if I wrote it in her 2 month duck post but we're thinking she may be a sleep walker when she gets older - she moves so much even in her sleep!!! lol :) While on the move she is a good sleeper. Twice this past month she actually slept all night (more than 8 hours). She generally gets up once or twice during the night around 11:00 and 3:00 but I think that's pretty good too as she goes right back to sleep after eating a quick snack. Kennedy is still busy rolling but has only gone back to front one time. She's great at getting herself up on her side but struggles to get her arm out of the way to get all the way over and onto her tummy. She has started noticing toys and just today began reaching for and batting a toy over her bouncy chair on her own. Kennedy also enjoys looking at herself in the mirror quite a lot. :) She coos and smiles frequently. She can actually be quite verbal at times when you get her going. Great Aunt Jolene had Kennedy giggling several times when we saw her a week ago (pictures to follow) but no one else has been able to get a repeat performance (and I have tried very hard!!!). Aunt Jolene obviously has the magic touch! Kennedy continues to be an excellent little traveler. On our way back from Tennessee yesterday (which is a 9-10 hour drive) we only made one stop. She is amazing and we sure appreciate it! Kennedy enjoys chewing on her fists as well as her pacifier. She is also still in love with her fuzzy pink blanket and blue seahorse. Per Kelly's advice I probably need to find out where those came from and get an extra of each for the future when they might require replacing. As you can see Miss Kennedy is busy doing all the normal baby things and we're enjoying every minute of our time watching her grow and discover!
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3 Month - February 2009
2 Month - January 2009
1 Month - December 2008
1 Week - November 2008
Thank you to Grammy for the beautiful green dress we used in Kennedy's 3 month picture!

Kennedy - 3 Mon

Here are some more cute pictures I took of Kennedy today on her 3rd month birthday. :)




Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Reagan & Kennedy

Reagan decided Kennedy needed her pacifier this afternoon and was quite determined to help her take it even though Kennedy kept spitting it back out. What a nice big sister!

Playing together with one of Kennedy's Christmas gifts from Grnadma Karen and Grandpa Jim
And then I thought I might get some cute pictures of the girls together... I should have stopped while I was ahead with the three pictures above but here are the best and/or funniest pictures I took this afternoon of my sweet girls. lol :)
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Reagan being very dramatic about not wanting her picture taken with Kennedy
Do we have to do this?
Maybe it's worth it for a fruit snack?
Are we pathetic or what?
Time to call it quits!
If I keep trying I know that sooner or later I will get a super cute picture of them together! lol :)

Packages from Aunt Arla

Reagan received not 1, but 2 packages from Aunt Arla last weekend! You can guess how Reagan felt about thoses packages from the smile below. :)
Ernie came in a previous package from Aunt Arla but was apprently needed to open the new ones.

Taking a break to read her new Elmo book
When Reagan pulled out her Elmo purse she started saying "Neat, very neat" repeatedly. I'm not sure where that came from but she's continued to say it throughout this week. lol :)
What else is in there?
A soft puppy and bear to love!
Time to open the next package and boy is it hard work!!!
It looks like it was worth the effort... :)


The colored Goldfish may have been Reagan's favorite
Reading her Valentine's Day card
Thank you Aunt Arla and Uncle Scott for all the fun gifts!

Eating

Reagan loves her Doritos from Aunt Arla!!!

Goldfish make a good snack!

Reagan eating my sandwhich even though she has her own (identical to mine) untouched on her plate in front of her...

Reagan Reading

Reagan's favorite books right now are a set of 10 Backyardigan stories. We have to read all of them at least once before nap and bedtime every day. We also read them countless other times through out the day. Reagan also enjoys sitting and reading them out loud to herself as she has the main points memorized. :) You can see her tracing her fingers over the words as she reads. :)


Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Who's Who???

After seeing the pictures I posted of Kennedy earlier today (Happy Baby) it occurred to me how much she reminded me of Reagan at this age. It just so happened that Kennedy was wearing an outfit Reagan wore at the same age when we visited Uncle Andrew and Aunt Jen in Alaska so I decided to take a few comparison pics. What do you think? Do our girls look like sisters? Can you tell who is who?



The first and third pictures are Kennedy and the second and fourth are Reagan. :)

Sisters

After taking a few pictures of Kennedy in her penguin outfit I decided to see if I could get Reagan to sit next to her. With the promise of fruit snacks she hopped right up on the couch and was super sweet! Now if I could only figure out how to get them both to smile and look in the same direction... lol :) For now I'll take whatever I can get!!! :)

Happy Baby

Kennedy is such a happy baby and it doesn't take much to get her smiling. :) There was one morning last week I thought I would capture some of my precious girl's joy on film. As you can see she is one happy baby!




Momentarily out of smiles but still just as sweet!