Happy Thanksgiving!

We spent a lovely afternoon with friends and family at Uncle Nathan and Aunt Kim's home. Thanks for having us - the food was delicious!!!

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Kennedy with her first Thanksgiving Turkey

Reagan enjoying a wonderful Thanksgiving meal - I can't believe how grown up she looks!

Reading with Grammy

Uncle Nathan and Kennedy - while Uncle Nathan isn't a super huge baby fan he quickly volunteered for baby holding when the alternative was changing a toddler's diaper. lol :)

Reagan playing the Wii and coloring with Pa

Reagan, Kennedy, and Aunt Kim

Uncle Nathan & Reagan with Aunt Kim & Kennedy

Grammy holding a sweet worn out baby on her first Thanksgiving

Daddy holding a sweet worn out big girl on her second Thanksgiving

Our "Super Power Pooper"

Hard to believe anything that looks this sweet could earn such a nickname from Pa...

In the wee hours of Thursday morning Tim was being an awesome husband and father and taking his turn changing Kennedy's diaper. He might not have volunteered if he had realized it would turn into an hour and a half ordeal... It started out when Kennedy peed while he was changing her and required a change of clothing (as well as another diaper). While that was occurring I saw him fly to the side and intially thought a cat had attacked him. He said no she had pooped. She took aim at him once more before it was all said and done and left quite a mess on the floor behind where he was standing. It wasn't until I came out of the shower the next morning that I saw the wall pictured below had been hit as well.

Yes, that last spot you can see there is 9 1/2 feet away from where Kennedy was being changed!!! Tim says if you consider that we were measuring a straight line rather than the arc which the poop shot it's even more impressive and probably over 10 ft!
I should put a disclaimer here that no one else could believe I would take pictures and post this. I don't think anyone else would believe the story if I didn't! lol :) It certainly sounds exagerrated to me and I was there!!! Reagan did something similar to me when she was less than a week old (but without witnesses) and I don't think anyone believed me when I said it was like a fire hose. So here's my proof of that incident as well! I've never heard of anyone elses babies doing anything like this so watch out if you're changing one of my children's diapers! You never know what you might be in for! lol :)
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I think the funniest comment of the evening (made by Tim to Kennedy sometime during the cleaning up process) was that while he sure does love her he wishes she would quit making him prove it. lol :) I guess between having to deliver her and a couple other things Kennedy is making sure Tim has been fully indoctrinated into the adventures of fatherhood. lol :)

Elmo Live

Aunt Arla and Uncle Scott sent Reagan a package this week which included an Elmo Live among many other things. Reagan loves everything although the favorites have been Elmo and some Bert and Ernie juice boxes. Thanks so much for the package!

Loving Elmo
Kissing Elmo (which he requested)

Checking out a Bert & Ernie juice box

Lining up the juice bozes - Reagan has been fascinated with these all weeks and treats them as blocks - she currently loves Bert and Ernie!

Lueker Baby on the Way?!?!?

We're thinking we may have a baby today so stay tuned for updates and pictures as they are available upon Miss Kennedy's arrival! :)

Prayers for Strangers - 2

You may remember a little over a month ago I posted links to two blogs I follow of incredible families who have been dealing with very serious medical issues of loved ones. Amazingly both families are doing better than expected and have been receiving good, if not miraculous, news. If you're interested in their progress, you can read more at the following two links:

http://cfhusband.blogspot.com/

http://www.whynotaidan.com/

(After posting this on Friday Aidan's family posted some unfortunate news on his condition. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers as they continue on this journey.)

Naptime

Reagan has never been a great napper and lately she's been even more challenging than usual. There were two days last week she refused to take a nap at all. Today while I was busy remaking our bed with clean sheets she got mad at me for not helping her up on the bed. I asked her something about going up stairs and off she went by herself. While I was finishing up in our bedroom I thought it sounded a bit quite upstairs. When I got up there to my amazement this is what I found! I guess even Reagan sometimes needs a nap!!!

Thank you to Grandma Sherry for the cute dress and tights Reagan has on. Thank you also for all the super cool books and packages you've been sending the last several weeks!!! Sorry I haven't had my camera around but Reagan loves everything - especially the dresses and the colorful dragon book! :)

Package From Grandma Pat

Thank you Grandma Pat for sending Reagan and Kennedy fun books, clothes, and a sisters picture frame!

The frog book which had a frog you could pull out was an instant hit!

The frog received many hugs and kisses :)

Sunday Afternoon Outing

On Sunday afternoon we headed down to Crystal City to get some ice cream from Coldstone. Our original plan was to get ice cream and play outside but it ended up being too cold for that. Instead we just ran around in the underground mall where Coldstone is located. Reagan found Ronald McDonald a couple of times and enjoyed sitting on his lap.

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Oh no!!!!

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(I'm not quite sure why Reagan was saying "Oh no!")

Cheese!
Just talking

This is one yummy chicken nugget!!!

Inspecting the flowers

Hiding with Daddy

Swingset Pictures - 2

For some reason I seem to be having difficulty capturing pictures of Reagan on her new swingset. Here are some more - sorry they're not great and several of them quite fuzzy. I think you can at least tell she is enjoying all aspects of it and I'm enjoying having it so handy! We sure can't wait to have an actual backyard next year after we move!!! :)

Rocket apparently enjoys swinging and sliding too

Fall in Cameron Station

The weather has been so nice here for most of the last week and I really wanted to capture some of the fall colors. It's a good thing I went out last week because there was just enough wind and rain to take must of the leaves down this weekend. Happy Fall everyone!

Our "old" house - for those of you who don't know we closed October 31 but don't have to move until March 31 - we'll keep you posted as to where we're headed next

I'm not much of a photographer but these were the trees I really wanted a picture of. This row of trees is always so beautiful in the Fall. They were such a brilliant red last fall but I never got around to taking a picture. Someday when they are mature enough to reach over the road they will be gorgeous!

New Swingset

This weekend we wanted to do something special with Reagan before Kennedy arrives. Unfortunately the forecast was for rain on Saturday so our plans were spoiled. We had been meaning to get a small swingset for our garage/carport, however, for Reagan to play with this winter when it won't be easy to get out with Kennedy so we decided to locate and build that instead. As such we spent the day looking for a set our friends Musa and Harun have that Reagan loves. We couldn't find it but we found another that we think is going to work just as well.

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And so it begins... The box said 20 minute assembly - it may be that Tim and I are a bit slow (in more ways than one) but it took us a little longer than 20 minutes to put this together. :)

Tim snapping in the slide
Anna putting on the finishing touchs (or screws)

Reagan trying out her new slide

and swing too - which this is even better than we anticipated because she can get in and out herself as well as actually push herself a bit. This is perfect for Reagan as she does a lot more of hopping in and out of swings at parks than she does actual swinging.

We will try to get some more and better pictures taken and posted of Reagan playing on her swingset soon. We were headed to church and so didn't have much time to play Saturday evening. She was extremely excited when she saw it, however, and I think I was able to capture some cute video of her before I started taking still photos.

Election '08

Reagan came with me to help vote in her first Presidential Election yesterday. We had to wait an hour and a half but Reagan was as good as gold. She was amazing and behaved better than I could have ever hoped - she is such a little trooper and good little girl!