I only have my class for 7.5 more hours. 3 half days. 1 holiday. 1 teacher work day. Then freedom for the rest of the summer. I can’t wait to spend my whole summer with K-bug. Anyone up for play dates?

The teacher nerd in me is so excited about this week at daycare. Sherry is having fun week. Everyday revolves around one of the students and their interest. She had to combine two students tomorrow due to the holiday Monday. Tomorrow is game day for Nicholas and read-a-thon for michael. I am so excited that I packed up 5 of Kennedy’s favorite books (don’t let the pidgeon drive the bus and chicka chicka boom boom are two of her most favorite!) I am also packing up her birthday cake leapfrog toy as her game. The rest of the week is Ava’s water day, Madison’s bubble day, and Kennedy’s music day. Love it!

Hey Guys! It’s me Kennedy! I’ve been super busy learning all kinds of stuff lately. My favorite word it dog. I like to call Daddy “Dog” even though I know his name. His reaction makes me giggle! I love daycare. I have a really good friend there named Ava. She has pretty hair that I like to play with. Sometimes I really wanna pull it, but when I do Ava cries. When Ava cries I cry. I don’t like to see my friend be sad. Mrs. Sherry is really nice too. I always hate to leave her house when Mommie comes to pick me up. Mommie says it hurts her feelings that I cry when it is time to go home. Mrs. Sherry taught me something really fun! She taught me to count! I can count to 6 all by myself! I like to count everything!

There is something going on that doesn’t make me happy. My mommie keeps putting cold white stuff in cups and calling it milk. That isn’t milk. Milk is that sweet yummy stuff that is served at 98.6 degrees whenever I want it. That stuff Mommie is calling milk is NOT MILK. Don’t let her try to fool you by putting that yucky stuff in a cup. Also Mommie and Mrs. Sherry keep saying it is time that I learn to hold my own cup. How silly is that? Why would I hold my own cup or bottle? Seriously that is why you have hands! To hold it for me:) Mommie has spend all her money trying to buy new cups. Some are soft. Some are hard. Some are tall. Some are short. Some are fat. Some ar skinny. Some even have straws. I’m holding firm though. No way am I drinking from that. Yuck! I am not drinking this white stuff you call “milk” Mom! I’m going to nurse forever! Just call me no bottle – no cup Kennedy!

Wanna know something else cool? I woke up polka dotted the other day. They didn’t itch and I got to see Dr. Kyle so that was cool. I also got to take some medicine that tasted like bubblegum. Yummy! I love medicine! Mommie and Daddy don’t know what made me Polkadotted, but they are gone now.

Well I’m going to bed sans lovie. I don’t really miss her that much. I have a really cool HUGE monkey that sleeps with me now.

Love,
Kennedy

This has been one of the best weekends of my whole life. Kennedy turned one on Friday. (pictures will be coming soon.)

Saturday May 8: Jay was out of town. Kennedy grabbed her ears. I knew she was getting a tooth, but does this cause you to pull your ears? Hmm not sure? Off to the pediatrician’s special sick hours. Yep, they pull their ears when they are teething.

Thursday May 13: NOT! Back to the pediatrician. Still pulling ears. Still coughing. Still snotty. Tooth is completely in. Diagnosis, ear infection!

Friday: I took off of work a little early on Friday to throw Kennedy a party at daycare. It was so special. The kids enjoyed pizza, capri sun, and ice cream cone cupcakes. Kennedy ate almost her entire cupcake! Kennedy got some sweet toys from the kids and for the first time in her life she actually stood up for herself. Typically Kennedy is the kind of kid that is called “easy going.” Older kids would take toys from her and she would smile and find another toy. She was always being taken advantage of because she was “easy going”. Well not any more ladies and gentlemen! As of Friday when her friend tried to take her toy she fought back! She grabbed. She pulled. She went to pull hair. She may have even gotten a slap in on the other child! I have never been so proud. I am Proud that she stood up for herself. The “easy going” label was just getting old. Way to go Kennedy! You are now a strong independent woman who Will Not be taken advantage of!

Saturday: 35 of her closest friends and family came together at our family lake house. We had a pink and green celebration which included boat rides, tubing, kiddie pools, swimming in the lake, cake, hot dogs, and so much fun. I was told that people had never seen a one year old have so much fun at her party. She played and she played hard. She went on her first boat ride which she LOVED. She waved and said “wee” the whole time! We decided the lake may be the annual location for the birthday party. She partied so hard that she actally fell asleep at 6:30! (this is VERY early for our little girl.) My friend and photographer of the day, Sarah, just posted pictures on facebook. Check them out there until I can upload my own.

Sunday: Doc, Dori, Blake, Papa Lovett, and Grammy all stayed at the lake with us. We enjoyed an early morning breakfast and Kennedy really enjoyed checking out the sprinkler with papa lovett. It was sad to see out special weekend come to an end.

Monday: Happy birthday Jay! We didn’t forget about you!

Cool 1 year old facts:

Words: Mama, Daddy, La la, uh oh, see, what’s that, mine, go, dog, duck, balloon, night night, potter, hi, bye bye, boat, and no
Motor skills: crawling, pulling up, cruising
Fine motor skills: eating all kinds of food with her fingers, scribbles on paper with a pen
Favorite: monkey stuffed animal that we named Blink, house toy, wagon rides, boat rides
Dislikes: baked beans, cranberries, drinking from a sippy cup
Cool facts: still nursing 4 times a day, sleeps from 8:30-6:30, naps once a day 2 hours for sherry 1 hour for me, only a few more week before school gets out!

We are almost finished with all the details for Kennedy’s one year old birthday party. We have table decorations, a cake, a location, invitations sent. We have silverware and cups, birthday outfits and birthday presents. It is going to be the best one year old birthday party Kennedy will ever have!

I have lost count of all the words my sweet girl can say. She is now starting to string together a series of words. Today she said “no no po-er” (potter). This week we have also heard her say Lala (lauren) and mine. Her newest trick is to put her hand up and say “no” when she doesn’t want what you are offering her. She also can receptively identify mama, daddy, and Kennedy in our family picture. I love hearing her sweet little words!

She is currently playing with her birthday present from Mama and Daddy. We bought her a play and learn learning home toy by Fisher Price. Her favorite thing to do with it is ring the doorbell and open the mailbox, put mail in, crawl to the other side, and pull the mail back out. I love seeing her doing imaginary play.

Have I told you all that she is crawling now? No not the typicall I’m heading to Iraq crawl, a real crawl. Belly off the floor cute little crawl. She is all over the place now. She also has learned to pull up, especially in her crib. She finally learned to sit back down yesterday. That made for some bad night when she would stand up and scream for mama to come get her down. Now if we could just get this baby walking!