an early bloomer...

kennedy has always been independent. i am beginning to wonder, however, if this newfound independence is about to smack us in the bum say, ummm, around the age of two. which, just in case you don't already know, happens in less than a month. so here we are trying to figure out which "challenges" to address and which ones to let go. momma always said you have to choose your battles carefully because you can't win everyone... here is an example from this morning...

Me- kennedy, you want some juice?

K- juice? surah! (sure)

Me- picking cup out of fridge and handing it to her

K-no! my juice! oh no.

Me- you don't want juice?

K- (whine, whine, cry.... me juice...)

Me- do you want a box of juice or your cup?

K- boc juice momma.... whine.

Me- ok, Kennedy, here is your box of juice.

K- nooooo..... whine and cry some more

Me- do you want to get it yourself

K- SURAH!

five minutes later she was sitting in her chair at the kitchen table drinking her morning juice while i made her cereal. we had a similar situation at lunch b/c she HAD to put the straw in the "boc juice" herself. lord help us...

Labor Day 2009

we all loaded up and went down to lehigh to stay with buck and his family for the labor day weekend. we grilled out, had a dance off, and went to the beach. this was kennedy's first trip to the beach and she had a blast!

earlene and mom sitting ocean side watching everyone swim

checking out the waves with thomas

swimming with most of the cousins

awww. giving each other kisses -- how sweet

we went to visit sam and donnie while we were in lehigh. kennedy found this captain jack sparrow wig that donnie wore last year for halloween and she could not be separated from it. i had to chase her around the house for 20 minutes to get a picture!

heyah mama...

heyah dada, i do it, i got it, all gone, all done, and liiiiyiii (Lily)are a few of kennedy's new words. she will also repeat just about anything you tell her to as long as it isn't longer than 3 words. she can now take her shoes on and off all by herself, and thinks that anytime we walk out the back door that we are all going to "swin" in the "puuul". i never thought i would be able to speak toddler, but have found myself catching on rather quickly! it is pretty funny to listen to her talk because she talks like a miniature thomas -- accent and all. ;-) dooah (door) - suuah (sure) - for some strange reason anything she says that has an "r" in it sounds just like someone from new england... i guess she is holding dear to her "chowdahead" roots! ;-)