a day in the life of our seven: February 2010

I'm already being a bad blogger, sigh. The kids have been home from school for over TWO WEEKS for snow, snow, and more snow! It's been fun! And crazy! Luckily Jermaine was home for the whole week last week too YAY! So I didn't get too burned out and the kids played in the snow a lot, and played a ton of Wii, Uno, DS, etc.

In between 2 snowstorms, it was clear enough for Kennedy and me to go Disney on Ice and have lunch together, such a great time!!

I'll let the recent random snapshots tell about the rest of our last few weeks!

The girls model their new bathing suits, even though it's 30 degrees outside!
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Trip to the library before the first snowstorm hit
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Kiki worked hard at this
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Reece's friend came over in the snow for a sleepover, silly boys!
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Boo boo chicken doing her thing
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My cuties before their preschool tour
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And so it began
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Matching puppy PJs they got for their birthdays!
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Soooo silly
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Big girl opening her presents on her bday!
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Mommy daughter Disney on Ice day!
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All of our favorite Disney characters right in front of us!
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Pre-first real haircut at the barber (for his whole life Jermaine and I have cut his hair)!
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Post haircut! Our little man!
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I can't believe our little Kiki is FOUR! Four just seems SO big. Not a toddler anymore, sigh. We are so blessed to have this little girl in our family. She's so sweet, quiet, caring, smart. She watches the world around her in a serious way and is our only shy child. She loves to snuggle and when she smiles, it lights the room and your heart!

A message board that I've been a member of for over 7 years is closing down now, so I've been digging up some of my olds posts and saving them to my computer. Here's the one from Kennedy's birth:

"Sorry it's taking me so long to post! It's been pretty busy around here since I came home yesterday with all the kids and the demands of a newborn, boy did I forget how busy! Lol!
Well I am in total love with this little girl, she's so good and so perfect, I adore her! Rebekah already posted about my labor, it went great other than a minor bad reaction to the epidural that passed pretty fast. She came out with the cord around her neck and was a little bluish, was having some respiratory issues and increased heartrate for a couple of hours, but was fine and back with me within 3 hours.
She's nursing like a champ and my milk came in so fast this time, before I even left the hospital! The kids adore her and argue over holding her. When Reece met her, the first thing he said is "I want to hold my baby Kennedy"- then he licked his thumb and rubbed it across her forehead and said "Siiiiiimba...."! It was hilarious, he hasn't even seen the Lion King in ages, but that's what he thought of Lol!
I'm recovering ok, my body really took a beating! I have a few stitches, and my back is killing me, but I'm just thankful it didn't hurt during pg so I can't complain. The worst part is the cramping, whew that gets worse with each baby! So I'm trying to take it easy, although you know how that goes!
Thank you all SO much for all of the posts and well wishes, etc. You guys are the best!"

I'm so glad I have those posts, as I would have forgotten so many details. Kennedy was born after a hard time in my life and healed my heart, she continues to light up my life everyday!

For her birthday she got "Twinkle Toes Sketchers", a new DS game and case, and some clothes and we're going out to dinner. Instead of a party I'm taking her to Disney On Ice Saturday. Here are some pictures of our sweet princess!