Kenley and Cooper's Blog

Last weekend, we told Kenley that she has a new little cousin on the way! Here's a video of her reaction. She told us that Michal should have a baby girl and name her "Sugar." Then she tried to change the subject.

Our thanksgiving brings sad news.  Michael's grandfather, "Opa," passed away this weekend. He was an amazing person and a huge role model in Michael's life.  We are very sad to see him go. We are even more thankful than usual for our amazing families this year, and especially all of our wonderful grandparents. Here are some photos from our Brehm Family thanksgiving in Portland. (For a fun look back in time, see photos from 2009 ( part 1 and part 2 ) and 2010 ). Kenley was actually awake to enjoy our thanksgiving dinner with the family! She loved the mashed potatoes. Here's Jason, Michal, and the Frieslet tucking in. An amazing cake made by cousin Elie for Grandpa Bert's birthday.  Happy Birthday Grandpa Bert! Cousin Sammy reads a book to Kenley.  They were best friends after that. Great Grandpa Bert coloring with Kenley. All the cousins who were at thanksgiving. Great Grandparents Bert and D...

Here's another video! Apparently I hit my daily limit yesterday.

Here's another cute video of KK playing in her crib.

Here's a video of KK playing in her crib!

Well, it finally happened.  We had an idea it might be coming since Kenley climbed out of her pack 'n play while she was supposed to be napping on Sunday at Michal and Jason's house. This morning, she finally climbed out of her crib.  I heard a thump while I was in the shower when I thought everyone was sleeping, and was immediately suspicious.  Sure enough, I scrambled out of the shower and found KK standing in the hallway, looking pretty proud of herself!  Since we knew this day was coming soon, we decided to just take it as a sign that it is time to "convert" our convertible crib to a toddler bed.  We took off the side and put up a bed rail.  She was pretty excited about it, but had a hard time falling asleep.  Finally, we closed the door and left her to her own devices, and then found her like this! We'll see how she sleeps!

Hi everyone! Big news this week - I got a job! Kind of.  I'll be doing another clerkship with a judge at Division 2 of the court of appeals in Tacoma through August, replacing another clerk who left.  So it is short term, but its something! I start on Thursday. Meanwhile, I quit my contract work and gave myself a few days of fun, fall cleaning, and catching up.  We had a fun three day weekend! On Friday, we took a family day trip to Leavenworth, our favorite pseudo-bavarian village. Kenley was great (despite the long drive) and we had a lot of fun.  On the drive up, we spontaneously stopped at the Reptile Zoo, where Michael and I were totally creeped out and Kenley loved everything, including touching the corn snake. Yuck! Kenley's other favorite part of the day was the Christmas store.  Daddy's was the beer and german food at Andreas Keller.  We also went to the Children's Museum (thanks Youngs for our membership!), had dinner with Mary and M...

Here are some photos our friend Ali took of Kenley at a Halloween party thrown by our friends from our pregnancy group.  First activity - toddler friendly pumpkin decorating! Kenley and her decorated pumpkin. Then, Kenley got to decorate her own cookies.  She surprisingly evenly distributed a precise amount of sprinkles to each cookie.  Look how cute she is, concentrating on her project! Thank you Alicia, Mark, and Avery for hosting us!