The New Grandma Kennedy

Well, the 20th of October 2009 was a special day for us, and particularly for Charlotte. She got to meet her Grandma Kennedy for the first time ever (at least in this plane of existence). My Mom (Vickie Kennedy) flew out from Oregon to visit with us for a while. We are so happy to have her and we are so glad that she is here staying with us. So on thier very first day together we got to take some pictures of the two of them together. So here are a few of them.

Charlotte found a new person that loves her, so she is just checking her out.

Two Kennedy Ladies hanging out with each other, getting to know each other.

Just Smiling and being happy with each other.

Doing one of Charlotte's favorite things, Cuddling and getting a little bit of skin time. Look how happy she is to be with her Grandma Kennedy. She is so lucky because she has two great and amazing Grandmas (her Grandpas are both pretty great too)


And occasionally to pass the time Charlotte will challenge anyone around to a staring contest, this is one that she won against her Mom, she is the best one in the house at this, sometimes abnormally good. :)

Mr. Duckie

Here are some Bath Time Fun pictures!! I promised myself to never purposely embarrass my child to the point that they won't ever talk to me again, so these are rated PG pictures! No black mail material here!!



In these ones her umbilical cord still hadn't fallen off yet so we're still doing the whole sponge bath baby!!


She LOVES Baths! Not like her first one where she first showcased her now famous "squeaky toy" cry.


Yes, she still has a diaper on in these because she is a Ninja Pee-er. (see future posting for explanation)


She has this killer towel that is a duck, if you can't tell. It's actually bigger than the bath towels that Bryan and I use!! It makes you wonder what the people who made it were thinking? 200lb baby?!? Way to go Mr. Duckie!

I hope you enjoyed these Derek!! :)

I'm Out!

We are so glad that she is!! I actually laid down on my stomach last night for the first time in forever. :) We are so happy she is out!



This is her agreeing with herself by giving you the okay sign, and a "rock on" fist. See Jon! She already a democrat!! :)

Two of a Kind

As I was downloading pictures off my camera, I noticed one of my mom holding Charlotte that reminded me very much of a picture that I have of my mom holding me. There are differences, but they are both so cute, and similar that I couldn't pass up sharing them!!



Charlotte's favorite visitor really is my mom!! My mom wasn't feeling very well today (probably due to that stupid nurse!) and so I just wanted to give a little thanks for all that she does! She is the most selfless person I know, and I think that she is the best example of what Heavenly Mother must be like that I can imagine. Maybe that is why all the little babies love her so much!! She feels so familiar to them!! :) Thanks Mom for always being there for us, and loving our little ones so much!! We love you too. Feel Better!!!!!

No More Lights!!

The day we got back from the hospital we were given these bili-lights for Charlotte's case of Hyperbilirubinemia. She DID NOT like being the suitcase, and really struggled the first couple days. But we persevered!! Today we received word from the Doctor that her levels had improved so much that Charlotte is out of any danger zone. So she is off the lights!!! Hooray! We get to send those stinkin' lights back :) So this post is to commemorate Charlotte's first bed, and hopefully the last time she'll ever use it! (It probably is the most expensive first bed ever!)


The dreaded suitcase. She had to be in here any time we weren't feeding her or changing her. It made for some long nights, and sad cries!


This is her little get-up that she had to wear. She had a light strapped to her back. That is what the yellow straps are, I promise we did NOT put her in a tube top, cause you know if I had it wouldn't have been a yellow one!! jk :)


We also had to have a hat on her to keep her warm in the suitcase, and to cover her eyes so they didn't get hurt from all the bright lights. You can kind of see the light on her back glowing. It makes her look like a toy I had growing up. It was called a Glow Worm. Anyone remember those?
So we wish the suitcase a less than fond farewell and hope to never have to endure it's presence again!