This year for Christmas we spent Christmas Eve with my Family and my sister and I were so excited to celebrate both of our babies first Christmas' together. Although Kennedie is too young to care it was alot of fun shopping and getting her a few things she'll need over the next year. She got spoiled by everyone and were so grateful for all the love and support people have given us. I am so excited for Christmas to come as she grows older and her personality really starts to bloom. Here are some pics of our Holiday:

NOt diggin the whole santa thing!

Santa's Lil' Helper and man oh man is she just the cutest or what? I love that I never miss out on her smiles and that she smiles at me now. Almost every time I look at her she's smiling and it steals our hearts everytime. She is the greatest blessing my heavely father could give me and I don't think I could ever thank him enough for the second greatest gift of all. I guess with this Christmas season and the meaning behind it I am grateful for the decisions I have made that lead me to my life today.

2 months

Kennedie had her two month check up on Thursday and she's doing great. Clint had to take her to the check up because I couldn't miss work and let's face it I don't do well with shots. Clint says she cried for maybe 10 sec. and then fell asleep. She's doing great with a little fussiness, but for the most part she's still our happy little baby.

Here are her measurements:

9 lbs. 12 oz.
22 and 3/4 inches

head is 37 cm
She's very healthy although still small as can be. Shes still in the lower percentiles, but I'm not worried because she is my tiny perfect little angel.

These days she is loving her hands. She chews on them so much you would think she's starving. Still loving the tongue, but now it comes with a smile and sometimes a laugh.

MOMMYHOOD!

Two months and I am loving every minute with Kennedie. She is so amazing and I will brag that she's has slept the night since she was about 2 weeks old. She's smiling like crazy and is starting to talk to us a little bit. I love getting her up in the morning because she's always so happy. She loves her hands and we can't keep them out of her mouth.

My favorite time is at night when it's just the two of us. We have bath time and she loves it until it's time to get out and then she screams until she's dressed. Then it's time to cuddle until bedtime. I am so grateful to have the opportunity to take her to work with me everyday! Here's some of my favorite pics over the last few weeks.

Ok so here's the latest in our little family:

I am sad to report that we gave Makia to a new and better home. It's been two weeks exactly and Im still having a hard time with it. I miss her so much! Everything happened so fast I came home from work and Clint had posted her on KSL and told me that day. I started balling and told him I can' t do that because I love her so much. After talking and weighing the options we had a family call who also had a husky just a year older than her. They were trying to find him a friend because they had a huge yard (1 acre) with a dog run . The best part is they only keep there dogs outside when their gone so the dog is just one of the family which is what I hoped for because I was not going to give my baby to just anyone. We had a ton of phone calls and emails and I had a great feeling about this family. They brought their dog to make sure they got along and the dogs clicked and after alot of playing and talking we realized they were alot alike. The funniest thing is his name is Kai. I controlled my emotions til they finally took her and I balled for 3 days ( and yes I'm crying as I write this). The hard part was the next day was her 2 year birthday and I think about her everyday. We contemplated giving her away after our rough times a year ago, but we did everything we could to keep her. Despite the hair EVERYWHERE she was a beatiful and fun loving dog who just needed a yard and a friend to be with. I know Clint was right about giving her away, but I did want her and Kennedie to grow up together and Makia loved Kennedie she was very protective and loving towards her. We love you and miss you Makia Bear and you can bet I will visit her.

The next day we FINALLY closed on our house after a lot of phone calls and stress of when and where I would be living every day. We love our house and are still getting settled in. We moved to a little town house in Spanish Fork and although the location is not ideal it's amazing. Pictures will be posted as soon as we get moved in 100% it's hard with working full time and Kennedie to get much done. Most of it's unpacked thanks to my mom and her help.

The sad news is Clint's beautiful grandmother passed away after weeks in the hospital. As sad as we are to see her go we are so glad she is reuniting with our father in heaven and loved ones that have passed on before. We miss her, but the funeral was beautiful and we know we will see her again. The love she and grandpa shared is the kind of love Clint and I strive for on a daily basis. This is just one more reason to live righteously everyday. It's a reminder to never take anything for granted and to love life every minute of the day. We LOVE and MISS you dearly Grandma!

So as you can see our emotions are out of wack at our house because everything hit us all at once in one week. Trust me I didn't handle it well, but it ended better when my Rockhill family threw me an amazing baby shower and people were able to meet Kennedie for the first time.

Kennedie

Here is our last month with our sweet little angel.

The one with Jack was too funny I was getting ready to take the dogs out and so I had to get her all warm so she doesn't get sick. The purple stripes is exactly one month to the day. We love our little girl and as you can see she has grown up to be so big.

She is now 7 weeks old and has gained just over 2 pounds since birth.

She has grown up so much-Now she smiles and is starting to coo. She is awake most of the day and sleeps really well at night. Her head is tiny and perfectly round. She's just barely growing out of newborn stuff, but is too small for 0-3 months.

Her hair is so funny because she's got alot in back, but her top is very thin and she has little wispys that stick up and we cant keep them down. CLint wants to cut them, but it's her character trait so yeah right Clint!

She holds her head up really well and everyone is amazed at how well she does.

She loves her hands and does take a binky, but mostly when she's fussy.

Right now were just loving every minute with her. SHe gets to come to work with me so I'm pretty lucky I get to be with her all day long. We can't wait to celebrate the holidays with her.

I know I'm a little late at posting, but she is here!

KENNEDIE MARIE BLACK

Born Oct 4 @ 5:40 pm

6 lbs. 11 oz.

Yes I know she looks just like her daddy.

Here's our little story. I went to work with Clint the night of her due date. The guys had earned breakfast because they hit incentive. So about 3 am Sunday morning we went to Denny's to eat after working all night. As we were walking out of Denny's at about 4:30 my water broke. I turned to Clint and said, "Babe I think my water just broke!" He was just like "No it didn't, how come you only have that little spot?" Then I assured him I know I did not just pee my pants so we went home and called the hospital and I didn't think your water could break if you weren't having contractions. Turns out I had been having them all night and I just thought it was back pain from riding in the truck all night. The hospital admitted us and I let the pain continue until I couldn't take it anymore and I just wanted some sleep. Around 9 am I got my epidural and finally got some sleep. We were dilating so slow we thought we were in for a long day and i progressed slow and last I heard we were at a 5. Then all of a sudden I woke up and was in excruciating pain and started crying. I had Clint call the nurse because the epidural had worn off. Well she checked me and said well your complete we need to call the Dr. because it's time. I had dilated 5 cm in less than an hour and after alot of pushing and yelling at everyone in the room, because I was in pain she finally came and I just cried. I was so relieved that she was finally here.