Tagged by Elise.......

8 TV shows I love to watch:
*Prison Break
*One Tree Hill
*The Hills
*Everybody Loves Raymond
*According to Jim
*Bringing home Baby
*Survivor
*The biggest Loser

8 Restaurants I love:
*Chili's
*Panda Express
*Spaghetti Factory
*Market Street Grill
*El Matador
*Red Lobster
*Texas Roadhouse
*Red Robin

8 things I HAVE done today:(by 9:30a.m.)
*Fed Kennley
*Changed a dirty bum
*Put in a load of laundry
*fed the dog
*Cleaned the living room
*Unloaded the dishwasher
*Made my bed
*Checked my blog

8 things I am looking forward to:
*Halloween
*Disney on Ice
*Kennley to say "mama"
*My dad being Cancer FREE
*This weekend at Powder Ridge
*Our 3 yr. Anniversary
*Next pay-day
*Having more kids

8 things I love about summer:
*Swimming
*BBQ's
*Flip flops
*Having more daylight
*Having a fire in the backyard
*Taking walks
*Lake Powell
*The sun

8 things on my wish list:
*A nice photography camera
*Cricut
*My dad to beat cancer
*A better Economy
*Kennley to be healthy her whole life
*To become a successful photographer
*For Brent to get a job he enjoys
*More $$$$

Thanks Elise that was fun.....
I tag everyone who wants to do this!

Happy 25th to YOU.......

Last Weekend it was our really good friend Kayla's 25th Birthday. She threw such a fun party with lots of yummy treats and fun friends. We played fuse ball, pool, ping pong, and "I've Never." And let me tell you, you sure learn alot about people in the game I've Never, and I absolutely love it. Happy Birthday Kayla, We love ya!


Playing "I've Never"

Kennley and Mommy

The girls
Kayla, Me, Joni, Danielle, & Tiff

Danielle and Jasen playing
fuse ball

Ringling Bros. & Barnum & Bailey........

This last weekend my mom and dad took us all to the Circus. I have not been to the Circus scince I was just a little girl so I didn't know what to expect. I will just say it was a blast! The stunts they perform and the animals were so amazing. There were a few things that had everyone on the edge of their seats with their mouths wide open. Thanks mom and dad for taking us......can't wait for Disney on Ice next month.




My favorite....they were so cute


Kennley loved all the lights, but most
of all she loved chewing on that toy.

This was one of those sitting on the edge
of your seat moments(my dad, brother, & nephew)

This is FUN.........

Tagged by Sierra
Defination of quirk:n.1. A peculiarity of behavior; an idiosyncrasy: "Every man had his own quirks and twists" Harriet Beecher Stowe.
2. An unpredictable or unaccountable act or event; a vagary: a quirk of fate.

Rules: Link the Person who Tagged you. Mention rules on your blog. Tell about 6 quirks of yours. Tag 6 fellow bloggers to do the same.Leave a comment to let them know.

1. I have to have my bed made and all 3 of my pillows in order before I can crawl into bed and go to sleep(drives my husband crazy)

2. I always have to have Kennley dressed in a cute oultfit and a bow in her hair when we go anywhere.

3. I cannot handle having a stuffy nose. I always carry Afrin with me just in case(my family gets so mad at me because it is such an awful habit)

4. I cannot go to a haunted house because of the chain saw man at the end. He will seriously make me pee my pants!

5. I have to always push the shopping cart at the grocery store, for some reason I can't explain.

6. I cannot sleep by the window, or have the blinds open when it is dark outside.(It freaks me out that I can't see out, but someone can see in)

I'm tagging: Laura-Ann, Elise, Jayci, Kari, Nordberg's and Ashlee....YAY!!!

GOODBYE Swaddle.......

Okay, so I know that mostly all of my posts are about our little baby girl Kennley, but that is because my blog is like my journal. I do keep a baby book with all of her first's and a log of how she is growing, but I am much better at the blogging thing and adding pictures along with my stories. So I hope everyone who looks at our blog and reads our stories enjoys:)

So this may sound kind of corney to alot of you, but we are so excited to say that we are retireing Kennley's swaddle. Ever scence she was just a few weeks old the only way she was able to sleep was to be fed, wrapped in her swaddle, and rocked to sleep, but the minute she was able to wiggle those little arms out she would wake herself up and we had to start the whole process over again(even every two hours when she would wake up to eat.) It was such a process every time we put her to bed at night and down for a nap. Don't get me wrong I loved every minute of holding her and rocking her in my arms as she fell off to a deep sleep. It gave my a lot of one on one time with her that I loved very much.....There is just something about holding a precious little angel in your arms and thinking about how blessed we are to have her in our lives.

So, the other day we just decided to try and lay her down for a nap without the swaddle and see how long she would stay asleep. Within a few minutes she was out and slept for about an hour and a half. We thought maybe it was just a fluke and she was just extremely tired, so we tried it again yesterday for her nap, and the same thing happened. We were so excited! So, last night we were a little nervous to put her down without her swaddle because we thought for sure she would wake up at least two or three times in the night(she has just started sleeping around 8-10 hours at night and it has been wonderful.) I fed her and just rocked her for a little while like I do every night and then put her down, and she cried for about 5 minutes and then she was out. We prepared ourselves for the long night and had the swaddle handy just in case, but she did so good and slept through the whole night. We absolutely love it! And I still get my one on one time with her every nap time and every night. Yea............The swaddle is officially retired:)


This was just after nap time when she
would wiggle those little arms out........

For such a big stretch!

Kennley TAG..........

I though this was so cute and so fun.....Hope everyone
enjoys learning a little more about our princess.



NAME AND MEANING: Kennley Marie. Kennley is just a cute random name we fell in love with, and Marie is my middle name too and has been in our family for a long time.

AGE: 5 months

BIRTHDAY: April 10, 2008

NICKNAME: Kennley Bear

FAVORITE ACTIVITIES: Hanging out in my swing watching t.v., being with mommy and daddy, taking walks, going shopping(I always get something new when I'm with mommy)chewing on everything, seeing my Grandparents, & car rides.

FAVORITE FOODS: Mommy's milk, cereal, and sweet potatoes.

LEAST FAVORITE FOODS: Nothing yet..

FAVORITE MUSIC: Pop and Country(that's what mommy and daddy listen to in the car), and nursery rymes that they sing to me too.

FAVORITE TOYS: Swing, my blankie, and my link-a-do's.

WHAT MAKES ME HAPPY: Pretty much everything....I love my feet played with, my swing, going for car rides, My grandparents, aunts and uncles, and my cousins, filling my tummy with food, but most of all my mommy and daddy make me the happiest.

WHAT MAKES ME SAD: Getting in my car seat, when i'm hungry, getting my new teeth, and the hiccups.

TAGS: I tag.. All of my mommy's friends with babies!! And anyone else who liked this idea and wants to do it.. :0)
Thanks for reading, hopefully you learned a little more about me!

WOW 5 months ALREADY......

Today Kennley turned 5 months old and visited her Pediatrician for her 4 month well child care appointment. She has been off a month because her Dr. went on vacation, but we are still on track getting her immunizations every 2 months. She weighs 16lbs 5oz and is 25 inches long. He said she is very healthy and to keep up exactly what we are doing with her because she looks great. It made me feel good today as a mom to hear that we are doing a good job as first time parents at keeping her happy and healthy. She was such a trooper today with her shots and only cried for a few minutes after(it broke my heart when she squeezed my fingers when they poked her)but then she started smileing at all the nurses again. She also has been cutting her first two teeth on the bottom for a couple weeks now so she has been a little more fussy than normal, so today was a really bad day for her. She is getting so big and getting cuter and cuter everyday. I love to watch her try and roll over and get mad when she can't, and listen to her blow raspberries and squeel and coo. She is growing right before my eyes and I am loveing every minute of it. We also started her on some baby food today too. She loved it.......we gave her some sweet potatoes and she ate like a champ(I think she wanted to taste something other than breastmilk and cereal for a change.) Here are a few pics from today......




Being such a big girl waiting for the Dr.


She loved the ROTAVIRUS VACCINE


Her first bit of sweet potatoes
and she LOVED them!





Sacked out at the end of the day