We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Ours was a ton of fun and included a game that had everyone in the family rolling laughing, I highly recommend The Game of Things, it's pretty funny. We are onto the Christmas season and there is nothing new to report so I will just post some pictures!


No More Baby Bed!


Trip to Knotts Berry Farm






Just a cute picture



Marine Corps Ball





She is perfecting "The Look"

Thanksgiving




Decorating the tree

Happy November!

I have been informed by a certain younger sister that she checks my blog every other day in hopes that I have updated it, so I feel bad I haven't been more on top of it! I told her she needs to remind me, I forget by the end of the night when the house is finally quiet! But that goes for everyone, if you check the blog and it has been a couple weeks since the last posting, will you send me a quick e mail or phone call reminder so I think to do it? It will help my poor lost brain to stay on track so everyone can see Kennadi more!

Anyways, this will be a quick update as I have told myself I must start making this years Christmas card so I can get them in time to stuff them and send them out! Everything has been great here, Kennadi is getting bigger everyday and talking more and more. Her favorite thing to do right now is play with her babies. She loves babies!! All of her other toys go untouched and her dolls get lots of attention, everything from walking them around the house while saying "sh sh sh" and patting their backs to putting each of them on a chair at the table and asking for a spoon and bowl and then feeding them. I have been informed by my mom I was the exact same way when I was her age. I knew I played with a lot of dolls but I didn't realize it started so young! She will also lay them all out face first on the ground and cover them with blankets and tell me to "shh" and then saying "peesping" which is how she says sleeping. So needless to say we got her some very cute doll accessories for Christmas complete with an infant carrier, pack n play, and high chair that look like miniature versions of the real thing. I can't wait till she opens them, she will be so excited! Not much else is new here, just excited for the holidays and hoping the season doesn't go too fast!

Some pictures of her doll play:


Obviously this isn't a doll:) This is our friends Lana and Dave's little girl Otaly. Kennadi also loves real babies and wants to hold every one she sees, even if she doesn't know them or if they are as big as she is. But she loves Otaly and is very sweet with her.


Random hot day in the middle of fall:


I don't really know what she was doing here, but it was funny so I took a picture

Halloween:
We went trick-or-treating on base and then in Heather and Seth's neighborhood. Kennadi did amazing! After the first house she got the hang of it and went knocking on every door and said "treat!" and then "thank you" It was so sweet to watch her, she walked to whole time and carried her pumpkin bucket without complaint. She was such a big girl, Chris was out of town so unfortunately he missed it but I texted him pictures throughout the night so he could see too.

The morning after:

Exhausted after all that walking

Kennadi and Payton

Trick-or-treating on base

When her pumpkin got heavy she put it on her arm, she would not let me help her carry it, she wanted to do it by herself

Before we went around the neighborhood we hung out at a friends house with all of our old neighbors, it was fun watching all the kids dressed up playing outside.


She kept pointing to her shoes saying "pitty" (pretty)


This was right as Chris walked into the room with her to see her lit pumpkin for the first time, the room was pitch black so I just guessed when to take the picture and where to point it and it was perfect!

Proud of her pumpkin! Chris carved it and tried to have her help by cleaning it out, she would not even lay a finger on the inside guck! She sat there and pulled her hands away and said "ewww" every time Chris would try to hand her some.
This was in Mammoth while my mom was doing her hair for pictures, apparently she not only knows how to open lip stick, but also knows where it goes. I have never seen a toddler put on lip stick and not have it all over their face, she must have learned it because of the chap stick we put on, I don't wear lipstick and I don't think Chris does either:)



A quick video of her playtime:

Hello everyone! We hope you all had an excellent rest of the summer. I, for one, am very glad Fall is here, not only is it my favorite season, but I am sick of this heat! Not that Fall arriving has changed the heat yet, it is still going to be over 100 this weekend, but at least I know there is relief around the corner! I am just going to post a bunch of random pictures from the last couple of months. Not much is new since I last posted, so if anything changes I will post again soon!


In no particular order:

This was a hot day and I was out doing yard work so I had Chris bring Kennadi out while I had the sprinklers running. She loved it.

We have taken a couple of trips to Disneyland this summer. I took Kennadi in August to meet up with some old co-workers who were down for the week. It was such a good day and Kennadi was on her best behavior the whole time even though she didn't sleep a wink all day, I was very pleased although my back hurt for days after because of holding her in a lot of the lines. It is a lot of work taking a one-year-old to a theme park alone, but well worth it! Of course I was so busy with her I didn't take many pictures, so all of the Disney pictures you see are from the next trip this month. We went with my mom, Cip, Drake, Dylan, Elizabeth (Dylan's friend), and us. It was another great day and way less crowded. We got a late start since someone (me) forgot the tickets at home and had to drive back 30 minutes to get them. Won't do that again!

Elizabeth and Dylan with Kennadi

My mom bought Drake a light stick and Kennadi an adorable mickey mouse head band with ears that lit up. But of course she did not want the head band, she didn't throw a fit, just dropped the head band off the stroller and pouted a bit while looking at Drake's stick longingly and trying to reach it. So we went and traded the headband and her face immediately lit up, she still plays with it at home and loves it.

Tea Cups


All she wanted all day was for me to hold her, she didn't want Chris or my mom, it was tiring but she was ok after a while.


This was the only picture I got of her and my mom because this is how she acted anytime anyone else tried to hold her. Dramatic!
She played with these lights for like 20 minutes outside of the store in downtown Disney, funny how random stuff can keep kids busy.

Chris and I have lots of conversations about how much trouble we are in if she is already getting this much attitude. Apparently she is a lot like I was when she gives these looks, so she will turn out great right?!

When I took her to Disneyland in August I got her this Minnie Mouse doll as a treat for being so well behaved. She cuddles her and kisses her and puts her in the stroller and walks around, it's very cute how serious she is when she takes care of Minnie and her dolls. This is her patting Minnie's back.

Virginia gave her this snowman last Christmas and she loves it still, adorable!


More of the looks

Battalion Family Day- Kennadi loves the bounce house! Even when there were big kids being rough and she couldn't stand up she just sat there and cracked up as they bounced her.



Wearing daddy's hat before work, this is the look she gave me when I told her to give it to him because he needed to go to work.


She gave it back anyways though


Chris went to Mammoth to go backpacking with my dad in August while Kennadi and I stayed home. I painted her toe nails for the first time, she was so excited and proud she pranced around after and kept looking at them saying "pretty"


Don't know how this could be comfortable

If we let her dress herself she would look like this a lot

I straightened her hair with a blow dryer for the first time today, she looked very grown up and adorable.


Chris was working out and she was attempting to work out too. I have been trying to teach her yoga and this is her downward facing dog.