Our First House.

Since we have moved out of our house, I thought I better post some photos of it so I can keep them for memory sake. We (more like Austin) put a lot of hard work and sweat into making this house "ours." It was bittersweet to leave but this will always be our "first house." Now onto the next chapter in our lives... 

Living Room

Dining Room

Kitchen

Kitchen

Nursery

Kennadi's Room

Upstairs Bath

Master Bedroom

Master Bedroom

Moving.

With Austin working in Salt Lake and dealing with an hour plus commute each way/each day, a new baby coming, an obnoxious toddler that wears me out, and a hot real estate market, we decided that it would be a good time to move. We wanted to move into something bigger and much closer to Austin's work. After meeting with our realtor, our house officially went on the market on a Thursday evening. By Friday night we had a full price offer plus multiple showings the next day. By the end of the day Saturday we had two full price offers and a bidding war happening. With our house sold, we quickly went house hunting trying to find a new place for us! We found a place in Saratoga Springs and luckily were able to place an offer on it and get it! 

I really wanted to move into the house before the new babe was born and we managed to pull it off. We had 6 weeks from the time we were under contract until we had to move, so we had time to gradually pack boxes. When the actual moving day rolled around, we had some fantastic help (thanks to our parents) and were able to move pretty seamlessly. Austin threatened me that I wasn't allowed to help move because he didn't want me to go into labor. So moving day was a breeze for me (even though i felt guilty just sitting around all day)! We are gradually getting settled into our new place and I am already loving Austin getting home from work much earlier, a garage during the snowstorms, and the extra space! As Annie once said, "I think I'm gonna like it here!"

Moving Day

Our Very First House

Keeping up with Kennadi.

Kennadi is pretty entertaining and is constantly keeping us on our toes. Some of the things she says and does we can't help but shake our heads and laugh. For memory sake here are some of instances where Kennadi has got us laughing....

*In nursery, Kennadi didn't want to share a certain toy so she opted to shove it down her dress instead. She then casually acted like she didn't know where it was to the other kids.

*She has a specific routine she insists we follow everytime we go to Maceys and do our grocery shopping. One of the first stops has to be to grab a doughnut (she always gets one with pink frosting or sprinkles), when we get by the pharmacy we have to stop and check our blood pressure, and finally she always asks the cashiers for candy at the check out line. If we skip any of the steps it usually results in a tantrum. I think its funny how insistent she is about her blood pressure. No 2 year old should be concerned about that yet!

*One of her favorite games to play is Cinderella. She will get all of her Cinderella dress up clothes on, run across the floor, lose one of her shoes, and then dramatically fall on the floor fake crying. She will fake cry until we grab the shoe and put it back on her foot like the prince does. She will then happily exclaim, "It fits! I'm a princess!"

*She will not let us call her anything but Kennadi. She hates nicknames. If we call her cutie pie, babe, Kenna bug or whatever, she quickly corrects us and says, "No. Kennadi."

*She is such a little peace maker and is always wanting to make sure we are happy. She is constantly asking us if we are happy. When we do get upset at her, her response is always, "Sorry. Happy now?"

*Everyone under the age of 12 is either a friend or cousin to Kennadi and she wants to get to know and play with everyone. When we pull up to a park its always, "yeah! My cousins are here." As soon as she gets out to play she will go up to everyone and say, "Hi! I'm Kennadi."

*One day we were eating carrots as a snack. Kennadi quickly went and gave Sveen, her tiny plastic reindeer, one. She then got pretty frustrated when it wouldn't fit in his mouth or he wouldn't take any bites of it.

2.5 Years

At 2.5 Years Kennadi is...

-wearing 2t clothes but should really be in 3t. I am just waiting for summer to roll around before I go buy her a totally new wardrobe.

-sleeps around 11 hours at night and is still rocking a solid 2-3 hour nap each afternoon. This mama is loving it!

-loves her fruits and vegetables. Some days its the only thing we can get her to eat!

-Is a social butterfly. She loves playing with other kids and would rather be anywhere but our house.

-Is directionally gifted (if that even is a thing?...). When we drive around town she can point out and recognize a lot of the buildings. Her favorites are the "coco" store (Costco), popcorn store (movie theater), fun cart store (maceys), Dinner stores, Clayci's school, and Lorie's church.

-loves the water. She could spend hours during bath time pretending to be a mermaid in the tub. We also took her to the swimming pool and she was swimming like a pro! I am thinking I need to get her in swim lessons sooner than later.

-loves reading. We are constantly going to the library to get some new books for her to thumb through. She is also very insistent about reading a book with us before nap and bed times.

-Still madly in love with the Disney Princesses, church (especially nursery), and her daddy.

Such a Cheeseball.

Playing Snow White/Cinderella

Posing for the camera

Baby Bump | 32 Weeks

This pregnancy is flying by! It is crazy to think we will be growing from a family of 3 to a family of 4 in a few short weeks. I am no where near prepared for this babe since we are moving the end of March. I have no nursery, haven't bought any of the necessities, and all the clothes/baby gear is packed up tight. Lets hope this baby doesn't decide to make an early appearance because I am not ready for that! 

Baby's size: about 3.75 pounds and 17 inches long. With fundal height measurements and an ultrasound, she is continuing to measure big though. I just need her to stay in there until after the move!

Gender: I had an ultrasound a few weeks ago and I had the technician double check the gender -- and it's still  a girl! 

Symptoms: Just the normal pregnancy symptoms: achy back, bruised ribs, carpal tunnel, lack of sleep, braxton hick contractions and I am getting the pregnancy waddle down! It's amazing how different this babe already is from Kennadi. Kennadi was really mellow and hardly moved when I was pregnant with her. This baby is violent! She is always punching and kicking me and it hurts! I hope this isn't an indicator of things to come.

Cravings: Swig drinks! I could get a drink every day if my bank account would allow me to. I am also a fan of the the little hostess donuts.

Fun Moments: Kennadi is so excited to be a big sister and it makes me so happy! Her new favorite thing to do is play peek a boo with my belly. She will also come and snuggle with my belly randomly and always tells Austin to "not bug my sister." 

Year End Interview.

Pinterest inspired me to ask Kennadi a few questions and document them. I thought this would be a fun way to mark where Kennadi is at the end of each year. These answers are 100% Kennadi's responses and I didn't prompt her to answer in any way.

How old are you: two (as she holds up 3 fingers)

Favorite color: white

Favorite show: A Princess Show

Favorite Disney Princess: Cinderella

Favorite toy: Cinderella toy

Favorite food: Breakfast

Favorite snack: Princess fruit snack

Favorite thing to do: Play with mommy

Nicknames: Puppy Kennadi (I don't think we have ever called her that, but we will go with it!)

What makes you happy: When mommy's happy

What makes you sad: leave the park

What is something scary: monsters (as she pulls a scary face)

What is something you and mommy do together: ring around the rosies

What is something you and daddy do together: play too many kisses (a game where Kennadi attacks Austin with kisses until he says, "too many kisses.")

Riding the Train.

One day I needed to meet Austin up in Salt lake for a meeting. To give Kennadi some excitement, Kennadi and I decided to ride the FrontRunner up to Salt Lake and have Austin pick us up at the train station. Kennadi thought riding the train was the greatest thing ever! She had her nose pressed against the window the whole trip and would point out every little thing. She also thought it was pretty rad she didn't have to be in a seatbelt and could go from my lap to the seat while we were moving. To see Kennadi that excited and not have her yell/cry/chat my ear off nonstop during the ride up there made the train ticket one of the best $5 I have ever spent! 

Video of Kennadi when the train was starting to move for the first time...