Welcoming 2012

For New Year's, we flew to Boise for the weekend to see some friends and show off our little bundle. We have missed our Boise friends dearly since moving a year and a half ago and it was awesome to get to see everyone. We were even able to see Jory's brother, Jamey and our nephew, Andy who drove down for a night. And we got to have dinner with our friends Dan and Tara who drove in from Twin Falls. I do not have nearly enough pictures from the weekend but here are a few... In her party dress and ready to go to dinner
Hanging out with Sydnee and Brennan.
Sydnee and Brennan are our best friends, Jeremy and Ashley's, kids. They also have another son Jax (not pictured) who is 9 months old (Kennedy's boyfriend). We stayed with them for the weekend and enjoyed getting all of the kids together. They spoiled us the entire time with great company and awesome food! Jeremy is an amazing cook and we spent most of our days hanging out in the kitchen chit chatting while Jeremy cooked us meal after meal. I can't believe that I don't have any pictures of the adults but what can you do?

Last Family picture of 2011

Sydnee just loved holding baby Kennedy

Enjoying a nice lazy Sunday

Nana and Papa

Enjoying some snugs with her Nana and Papa. Kennedy is the first grandbaby on the Carter side, 7th grandbaby on the Chase side, and has been more than spoiled since the day she arrived!

This little girl already has these two wrapped around her little finger!

Christmas Morning @ 9 Weeks Old

It 'twas the night before Christmas...

Now that we are back in Mount Vernon, I finally got to host a holiday!! Everyone came over to our house on Christmas Eve for a turkey and ham dinner, with all the fixings plus, plenty of deserts and candy! We had such a great time as just the 10 of us!

The Carter/Chase/Bobik Family in Pictures...We set the timer and tried to get a family photo...its just not as easy as it sounds! And notice how un-phased/annoyed Jory is at the whole process :-)

Zoe decided to roll all over Caitlin getting white dog hair on her black leggings mid-photo shoot!

I think we got a few good ones in there!Kennedy got a Bumbo from her Auntie Lindsay and Uncle Aaron

Which she loved!

Kennedy met her Uncle Jordan for the first time

And she loved him!

Thought he was hilarious

With Auntie Tessa who was home from Hawaii for only 6 days! That's just not long enough for us!

Maggie, Bailey and Zoe got presents too! Even though they were naughty most of the year!

Mr. & Mrs. Chase

The Parents

Lindsay and Aaron. Aaron is sporting his new bike gloves!

Caitlin, Kennedy and I checking out Kennedy's new book.

We were pooped at the end of the night but had such a great time!! It is such a blessing to be back with the family!

The Eve of Christmas Eve

Every year we go to my Aunt Karen's house for a Christmas party on the Eve of Christmas Eve. There is loads of food, presents and fun and even a $5 gift exchange where you can expect anything from candy, a whoopy cushion, something from the Goodwill, or better yet, something from the prior year. All dressed up and ready to go. Poor little Maggie wants to be in the picture. She's been a little neglected since Kennedy came along :-(
Sisters
Caitlin, Lindsay, Me and Tessa

With our Brother

The entire Carter Family

(This picture didn't turn out as well as we thought because you can't really see everyone. We'll try again next year)

If you look really close you can see Jory holding Kennedy up high!

The annual cousin picture

Grandma and Grandpa Carter with their Great Granddaughter

8 Week Status Update

I honestly can't believe how fast time flies by! Here is Kennedy at 2 months old!

As of December 16, 2011, Kennedy is 12 pounds 2 ounces and 24 inches long which puts her in the 90th percentile for weight and the 98th percentile for height. She is our little string bean!

She got her 8 week shots on December 16, 2011. Her face was so sad! We both cried!!

She is "talking" more and more.

She loves it when you lay her down on her changing table. She will coo and smile back at you the entire time you are changing her.

Kennedy is always full of smiles in the morning. I will usually sit her up in her boppy and she will smile and coo at me while I pump.

On the night of December 20th she slept from 10pm to 5am and on December 21st she slept from 10pm to 5:45am!!!!!!!!! Mama was very happy and felt so rested on those mornings :-) Its amazing what 7 hours of straight sleep will do for a person!

She is starting to show some interest in her toys.