Kenley and Cooper's Blog

Hi everyone! KK is 21 months this week. Just mere months away from two - crazy! Here are some pics from the last week: We haven't done a lot of movies/tv, so they are a very special treat. Here is KK enjoying Muppets Take Manhattan - she loved it, especially the "MUSIC SHOW!" at the end. Last Thursday we had a super fun visitor - Finnegan! And his mom of course. Finnegan became a big brother early Saturday morning. KK is so excited to meet her new friend Baby Gabriel! Here's a pic of where the kids decided to do headstands (???). Here's Daddy and Finn playing with the "Big, big ball!" On Saturday (after visiting new baby Gabe), we hit the road for a last minute road trip to Portland! Michael's friend and his wife, Miles and Fabi, were in town for a weekend, so we decided to go down and visit with them - and do a bunch of other visiting while we were there. We saw: Miles and Fabi, Melissa and Colin, Michael and Michelle, Erin and the Clabaugh troo...

On Friday we celebrated Papa Bert's birthday! We took him to Chinese food and then home for ice cream cake! Kenley got to sing him happy birthday and everything! Here are a few pics (thanks Aunt Michal!)! Happy Birthday Dad!

We've been busy busy with work and other things - sorry for the delay in posting pictures! Here are some pics of the fun things we have been doing! Here's another great pic of the pool we went to for Mother's Day - photo credit: Aunt Michal. Last weekend we stumbled upon some excellent fun - Maritime Days! We got to enjoy a free Seattle Harbor cruise and saw an awesome Coast Guard helicopter rescue! Kenley especially loved these remote controlled boats - they even had a mini Foss tug and a barge! On Tuesday, the 17th of May, we celebrated the 17th of May of course! We headed to Ballard for what turned out to be an awesome parade! Scandavanian pride, local bands, Norwegian costumes and sweaters galore! Kenley loved it, especially the drums in the bands, and keeps asking if we are going to a parade every time we get in the car. On Saturday, all the parents from Kenley's day care volunteered to help move the day care from one house to another, so we volunteered to open o...

Hello everyone! We had a fun and exciting weekend! Not a lot of pictures, but here's what we've got. Here's baby girl's first dress up! Check out her sweet kimono! We celebrated Mother's day with a trip to the new pool(s) at the Lynnwood Recreation Center. Look how much fun it is! After the pool, I got to go shopping with Michal and Beth while Daddy and Papa watched Kenley. Then we all reconvened for a family dinner with the Youngs and Friesens! Happy mother's day to us all! We celebrated our birthday on Sunday and Monday. Thanks to everyone for the great gifts - most especially to my husband for my brand new ipad. Maybe I will be blogging from my ipad soon! (erg - doubt it). Beth took us out for our favorite Indian food for dinner on Monday to celebrate - "yum yum!" as KK would say. Our other drama this weekend - we went car shopping! We went from two car family a few months ago due to an accident in my Vibe (not our fault), and then we found ou...

Kenley peed in the potty for the first time tonight! After many, many, many experimental tries, we were shocked when we heard the sound of a tinkle tinkle!

Hi everyone! Kenley is 20 months old! Here are some pictures from last weekend. On Saturday, we went to the Spring Game (Huskies v. Huskies)! We met the husky! Here's Kenley playing in the Kids Zone! Future quarterback? To the 50 yard line! Looking for defense! Getting the hand off! Uncle Jason and Aunt Michal played in the band! We liked listening to the band, but it didn't take us too long to decide it was "too loud!" Go Huskies! Woof woof. On Saturday, we also tore out the plants Mommy hated and bought some flowers to replace them. Here we are planting them together on Sunday! Hooray for playing in the water on a sunny day!

We love Easter! We were so excited to celebrate with the whole fam this year (Bebe and Papa missed it last year), and for Kenley to actually hunt for eggs (you might remember last year's picture where we just put KK in a pile of eggs and let her "hunt" for the eggs she could reach!). Easter basket is stuffed, food ready, eggs hid...we are ready! Kenley loved her Easter basket! It had some extras from Mama, Bebe, Grandma, and Great-Grandma. Kenley was so happy she hardly noticed what was missing...(candy!). Kenley's a pro with these instruments, which she learned how to use at music class. She was so happy to have her own set! Most of all she loved her new books! Here's Kenley with Bebe and Nan. Thanks Mary and Megan for the candy and the cool glasses! But mostly the candy.... It's time for the hunt! The rainy weather made the Easter bunny improvise and hide eggs only on the front porch and lawn...but it worked out great! Kenley is a pro now! Chocolate coins t...