first outings

We bought a double jogging stroller for our girls (thank you Grandparents for contributing!) This was their first outing together. We walked the trails in our subdivision, and surprisingly, both of our girls enjoyed it!

We spent an evening at the park with Grandma and the Stumps. Reagan loved it, as you can see...

Kennedy is awake a little more during the day, but still not tons. She looks a little like Reagan did.

Reagan loves it when you blow off the seeds on dandelions - she calls them bubbles.

Kennedy looks so precious when she sleeps. Frequently she will start laughing in her sleep - so funny!

We spent an afternoon at the Detroit Zoo. What was Reagan's favorite part? Dancing under the water!

Kennedy managed to stay awake for most of the zoo. She was a hit, everyone oohed and ahhed when we passed.

Reagan's second favorite part of the zoo - the wall of ice you can touch.

Kennedy always does funny things in her sleep.
Those are my babies!

the good news

This week has been rough with Dad in the hospital, especially since we still don't know much. He is scheduled for surgery tomorrow, and we are praying that it goes well. This week did bring one piece of good news, though... Kennedy doesn't have Cystic Fibrosis! Hooray!

reading

Reagan can read! Well, not exactly. She doesn't sound out words yet, but she recognizes tons of words. Rick was testing her last week and found that she can "read" over 70 words. We write them on her doodle thing, and she tells us what the word is. Here are some of the words she can "read"...

• The numbers one through ten
• Mommy, Daddy, Reagan and Kennedy
• All of the planets, as well as galaxies, moon, sun, stars and space
• At least 20 animals
• All four seasons
• Some of the days of the week

There are more than those, but I'm not sure where Rick put the list. Those are the ones I can remember off the top of my head. Rick wants me to try to teach Reagan to sound out simple words by the time she is two. We'll see how that goes... My Aunt suggested we have her tested after reading this article. What do you think?

big sisterhood

Reagan likes to give snuggles to her "little itty-bitty sister."

Kennedy is enjoying more awake time now - we love to see her big eyes!
Kennedy somehow managed to find her thumb already!
Cousin Kalli came to visit, so we got a shot of the three girls!
Reagan also likes to give Baby Kennedy smoochies.

Every time Kennedy is on a blanket, Reagan insists on sharing it!
6 days old!

oh baby!

Kennedy Larkin arrived yesterday morning after a very fast labor and delivery - just under 3 hours! In fact, we barely made it to the hospital in time! She made her grand entrance approximately 20 minutes after we arrived at the hospital - talk about good timing!

Our beautiful baby girl!

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Reagan meeting her sister for the first time!
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Mommy missed her big girl!
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Kennedy has a fair amount of dark hair, like her big sister. They even wore the same outfit home from the hospital!

It is so wonderful bringing your baby home with you the very next day!

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Our first picture of our family of four!

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Oh, and did I mention that Kennedy was born on Nick's and Molly's birthday?!