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Monday, April 27, 2015

Toddler Life...Picnics- April 2015

A few pictures of our little toddler...soon to be 2 years old in less than 2 months!

We can't believe it.  This girl has such a personality (...she always has), but it's really shining through in this second year of her life.  She is constantly making us smile and giggle with things she says and does.  Her vocabulary is insane!  She has been speaking full sentences for the last several months, she uses compound words and her memory is unbelievable. Strangers that have heard her speak, are amazed that she is not even two years old.

She has memorized so many of her books, just by sight.  We think she has an extraordinary photographic memory.  

One thing she loves doing is having "tea parties" , or maybe I should call them "coffee parties", on the floor in the living room.  She LOVES smelling our coffee and pretends to make mommy, daddy, Nanna and Papa coffee often.   I snapped a few photos of her in her element...what a cutie pie :)

















Sunday, April 5, 2015

Visit with friends in Pittsburgh

Today (Sat. April 4th---the day before Easter), Kennedy and I took a road trip to one of my best friends house, Kristen, in Pittsburgh.  There we met up with my other high school girlfriends, Hannah and Amanda and her daughter, Charlotte, who were in town visiting from Madison, WI where they currently live.  We were also joined by Kristen's mom, Sue, her sister Angela and her children, Jack and Claire :)

It was a fun filled day of toddlers running around and lots of laughs!

Here are a few pictures from our visit...




















Thursday, March 19, 2015

Kennedy 21 months

Some cute pictures from a mini photo session Kennedy had at her Nana and Papa's house today.  I can't believe she is going to be 2 years old in only 3 months! Her personality continues to shine through more and more every day and of course she keeps amazing us with everything she learns and understands.








Saturday, February 21, 2015

Photo catch up Oct. 2014-Jan. 2015

Life as a full time working mommy and caring for a very active toddler has kept me from keeping up with this blog as much as I would like to.  So I am using this post as a catch up for some photos of Kennedy.  She gets more beautiful every day, inside and out, and we just love watching her grow and mature.

Kennedy is now 20 months old (unbelievable!) and over the last few months has expanded her vocabulary so much we can hardly believe it.  She talks in full sentences and sings several songs.  Her most recent learned songs are "Peter Cottontail" and "Take me out to the ball game".  She also knows lyrics to Rocka Bye Baby, Twinkle Little Star, the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Hot Dog song...just to name a couple.  Her favorite shows are Peppa Pig and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.  Her favorite movies at the moment are Finding Nemo and Cars.  Speaking of cars, she is absolutely obsessed with all of Aaron's RC cars and it's adorable.  Aaron has some smaller cars that he zips around the living room for her (during these winter months), and she can't get enough of them.
She is still and has always been a great eater.  Still loves all her veggies and fruits, yogurt, cottage cheese, eggs, chicken nuggets, meatballs, pasta, macaroni & cheese, raisins...the list goes on and on.  Basically she is not a picky eater at all and she has always really enjoyed mealtimes.

Kennedy's 2nd Christmas was plagued by Influenza A, which she was diagnosed with on Christmas Eve.  So Aaron and I spent the holidays into the new year (2015) getting her healthy again. We didn't leave the house for more than a week while she recovered.  Poor thing, it was so sad to see her so miserable...but she was a trooper and fought through the sickness.  She was not a fan of Santa this year.  I think she got to meet a total of 4 Santas (through some different Christmas activities we attended with her) and she did not like a single one of them.

Her big gifts for Christmas 2014 were a kitchen set from my in-laws and a Pottery Barn kids size table and chairs from my parents. She enjoys pretending to cook and copying what she sees mommy and daddy do.

She is an absolute joy and makes us laugh and smile every single day.

Below are some photos over the last few months that I didn't get a chance to post sooner..

Fall/Halloween
October 2014
16 months old
























November 2014
17 months old


































December 2014
Kennedy's 2nd  Christmas
18 months old














Kennedy was diagnosed with Influenza A on Christmas Eve :( so sad to see her like that!



















January 2015
19 months old