I think they might be sisters.

See any resemblance??

Brooklyn Kennedy

Makena Ashtyn

Brooklyn 3 Months

Brooklyn is precious in her very own special way. Her very unique personality gets more vibrant every day. She has the cutest belly laugh and the biggest open mouth smile you have ever seen. She can get a little impatient from time to time. I think she gets that from her Daddy. :) However, she may have to wait a little longer because most of the day I run a zone defense. Overall, she is a happy baby and I have loved every minute with her. She is going to be chasing Riggins and Makena in no time.

Brooklyn stands upright with the strongest little legs. She can stand holding on to my fingers. She is having problems going more than 4 hours between feedings at night. Her feeding changed right at 3 months and we haven't seen very long stints of time at night or during the day. She started nursing only 5-10 minutes each time which is less than half what she was doing before. We plan to watch her weight to make sure she continues to gain weight. The thought is that she is just getting more efficient. At 3 months she weighs an unofficial 13 pounds. Two pounds more than last month.

Thank you God for my precious little girl...and my big girl too! They are so amazing.

Potty Tr....Trying

I am really behind in the blogging world. I have yet to post a month 2 update for Brooklyn and she is about to be 3 months old. Not to mention a number of events that I have yet to post pictures for between now and then. We'll just chaulk it up to trying to get enough sleep and having little time to get on the computer without a couple of sweet little distractions. However, I wanted to make a note about today. My little...or actually big...girl is changing by the day. She amazes me with what she can say and do. I bought her some big girl panties a number of weeks ago in anticipation of potty training at some point. I have showed her the panties a few times. She has put them on over her diaper and other times just ignored them. However, today she decided she wanted them on so I thought we might as well try. We have sat her on the potty before baths and other various times over the past number of months with the hopes that she wouldn't be afraid of the big potty. Every once in a while she would go, other times she would not. So after her nap we ditched the diaper and put on Makena's big girl panties. We sat on the potty every few minutes (using a 15 minute timer). After a couple of hours we still had no success. She drank a huge glass of milk as this point so I knew it had to be coming. We sat on the potty again...nothing. However, just a few minutes after I took her off the potty down her legs it came. She wasn't sure what to think. We cleaned up the mess and I asked her if she wanted panties or diaper and she of course insisted on the diaper. I continued to remind her that we were going to have to sit on the potty. After dinner and getting close to bedtime, I told her it was time to go try again and we had SUCCESS! She did both and we danced and sang! I think she thought she was pretty big stuff. We'll see what tomorrow brings. I don't think I am quite ready for hard core but we are going to see how it goes. If she is interested tomorrow, we'll try again. But today was a good day...in 4 or 5 hours we had one accident and 2 successes. Love my girls! I can't believe they are growing up so fast.

Brooklyn is 2 Months Old!

Can't believe my baby is two months old! Here she is on her big day. Happy 2 months Brooklyn.The Lee girls were in town...here is Makena with Hannah and Faith.

Here is Melanie, my BFF, with Makena and Kara with Brooklyn.

My sweet girl sleeping.

And I couldn't resist the "bow head" picture.

At 2 months old Brooklyn weighed 11 pounds and 23.5 inches long. Her head is 15.5 inches around. She is growing right on track. Dr. T said she looks great. She loves to stand on her legs. She does not like to bend at the waste. Makena was like that too. Brooklyn is so alert for her age. She really makes eye contact and smile the cutest open mouth smile you have ever seen. She may be my little social butterfly. She started cooing and making noises. So precious!

Sleeping and eating is not very scheduled and is still on demand. She is still eating 6-8 times a day and varying times she is sleeping through the night. The longest is around 7.5 hours between feedings. Therefore her 1 month start of 7 hours did not continue on an everyday basis but we take what we can get and try to make it through the days Mommy doesn't get much sleep.

Brooklyn continues to be a mover and a shaker. She squirms and kicks all the time. Sometimes I wonder if she doesn't sleep very long at night because she kicks and moves constantly. A lot of the time she sleeps through it but I think it wakes her some as well. We stopped swaddling her because she would scream and fight until she got her arms out.

Brooklyn still has her blue/gray eyes and the little bit of hair she was born with. She continues to look a lot like her Daddy but maybe with my nose. Hard to tell at this point but it continues to look broader than Don's...more like Makena's. I think she is going to favor Don more from those beautiful blue eyes to her long little toes.

Weekend with Granny B

When Granny B comes to town, the girls can't get enough of her. Makena has nothing to do with the rest of us when "B" is around. She wants B to get her out of bed, dress her, play with her, give her a bath, and put her to bed. Like I said the rest of us kinda disappear. Makena will occasionally share B with Brooklyn.And Riggins just hangs around trying to squeeze in a little B time too.

We love you Granny B! Thanks for spending last weekend with us.

Happy 65th Grandpa Don...

Makena, Brooklyn and I never had the chance to meet Grandpa Don, but we know we see pieces of him every day in Daddy Don. Happy Birthday Grandpa Don and thank you for raising such a wonderful man to pass on your wit and wisdom. Most of all thank you for teaching him about his Lord and Savior. Although we never knew you here, we are striving to be united with you one day in heaven.

22 Months for Makena

A few pictures from the last month...

At the Woodpark with B

Swinging with B

Diapering Little Sister

Her new obsession...thanks Daddy

Patting Sister

Where does she get this from??

Makena was jealous of Papa getting hugs from B

Chip off the old block

Makena likes the play mat too!

Things to remember about Makena's 22nd month.

"I wuv you, mommy"

"I wuv you, daddy"

"I wuv you, reecies (Riggins)"

"I wuv you, Brook"

"Peese and tank u"

"I sorry, momma", which is sometimes not needed so we are working on that too.

"microwave"

"help deeshes"...she loves to help at the sink, which usually includes a soaked shirt.

More diaper changes on Elmo and her babies and dressing them than you will ever know.

Elmo, elmo, elmo...

Ahhh...Daddy put her Elmo videos on her iphone (an old one that doesn't fully work). Sometimes the batteries have to die for a day or two. :)

Loves for me to sing:

- The Itsy, Bitsy Spider

- ABCs

- Twinkle, Twinkle little star

She counted to five while we were cooking. I was totally shocked but I haven't been able to get her to do it again.

She loves Bible Class and Small Group. She loves to talk about all of her classmates and friends (Heidi, McKenna, Jackson, Baby Ryan, and many more). She can say most of their names.

If you talk about Granny B, she will tell you she is with "Pawpaw" and "Ty-er" at home. "Pawpaw" is usually checking his "cows". I can't wait for her to see the cows again. It has been a while since she has been around them.

Eating:

- She is still picky. There aren't many staples. Her tastes seem to want variety. Strawberries will be great one day but the next she will only eat bananas. Grapes and crackers are usually a good choice. She likes peanut butter and honey. On occassion she will eat a bite of chicken.

- Potatoes and refried beans are good most of the time, but other veggies are off the table right now. I still put them on her plate but usually she won't eat them. We are working on her eating more and more of what we eat. She loves fruit, just not the same kind too close together.

- She loves to eat with her fork and spoon and is now sitting in her booster seat so that little sister can join us at the table in the big high chair.

Loves Reading:

- "I am a Big Sister"

- Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

- If you Give a Pig a Party

- Her Bible

- We have had a few more successes on the potty but we haven't started potty training yet.

My Fancy Girls...

Thanks Granny B for the sweet outfits...and Valentine's Elmo (he is becoming our best friend). We took some time today to take a few pictures.
Hugs for Daddy...

Elmo learning to kick the ball to Riggins.

More precious poses...

Family Time

We were able to spend the long weekend with family. Time was spent at the park where Riggins got a little "fetch" time. Daddy and Makena had a great time! We had a great time on the walk. The weather has been wonderful.

Uncle Marcus holding Sadie (2.5 weeks) and Auntie Amanda holding Brooklyn (5.5 weeks).

Marcus playing with Caleb and Makena.

Luke hanging out.

Auntie Amanda getting a little more cuddle time with Brooklyn.

Luke gets a little Mommy time.

Makena's first trip up the big slide. Took "tongue" concentration.

Uncle Marcus pushing Caleb.
Makena decided Elmo (Valentine's day gift from Granny B) needed to take a stroll in the backyard.

Just a cute pic of Brooklyn...should have been her Valentine's outfit.

Happy Valentine's Day Daddy!

Happy Valentine's day Daddy! Makena baked cupcakes especially for you. Brooklyn supervised but mom forgot to take a picture of her.

Brooklyn is 1 Month Old!

My baby girl turned 1 month old on February 12th. She is 22 inches long, 9 pounds 9.6 oz, and her head is 13 inches around. She is getting so big. We have had a great month with Daddy at home with us. Brooklyn is sleeping ok but is still pretty inconsistent. She did go 7 hours between feedings after Papa rocked her to sleep on Friday night. What a way to bring in your 1 month birthday with eating and 7 hours of beauty rest!! Was great for me too!

Brooklyn is eating well and gaining right on track. She went from 9 pounds 6.4 ounces at 3 weeks to 9 pounds 9.6 ounces at 1 month and 2 days (Valentine's Day). She is now eating from 6-8 times most days.

She is holding her head up and looking around more and more. This morning she even smiled at me...usually smiles occur while she is sleeping. Her eyes are currently still blue/gray. We'll see if they stick around or if she'll have brown eyes like her momma. Another thing she does is hold on very tight. I don't remember Makena doing that. I remember Makena pulling her hands away when you touched them. Brooklyn loves to hang on to things, whether it be your finger, shirt or my hair. Here are a few pictures capturing this month. I also have some others that Jennifer took that I will post soon. They turned out wonderful!

Brooklyn at one month in the outfit that I came home in 30 plus years ago.
Brooklyn with Papa on the morning of her first outing to church.

Granny B and Papa with Brooklyn before church. I wish you could see her dress better. It is a beautiful Feltmon Brothers dress from a friend, along with a beautiful crocheted sweater.

Our family of four before Brooklyn's first trip to church at Prestoncrest.

One more picture in my coming home outfit.

Special outfits from Janet and Becky. Love them! Thanks for the outfits!

Resting up...maybe getting ready to go shopping. :)

Brooklyn's first bath at home on January 20th. She did not like it, but she likes them much better now.