Kalamazoo and Bugaboo...

I love calling me kids that. But Kennedi always tries to correct me and says, "No mommy, I'm Kennedi (Kalamazoo) and that's Brayden (Bugaboo)." My dad also tries calling Brayden "George", but Kennedi always corrects Grandpa on that one too.

I don't have much to update on other than my kids are fantastic. I love them so much. Kennedi always seems to find a way to make me laugh. She's been on a kick lately with some of her phrases. Some of my favorites are:

"Mom, will you do me a favorite?" So then I have to tell her it's "favor" and not "favorite". She just giggles, it's the best.

If I get hurt, she's always right there to tell me that "It's ok, it will be just fine. It will get better soon." Does anyone know where she got that from?

"Can I have my sikky pup please?" You can try and guess what a sikky pup is. Yes, her sippy cup. The reason why this one is so funny is I catch myself saying the exact same thing. I've gone over and over it with her on the correct way to say it, but in the end we both end up laughing because she can NEVER get it right. Oh well. I'm not going to lose sleep over it.

Brayden is a HAM! He is getting so big. I'm a little bit late on getting his four month stats up, but here they are. He weighed 18 pounds 6 ounces (97%) and his height was 25.5" (74%). I can't believe how fast he is growing up. And I found last night...he is getting a tooth! You're probably saying, "WHAT?" Yep, that's exactly what I said. A TOOTH. A little bit early, but I certainly have no way of stopping it. I'm not going to lose sleep over that either. He is smiling so much, but unfortunately I can't catch it on camera. I WILL lose sleep over that.

Christmas at Disneyland

...Well sort of. We didn't exactly spend Christmas Day there, but a few days before. Kennedi, Brayden and I were able to go with my sister Natalie, and my other sister Mandy and her two boys, Dylan & Ethan, to California to spend a day at Legoland and three days at Disneyland. Thanks to my sister Mandy who invited us to come with! Wow! What can I say? We had a BLAST! It was super super busy, and we were constantly on the go, but we still found ways to be happy and to have a good time. Why wouldn't you at Disneyland, right?

Here are some of the pictures of our fun time. Please know that in some of the pictures it had been raining, so I look AWFUL. Kennedi also was a little nervous about the characters but I bribed her to be in the pictures with me. She was so brave. Brayden wasn't in too many pictures, but boy was he a trooper! He was sleeping a lot of the time or if he wasn't he was in his stroller snuggly warm.

Princess Castle
Mommy & Kennedi

Mainstreet, Disneyland

A HUGE Christmas Tree
Mommy, Kennedi & Dylan


Santa, Mommy & Kennedi

Pictures with the Characters & Princesses
(We had dinner with the princesses, the other characters thanks to my sister Natalie. The other chracters we saw around Dinseyland)


Sleeping Beauty

Snow White


Belle


Cinderella


Ariel


Mickey Mouse


Goofy


Donald Duck


Silvermist


Tinkerbell


Pixie Hollow
Where we met Silvermist & Tinkerbell

Fun Pictures
Here are just a few random pictures of our trip that I though I'd share...

Kennedi & Dylan with their 3D glasses on to watch "It's Tought to Be a Bug"

We met Guy Fierri from The Food Network and he was kind enough to let us take a picture with him. He said he was at Disneyland to film a show.

Kennedi & Dylan posing for the camera (and cheesing it!)

If he was awake, he was happy!!

Kennedi & Aunt Mandy on the Disneyland Railroad Train


Kennedi & Aunt Natalie in front of Mickey's House


Brayden & Mommy by Mickey's mailbox


Our Trooper, Brayden

Kennedi & Dumbo



Even after an exhuasting 4 days (LONG days, and SHORT nights) and a messy face, Kennedi was able to find the energy to smile for me!!

Thanks to Natalie, Mandy, Dylan, Ethan, Kennedi & Brayden for such an AMAZING time at Disneyland. It wouldn't have been the same without any of you!!! I love you ALL!!!!!!!!!!

Never a dull moment...

Do I really need to explain...

She loves to look at the good ads in the newspaper!!
But never did I imagine that she'd tear it apart this bad!


Notice that Brayden's diaper, pants and socks are sitting to the side of her. She was attempting to take off his onesie. Isn't she a good helper? I only had said that Brayden needed his diaper changed, and left to go get a diaper.


I guess she wanted to do the dishes so she pushed a stool over and started washing away!


Brayden obviously didn't want to share his crib with her. Don't ask me how she got in there!! As far as I knew Brayden was sound asleep just 30 seconds before I found her in there!!

Yes, it's dental floss!!

How can I help but to laugh
at my cute little Kennedi?

Happy Halloween (Better late than never!)

I'm sorry it has taken me so long to get these pictures posted from Halloween. Life has just been extremely busy!!! Here are my cute kids dressed in their Halloween costumes. Weren't they cute?

Brayden was a cow! Moooooo!!!

Kennedi was a lady bug.

Is Brayden big Mommy?

...that's a frequent question I get from Kennedi.

Everyone knows it...I have a big boy on my hands. I took Brayden to his 2 month appointment yesterday, and wow, the results are finally in. He weighed 14 lbs. 6 oz. and was 24 inches long. The doctor's exact words were, "He's growing like a weed. No! A Bamboo!!" His weight was in the 97% and his length in the 86%. So I guess he got a good mix of his mommy's weight and his daddy's height. Boy, he sure is cute!

So, to answer Kennedi's question, yes sweetheart, Brayden is a big boy; and you'd better be careful because someday he's going to be a lot bigger than you! And thank you sweety, for being such a GREAT helper for mom...You are the best big sister Brayden could ask for and you are "My SUNSHINE"!

Brayden's Blessing

This past Saturday we had Brayden's blessing. It turned out great! Didn't he look handsome? Just a sign of what's to come!

Thanks to everyone who was able to come to Brayden's special day!

Big Sister, Little Brother

I've had many people ask me how Kennedi like's being a big sister. My response to everyone is that she absolutely loves it, but I think these pictures will speak for themselves.

Believe it or not, Brayden is under there somewhere!!

Kennedi is hillarious when it comes to changing Brayden's diaper; she has to do whatever she can to help. This is the after picture (the after being after I stated that "Brayden needed his diaper changed") . Unwrapped from the blanket, pants & socks off and onesie unsnapped. I can't complain, she really is a good helper!