Some Wedding Pictures

So we received like 750 wedding pictures on a disc and I've been slowly (but surely) getting through them and saved a couple I just had to post on here. ENJOY!

The itsy, bitsy, spider....

Happy November! Important historical news to report on, the President elect is Mr. Barak Obama. Not sure if I spelled his name correctly, but anywho, regardless of people's attitude towards the decision, I think it's a wonderful time to support our country and work together. All I'll say.

On to cuter news, I have Halloween pictures!! Enjoy!

A Witch and her Spider:




Fishy Face:


A little blurry:






A one-eyed Cat:


My crazy family:


These were Val's pictures (thank you Val), but I'm waiting on my Mom's and Tina's cause they have the Spider and it's web...you'll see what I mean in a later post.

Well the Kenny's are looking forward to Thanksgiving. Carebear's a little under the weather but still in good spirits. I think daycare is a neverending cycle of runny noses and ahh choo's. She'll get through it though.

Back to work I go...

Happy Halloween Week!

This is one of my favorite times of the year. The leaves are starting to change, the weather is cool and Pumpkin pie is a prevalent commodity! Hope everyone is enjoying their Fall, thus far. Cara certainly is. She's a big kid now, a whole 1 year old, so of course, she's got new tricks up her sleeves.

1. She will give high fives, but she prefers to play "down low, too SLOW". This is where Cara reaches her hand out (usually to strangers) and they continue to give her a low five, but she pulls her hand back with an added belly laugh, causing the person to be "too slow". Not sure who taught her this, ;) .

2. She's ruined two of our three remote controls in the house with her excessive drooling, giving us the impression more teeth are coming in. Wonderful!

3. She is learning that shoes are a necessity, but unfortunately her knuckles are paying the price.

4. She only enjoys big dogs that are lazy and completely unaware of her existence, i.e. Madison. This gives her the upper hand in the relationship.

5. She's completely off of bottles and baby formula!

6. She waves backwards.

7. She can shake her head yes and no, but doesn't understand the word "no" being called to her as she opens cabinets and drawers.

8. She likes to say "Dada" to which her Dada responds "Baby". This can go on for five minutes.

9. She still makes noises that resemble demons.

10. She is obsessed with running around in the front yard. She even waits at the front door (kind of like a dog) to be let out.

Enjoy the slideshow of Cara's birthday weekend! I will be posting her Halloween costume pictures, she's gonna be so ADORABLE!

in one more day, it's cara's birthday!

Hello everyone. Sorry for the lapse of updates, I was busy getting married! One of the most amazing days of my life. My face literally hurt from smiling. I was just so happy for us, and our family, and for the support from our friends and family..it was just a magical day. Poor Care bear. The day wore her out and she zonked out for the ceremony. But do you think that stopped my kid from being apart of the party? Heck no!





Many more pictures to come on that front, I'm still waiting on the photographer's photos. She was so precious in her little peach dress.

On to more important things...

It was a year ago today I was steralizing bottles through breaks from contractions, trying to take deep breaths, and pretty much panicking because I was headed for the hospital to be induced. I literally had no clue what I was in store for. But October 11th, 2007 at 5:24 pm little Cara Nicole graced us all with her presence and changed our lives forever. And tomorrow we celebrate her first year of existance. I'm so excited. Growing up when it was our birthday's, my Mom used to sing this song. It goes like this:

"In one more day, it's Cara's Birthday,
In one more day, it's Cara's Birthday,
And on that day she will be ONE,
We're gonna have so much fun,
In one more day, it's Cara's Birthday!"

She would start it like 10 days before and change the lines depending on our age. Well, I love that song and I've been singing it to Cara all week and based on her head bobbing, I think she loves it too. We're celebrating the day on Sunday with family and friends and tomorrow I think I'm gonna take her to do some Halloween things with her Momma and Mimi. I think I'm celebrating more for myself that I made it through the first year with a new baby, lol! That year makes me want to take a nap!

Well Happy Birthday baby! Mommy loves you so much!!

It's about TIME

Finally, a media update. Our camera was being stupid and everytime I'd turn it on, the screen was all blurry and it would ruin pics and videos so I got frustrated and put it in a drawer. Well, I turned it on today and IT WORKED. The camera fairy must have fixed it. So first thing I did was videotape some walking action and some talking. Then I took two pictures. Not my best work, but at least it's something! Oh and Val got the cutest pics of Bug and Bear, those are at the end.

Enjoy!



Reading:


Walking:


Talking (we both do a lot of it):

out of sight, NOT out of mind

Happy September! I can't believe we are a month away from Cara's first birthday! I was sitting with her this morning and she was being her normal, weird self and I couldn't believe how far we've come. We just got back from visiting Meg, Ian and Mary in Cinci and seeing that little baby really brought back memories. Not so distant memories. Mary is SO beautiful! She was doing the little newborn grunt and I remember when Cara would do that and I would think "is this normal that my daughter sounds like a dying pug??". Meggy looked exhausted and that's a memory I'd like to forget! They made such a beautiful baby and I will update with pics ASAP, just waiting for me Mom to send me them.

I wanted to show you an insert I found on a website that tracks baby's milestones and such..

"'Out of sight, out of mind' no longer applies. If your child has ever enjoyed unrolling the toilet tissue that sits on the other side of the cabinet door, she'll remember the pleasure every time she passes the door."

When I read this, I was surprised they didn't just insert Cara's name. Cara LOVES, and I mean loves, unrolling the toilet paper. She loves getting into everything in the bathroom, which doesn't exclude the toilet, toilet bowl cleaner, trash can, and magazine stack. I have learned to keep the door closed and just this morning, Dada went to take a shower and she started throwing a fit she couldn't follow him in. So, Cara has absolutely hit the memory milestone. Why she doesn't remember her baby blocks being as fun as toilet paper, I don't know??!

I have begun party planning for her first birthday. I might possibly be the only person who feels the 1st birthday is a huge deal. Most opinions are "she won't even remember it"..but my opinion is, it's her 1st BIRTHDAY! 1st's are a big deal to me!! We will be having a small affair at Grandma Paula's house, and it will be an outdoor picnic, weather permitting. Gift ideas include: toilet paper, kid leash and rubber furniture.

walking, rashes and weddings, oh my!

Hello all. Sorry for the gap in updates, we've been a busy household. My baby is ten months old! That means in two months, she'll be 1 year. What a year!!! It's been so exciting watching her grow on a daily basis.

Cara went on her second trip to Ohio a couple of weeks ago, and we all had a blast. Ever since we've been back we've been dealing with some "bumpy" issues, but I won't completely blame Ohio, lol. Cara enjoyed all of her great-aunts and cousins! And not to mention all the new foods they let her try. Every time I turned around someone was feeding her off their plate. She was eating up all the attention, literally!

Generation picture:



These were soooo cute:

Preggers:


It was a great trip! Julie and Megan hosted a wonderful wedding shower for me! Speaking of weddings, only 1 month 11 days away. So I've been working on Cara's walking with her so that she could be walking by the wedding, and she walked 4 steps the day before she turned 10 months old! It makes me so happy to watch her try! I was talking to another Mom yesterday who has 3 girls and she was like "why do you want her to walk! when they walk, they run, you never get to sit down!" Lol. Another opinion came from a Dad who said "when they walk it's nice because then you can actually see where they're going". So we'll see. I think I'll like when she's walking, I need something to run after!

Health report: So Cara has had a nice month at the Dr's office. It started off with a bad diaper rash that showed up the way home from Cincy. It got worse and worse so I took her in, turns out she had a yeast infection. Okay, whatever, we can handle that. We start treating it, then this rash pops up on her face. Take her back to the Dr., oh it's impetigo and a bit of exscema, no big deal, put some cream on it. So I'm like okay, we can handle this. We are now treating both rashes and the yeast is fading, but the impetigo is getting worse. Take her back to the Dr. and finally they give me an antibiotic! Through this whole process, we've had to cancel two playdates and didn't get to go to open play at My Gym because parents look at my kid and take their kids and run. Instead we got to spend like 8 hours at a Dr's office with lots of whiney kids and GERMS. I hate the Doctor's office. I feel like I contract 5 diseases while sitting there. Cara's a trooper though! She hasn't seemed phased by any of it.

On a more positive note, Cara has been expressing her rhythmic side recently. When I say "dance, dance, dance" she throws her hands up and dances. Last night at dinner, there's a band and Cara's rocking in her seat watching the guy sing. It was so funny! I'm trying to get in on tape so I can upload it, but my camera isn't working too well right now. I'll find a way to get it on here though. I've got to show you her taking steps, soooo precious!

Is this cake worth $50, I need your advice: