An Update...

I haven't blogged much recently because there isn't too much to say...

I am 34 weeks pregnant now. Definitely in the uncomfortable stage...its not even comfortable to sleep!! I have begun the nesting phase....yesterday I pulled out the clothes we have for her and took off the tags. Next step is to wash them and put them in drawers!

Kenny's internship is going well. We are both wiped out by the time he gets home, but he is learning a lot from the work he is doing.

Kennan continues to keep me entertained. His personality is really shining through lately and he makes me laugh! Today I walked into his room after nap time (he didn't sleep...) and he had his dog Mutsy stuffed in his shirt. Mutsy's head was up by Kennan's neck and his feet were hanging out of the bottom of his shirt. Kennan said that Mutsy was in his tummy, like Brayden is in my tummy. Pretty cute...

We have some Abilene friends visiting this weekend. They are on their way back to Texas from visiting Niagara Falls, Maine, and Boston. We are looking forward to spending time with them!

Next time I post I will have some pictures!

Kennan Loves...EVERYTHING!!

His new favorite thing to say is "Kennan loves...(fill in the blank)." Every hour is something different. "Kennan loves helicopters." "Kennan loves pasta." (Not true...he won't even touch it!) "Kennan loves sticks." Use your imagination to think of something else he "loves" and I am sure he has already come up with it.

It is pretty apparent that he doesn't quite get the concept of love, because he says he loves things that he doesn't like (mainly different foods). I do know that he loves Kenny, Brayden, and me and that is enough for this mommy!

Father's Day

Walk a little plainer, Daddy,
Said a little boy so frail,
For I'm following in your footsteps,
And I don't want to fail.
Sometimes your steps are very plain,
Sometimes they're hard to see,
So walk a little plainer, Daddy,
For you are leading me.
I know that you once walked this way
Many, many years ago,
And what you did along the way

I'd really like to know.
For sometimes when I'm tempted,
I don't know what to do,
So walk a little plainer, Daddy;
You know I'm following you.
Some day when I'm grown up,
You are like I want to be.
Then I will have a little boy
Who'll want to follow me.
And I would want to lead him right
And help him to be true.
So walk a little plainer, Daddy,
I'm going to follow you.

I am married to the greatest man and he is a wonderful father to our son. I am so thankful that God has blessed Kennan and me with Kenny in our lives. I am thankful that Kenny will drop anything he is doing to play with Kennan, to read to him, to rock him to sleep. I love watching them together, whether they are digging in the sand box, building a tower out of blocks, or sitting on the couch reading a book. I am thankful that Kenny is a good example to Kennan of what a daddy should be, and how he should love his children and his wife.

I am also very blessed to have my father in my life. He has been such a great example to me. Growing up my dad always worked hard to provide for our family. He loved me unconditionally and taught me how to live with integrity. He showed me how a man should love and treat his wife by always having respect for my mom. Now I am lucky enough to share him with Kenny and Kennan. He is an incredible father-in-law and I know that Kenny loves to spend time with him. Kennan loves his Pops and it is so fun to watch them together.

A Funny Conversation and Some Pictures

About 2 minutes after Kennan and I sat down to lunch, he suprised me with the following statement:

"Hippo on the roof. Moon outside."

Here is the rest of the conversation:

Me: WHAT?

Kennan: Hippo on the roof. Moon outside.

Me: WHERE?

Kennan: In the book.

Me: Ohhh...

About 15 minutes later, I took Kennan out of his chair and he took off for his bedroom. He came back with a book by Sandra Boynton called "Hippos Go Berserk!". This is a book we MAYBE read once a week. He proceeds to open the book to the page with a HIPPO on the ROOF with a MOON outside.

Now, I have always said that Kennan is very smart. But...tell me how many kiddos can pull a random picture from a book, tell you about it, then go and find it in the book!!! The funny thing is that after he mentioned it at lunch, nothing else was said until he went and found the book.

I have a feeling Kennan is going to be my kid who remembers EVERYTHING and won't let me forget it!!!
YUMMY Watermelon!
Ready for a bike ride!
We went on a picnic at the Princeton Battefield.
BOO!

Settling In, A Baby Shower, and an Internship

Sorry to leave all of you loyal fans hanging...we got our luggage on Saturday morning! We got a phone call at 6:15am and the man said he had all 4 of our bags and would be at our apartment in 15 minutes! It was wonderful to get all of our "stuff" and to begin to get settled back in. Kennan is having a great time playing with friends. It's almost like we never left! We have enjoyed the cooler weather that NJ has had the past few days. Tonight we gathered for a BBQ with our neighbors and it was fun to catch up with everyone.

On Sunday my friends Alisa and Katrina threw a baby shower for Brayden and me. They decorated the room with lots of pink and purple which really got me in the baby girl mood! We got lots of cute pink outfits, as well as bedding, and comfy blankets. It is so nice to be surrounded by friends who care about our family and are helping us prepare for Brayden!

30 week belly!

With Katrina and Alisa at the shower. Alisa made the YUMMY strawberry cheesecake!

Kenny started his internship as a hospital chaplain today. We both have some mixed feelings about the task he has taken on for the next 11 weeks. He will be gone from 7am-5pm everyday and will have to be there one night a week until 8:30. He also has to be on call for 2 weekends during the 11 weeks. He feels pretty good about the supervisors and fellow interns. I am nervous about the LONG days and the energy I am going to have to exert to keep up with Kennan. The other problem is the timing of Brayden's arrival and the internship...he works for 11 weeks and she is due in 10...you do the math!! If you have any extra prayers laying around, we could use them during this long summer!

Well, WE'RE here...

but our baggage isn't!!

Today has been a LONG day. We woke up this morning to fly home to NJ thinking that we would get on the flight with no problem. Well, there ended up being one...they cancelled the flight after ours which moved everyone on that flight to the one we were trying to get on. Fortunately, we made it by the skin of our teeth to a flight that took off before our original one was scheduled too. (If you aren't following my story, it's okay...just the joys of standby travelling!) The downside to not getting on the original flight is that our baggage couldn't get loaded on to our new flight soon enough. We were told our baggage would be on the later flight. No problem...Kenny would go back to the airport and get it later. Well, he called before leaving for the airport to make sure our baggage was there. One bag made it on the flight, the other 3 are MIA. The last 2 flights leaving Dallas to come here have either been cancelled or delayed due to bad weather in our area. YIKES! I just hope when we call in the morning that all 4 bags are safe and sound at the airport!

All of this gets me thinking about our possessions and "stuff". I know all of our things are replaceable, worldly, and in the big scheme of things not too important. But there is still a part of me worried that I won't get any of it back. Or that the $$ the airline gives us for lost baggage won't be enough to cover what was in there.

I am probably over reacting and worrying for nothing...hopefully tomorrow morning brings good news about our "stuff"!