Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving was spent at the Richards' house this year. It was my first thanksgiving being away from my family and it wasn’t too shabby. We went up to Tremonton on Wednesday. That night we had pizza and went bowling to celebrate my nephew Brody’s first birthday. I didn’t win but I did break 50. It’s all about small victories right?

Thursday was spent cooking and eating. There was plenty of yummy food to go around.  Kennadi didn’t want to be left out on Thanksgiving and conveniently decided she was starving as soon as we were ready to say the prayer. So Austin got to eat his thanksgiving dinner one handed; the other hand was busy feeding the babe. What a champ aye?

The rest of the weekend was filled with playing with the kiddos, having a girl’s day to Breaking Dawn, getting my groove on with Just Dance, and watching Kennadi get spoiled by everybody.

Another highlight of the week, was watching Markel get her mission call. We went over to my mom’s house on Friday night and facetimed with Markel so we could watch her open it. She is going to Houston, Texas and will be speaking Spanish. I am going to miss her sooo much but she will make an amazing missionary. The people of Texas don’t know how lucky they are to have my best friend for 18 months. 

Letters.

Dear Austin: Thanks for being an early riser and helping with Kennadi in the wee hours so I can get a little more shut eye.  Dear Kennadi:  I am so happy you are already rolling over but I am so sad you are growing up so fast. Dear Lizzy: Thanks for always babysitting Kennadi so this mama can hit the gym and get her pre-baby body back.  Dear Neighbor: Is it really necessary to vacuum your floor three times a day?   Dear Hostess: Why did you have to shut down? I loved your crumb doughnuts!  Dear Utah Jazz: Please please please win your game tonight and don’t make it a triple overtime win either. That last game gave me ulcers. Dear Thanksgiving: Will you hurry up and get here? I have an itch to put up my Christmas tree but am trying to resist until you have arrived and gone.  Dear Hunter: Congrats on your mission call! I am "ghana" miss you but Ghana is lucky to have you. Dear MarKel: I cannot wait to see where you going on your mission. My bets are on Europe.  Dear closet: I think it’s time for a makeover. I am sick of wearing clothes that are too tight, ripped, or stretched out (thank you pregnancy belly). It just seems whenever I go shopping for myself I always wander over to the baby section. Baby clothes are much more fun to buy.  Dear Breaking Dawn Part 2 Movie: I can't wait to see you. Does this make me sound nerdy?  Dear Summer: Why did you have to leave? Come back…..  Dear Weekend: Thank you for finally coming! Cheers to the freaking weekend!

2 Months.

At 2 Months old Kennadi is….

--finally starting to fit into 0-3 month clothes and still using size 1 diapers.

--smiles, coos, and is becoming a lot more vocal when she cries.

--loves her daddy! Whenever he walks through the door from work or school she gets the biggest grins on her faces (even if she was just screaming five seconds before).

--has found her hands and must have them in her mouth at all times. This results in one very slobbery baby.

--sleeps through the night! Wahoo! She goes down to sleep around 9:30-10 and won’t wake up until 6ish. She is up for around 30 minutes and goes back to sleeps until 9. She gets her love for sleep from her mama! 

--loves her mealtimes. She is eating 4 oz every 3 hours. We gave up on breastfeeding this week. Kennadi preferred bottles and formula plus I was going insane pumping all the time to keep her happy and satisfied so it was a welcomed change.

--HATES tummy time but it must be working because she rolled over today.

Blessing Day.

Kennadi was blessed on November 4^th by her daddy. We blessed her up in Tremonton in my parent’s ward. We figured since both of our families lived up that way it would be easier for us to go to them instead of all of them come to us. Plus I wasn’t sure we would fit everyone in our apartment for the luncheon afterward. We were incredibly fortunate to have so much family and friends come and support us.

I was really worried how Kennadi would behave during the blessing. I should have known better though because Kennadi was a little angel. I have been very lucky to have such an easy going baby! Kennadi was bright-eyed and happy during the whole blessing and as soon as it was done she fell right to sleep. She hardly even fussed afterwards when she was passed from person to person and had a million camera flashes in her face. Kennadi wore the same dress I was blessed in and looked pretty darn adorable if I do say so myself. Look for yourself...