Almost 2 weeks...

Well, it seems crazy that baby Kenna will be 2 weeks tomorrow. Time sure does fly! Between the holidays, and the lack of sleep, it has all been kind of a blur! We did have a great Christmas. It was so nice to have Kenna here. Bridger was so fun for Christmas this year. He really caught on to what it was all about and was so excited! I love his age! Bridger made out very well...between mom and dad, Santa, and all of his aunts, uncles, and grandparents...he has a larger toy collection and a lot of new clothes...which I love!

Bridger loves his little sister! So far he has done very well with her. He tries to help me when he can and is always giving her hugs and kisses...so cute! I attached some random pics...one of her first bath at home, and then just some other ones. She is so funny...she gets some hilarious facial expressions, so I thought I would show one of them! We feel so blessed to have two wonderful little children!

Baby Kenna...

Well, it's taken me a week to post anything, but our little baby Kenna arrived last weekend...December 14 at 12:22 am. She weighed 7 pounds and was 18 1/2 inches long. She was two weeks early...they had to induce me because I was running a fever and my amniotic fluid was way low again. Anyway, we are doing great and she is so cute! Bridger loves having her here...hopefully that lasts! Now, if we can just make it through the whole feeding/sleeping business, we'll be good to go! She's a little sweetie and we love having her in our family! I will post more pictures soon, as she is already nearly a week old!

Bridger is 3...

I can hardly believe that my little baby boy is already 3. It has gone by so quickly and I realize that before long he won't be my baby at all. He is such a sweet little boy...sometimes he is so busy and crazy, but that is to be expected. I love how quickly he catches on to things and how he can carry on a conversation so well. I also love how he is so into all the "boy" things...he loves cars, being outside, 4-wheeler rides, and basically anything that Josh enjoys! However, he does still like to be clean and have his room, etc clean...which he gets from me. And I love how excited he is to be a big brother. I think he had a great birthday. We gave him clothes, a book, train tracks for his train set, and Legos. He loves the Legos...they are way fun for him...and Josh! We just chilled around the house on his actual birthday, and played with him...I think he enjoyed that. He did have school the morning of his birthday and was very excited to take cupcakes to his friends at school.

The day after his birthday he had his 3 year old check up, which included shots...he did quite well with them and only cried for about 30 seconds at the most. The nurses couldn't believe how cute he was when he was crying. One of the nurses said to him (after giving him a shot), "Oh, can I just give you a hug...you are so cute." He does have a very cute sad/crying face...which sucks me right in sometimes. Anyway, he is doing well. He is 40 inches tall, which is the 95th percentile and he weighs 36.8 pounds, which is the 89th percentile...so he is still a big boy...which we already knew. Happy birthday little Bridger...we love you!

Bridger's birthday party...

We celebrated Bridger's birthday over the weekend...it was a few days early, but that worked out the best. It's hard to believe he is going to be 3! Anyway, we had a great little family party. Bridger requested a long time ago that he have a dinosaur cake for his birthday. I made him one...it took forever, but it turned out pretty good and he absolutely loved it! We had yummy turkey burritos and chips and salsa...Bridger loves Mexican food, especially chips and salsa! He got a lot of great presents, including: a new coat, a ball thing he calls "Grub", a book, a puzzle/book, 4 in one puzzle, an aquadoodle, dinosaurs, Kung Fu Panda, clothes, and my favorite...underwear...oh I wish everyone could have seen his reaction to that...it was hilarious! And that does not include anything we are giving him...we're saving it for his actual birthday...anyway, he's very loved! He really enjoyed having everyone here for him and was excited about it all day! Oh, one of my favorite things he said/did was during the cake and ice cream time. He finished blowing out the candles on his cake, so I took the cake to the counter to cut it. When Aunt Felicia handed him his piece of cake, he looked at her and said, "What did you do to my cake?" He didn't understand at first that the cake was to eat, because he loved the dinosaur! Such a funny boy! Thanks to all our family for making his party great and for all the wonderful gifts!

Trick-or-treating...

Our adorable little "Blue Monster"!!

Bridger was so excited to go trick-or-treating! It took forever to get him into his costume because he was just way too excited! He would hardly pose for any pictures, because he just wanted to get going...so, there is only one picture of him before. When he got back he immediately took his costume off because it got wet due to the rain! So, I am just glad I got some pictures of him in his costume at the Halloween parties we've been too. He was pretty excited about all the candy he got...he made out pretty well and they weren't even gone that long! Oh, we have a ton of kids around here, so we had a lot of trick-or-treaters...at least 160...a little crazy! Anyway, Bridger was way excited for Halloween and now I can't believe it's over and that it's November already!

Pumpkin Carving...

Don't we look so safe with all those knives lying around?!

Bridger's pumpkin...Josh's pumpkin...Sarah's pumpkin

We picked out pumpkins on Monday, but didn't carve them until Wednesday. We had huge pumpkins and they ended up having super thick rhine, so it was a major pain to carve them! Anyway, cleaning out the pumpkins always makes mine and Josh's hands super itchy, so Josh got some latex gloves so that it would hopefully help a bit. Josh cut Bridger's pumpkin open and told him to reach in and pull out the stuff inside. Bridger looked at Josh and said, "Can I have your gloves please?" Oh my...he really has issues with getting his hands dirty! Anyway, we put my gloves on Bridger, but even then he was still nervous about putting his hands in the pumpkin. He pulled out a little bit of the insides, but not much so it was mostly Josh and I doing all the work! I had Bridger tell me what he wanted the face to look like...he wanted circle eyes, triangle nose, and an angry face...Bridger's angry face isn't very mean looking, but we tried to mimick it as close as we could! Josh carved the pumpkin...kudos to him because he had to carve his own and like I said they were a big pain! Anyway, I think all of our pumpkins turned out cute. Oh and Josh informed me that we are going to go out and shoot them now that Halloween is done...yep, I'll let you know how that goes...lol!

Preschool Halloween Party...

We had a little preschool party on Wednesday. We combine with another preschool play group for field trips and parties, so it's fun to have everyone there! The party went great and I think Bridger had a great time! One of the games that we played was wrapping up the children in toilet paper to look like mummies. Bridger was a good sport, but he didn't really like it too much as he informed me, "I don't think I really like this!" There were several other games, yummy Halloween food, and a pinata. It was hilarious watching 2 and 3 year olds trying to hit the pinata. They did pretty good though! It was a great party and Bridger loved being there with all of his friends! Oh, I forgot my camera for the party so thanks Katie for emailing me some pics!!

Pumpkin painting...

I thought it would be fun for Bridger to paint the pumpkin he got from his field trip, so tonight I pulled out the paints and let him go for it. He did a great job and really got into it! He did get a little paint on his hands a time or two and was kind of annoyed at that, but I just kept assuring him it was fine and that we could wash it when he was all done. He is probably about the cleanest painter I've ever seen! Anyway, his pumpkin turned out cute and it was a fun little project for him!

Halloween Party...

Josh's work had their annual Halloween Party this past Wednesday. We've never made it to the Halloween party before, but were glad we made it this year...it was a lot of fun and Bridger loved it...plus he got to wear his blue monster costume! The party is put on by honorary colonels, basically very generous people that throw parties for the police department throughout the year. Anyway, they had the place decorated very cute. There were goody bags on the tables for everyone, with quite an assortment. They also served dinner, had quite a few games, and had cookies to decorate. There was a "fishing pond" which Bridger thought was awesome...he won a little parachute Frankenstein, which he calls his "little dude"! There was also a cake walk...kind of like musical chairs, but when your picture is chosen, you get a cupcake. Bridger immediately began eating his cupcake as soon as it was given to him...he loves his treats! He was also given glow stick bracelets, which he thought was cool! Notice the last picture...that is what he did with those bracelets on the way home...silly boy! I just love that he is old enough to really enjoy things like this, it is just so fun to watch him! Now, he has a Halloween party for preschool next week and then it's time for the big night! He's super excited for all of these festivities!

More Halloween Fun...

My sister-in-law, Felicia, invited Bridger and I up for a sleepover, along with my mother-in-law (Julie) and other sister-in-law(Kayley). Bridger was way excited to go to Feli's house! We first had some dinner at a yummy little cafe, called Normandie's Cafe. Bridger was so funny there! The waiter came by and asked us how we were doing. Bridger was looking at the menu, so he replied to the waiter, "I'm just looking at your stuff!" After dinner, Julie and Kayley were looking at a design on a cake at the cafe, trying to figure out what it was...Bridger told them "It's a cake."...of course! After dinner we played a game, watched a bit of "Ice Age", then Bridger went to bed. After he was in bed, we watched "P.S. I Love You." It was a very cute movie! This morning, we took Bridger to Wheeler Farm where they had a lot of fun Halloween activities going on. Bridger was able to pick out a pumpkin and decorate it, we made a scarecrow, went on a wagon ride, looked at animals which he loved, but I think maybe his favorite was playing in a little tree house they had there. We had a great time, but were definitely tired by the end of the day!

Cornbelly's...

This was the "cow ride"...it was probably his favorite!

Today, Bridger had a field trip for his little preschool play group. It was so fun, I am glad we were able to go (we were a little bit late due to a doctor's appointment). For those of you around here, Cornbelly's is at Thanksgiving Point and it was amazing...they had so many fun things for the kids to do! Some of the things Bridger was able to do include: jumping on a giant "pillow", a straw ride, a cow ride (they were pulled by a tractor), slides, diggers, a corn pit, play houses, and more! After the cow ride, he said, "I want to go tell that man thank you." That "man" was the driver for the ride...I was impressed that he came up with that one on his own! He really loved the play houses...but was a stinker and kept hiding so I couldn't take his picture...he thought that was hilarious! He also got to pick out a pumpkin. It took him quite a while to find the perfect pumpkin. He didn't want one that was dirty...kind of hard when you are in a pumpkin patch. I kept explaining to him that we can wash it, so finally he picked one out and said "It's okay, we can wash it when we get home." Now we need to decorate it! It was a fun day and he really had a great time...I love taking him to things like that...he is at such a fun age!