Memories

I saw this on a friend's blog and thought it was a cool idea

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn’t matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!
2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It’s actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I’ll assume you’re playing the game and I’ll come to your blog and leave one about you. If you don’t want to play on your blog, or if you don’t have a blog, I’ll leave my memory of you in my comments.

Baby Tankini and a Bumbo Chair

Kensington is always trying to sit up so I finally broke down and bought her a bumbo chair. I think they are incredibly overpriced but we have this great kid's consignment shop and they had one for half the price so we got it. While we shopping I was looking at the clearance rack and found the cutest tankini. I'm pretty big on modesty most of the time but it was so cute and shes just a baby so I bought it for her. We haven't actually taken her swimming in it yet but I couldn't wait to put it on her.


She loves her new bumbo chair. She keeps trying to launch herself out of it but she likes being able to sit up. Her little thighs are almost to chubby to fit in the leg holes which is just hilarious to me. I hope she doesn't get too big for it before she learns to sit up on her own.

Vacation!!!

I was starting to miss my family a little bit so we decided to head to Washington for the 4th. Todd had never been there before so we were both pretty excited. Kensington did great on the airplane. I was a little nervous but she fell asleep before the plane took off and didn't wake up until after we landed.
We spent the first day in Seattle and Bellevue. Seattle was incredibly crowded so we only stayed for a a couple of hours. It turned out to be more of a driving tour than a walking tour because we were both so tired. I got to see some old friends and were able to walk around the temple grounds. They were doing work on the steeple so it looked a little unusual but it was still nice.

Downtown Seattle and The Temple

We spent the 4th at my sister Erin's house. She lives out in this little small town that is pretty country. Its wet enough there that fireworks are legal. They had a huge bonfire in the back yard and spent hours setting off fireworks.
We ended up getting bumped off our return flight so we got another day in Washington. Erin came up to my parent's house with the kiddos we hung out for an extra day. Erin has 3 boys and a little girl that is 6 weeks older than Kensington. It was fun to see the 2 babies together. They have similarities but they are also so different.

Auntie Becca

The GrandparentsKensington and Gracie
We had a great trip. It was so nice to see my family and take some time off work. I can't wait until we get to do it again.

Wonder Tot

Kensington's cousin Dylan had a Super Hero birthday party on Saturday. People were suppose to come dressed in costume. I thought it would be cute to dress Kensington up as something Wonder Woman seemed perfect. I did some research and there is an actual character that appears in some of the comics that is Wonder Tot or Wonder Woman as a Toddler. I picked Wonder Tot so I wouldn't have to find a tube top for Kensington. The party was great and Kensington looked so cute in her costume.

Happy Baby

Eating up the Hulk

Fighting with the Hulk fistSuper Hero Family
All the Pictures

What's In a Name?

Much to my surprise not very many people have asked where Kensington's name came from. I don't know if people just don't care or don't want to ask or what. I wanted all of my kids to have interesting but not wierd names. I mean I'm not naming my kid Moxie Crimefighter or Pilot Inspektor but I don't want to name them Jessica or Jennifer or something like that. So Kensington is named after a street. I use to drive by Kensington Dr every day on my commute and I just thought it was a cool name. It doesn't actually mean anything but it is a palace in England and the royal borrough of London. I like royalty so I thought that was cool.

Along with interesting first names I wanted my kids to have family names and to have 2 middle names. Todd and I went back and forth on the 2 middle names thing but I finally won. Kensington's middle names are Jewell Christine which is my Grandmother's name and Christine is my middle name. My Grandmother is one of the most interesting and neat people that I know and I would love it if Kensington grew up to be something like her.

All of this explaination is because I finally got a sign made for Kensington's room that has her name on it. Its something I've wanted to do since she was born and it only took four months. yeah!

Child Abuse

So yes Kensington is our first child and yes we still have not gotten out of the phase of treating her like a toy hence the following video.

At first Todd just stuck the pickle in her mouth so she would make a face but all she ended up doing was sucking on the end of the pickle. Quite funny. Since that didn't work Todd took a bite of the pickle and then squeezed the pickle juice into her mouth. I love this video not just for Kensington's reactions but because Todd is cracking up in the background. Hilarious!

Pictures for Daddy

So for Father's Day all Todd asked for was pictures of the baby. One afternoon while she was particularly happy I took her upstairs and snapped what seems like a million pictures. So now Todd has pictures of the baby but they are still just on the computer. I really should frame some or something but I can't decide which one(s). What do you think?