Singing Sensation.

I am still trying to get Kennedy's Single Ladies debut on video, however, I think I have caught the next best thing. This video clip is of Kennedy in the kitchen listening to "Single Ladies". But you have to watch the entire video and make sure your volume is turned up. She has decided to sing along with Beyonce. I think I have the NEXT AMERICAN IDOL in training already! Maybe I should send the video to Simon Cowell? Hmmmmm, just kidding. Anyway, we hope you enjoy and I will try to continue posting more videos of her as we discover much more fabulous things!

With Love,

Jason, Jen and Kennedy.....

Dancing the night away.

On our previous blog entry, I talked about how Kennedy would dance to Beyonce's "Single Ladies". Well we tried to get her on camera for what seems like ever and we have not been successful thus far. However, on Saturday night, we were in the kitchen listening to my ipod and Fergie's "Glamorous" came on over the speakers. Here is what Kennedy thought of the music.......

We hope you guys enjoy this dance-fest as much as we have.

With Love,
Jason, Jen and of course, "the Dance Diva" aka. Kennedy!

Starting 2010 off right....

The year 2010 has just begun and part of my New Year's resolution is to maintain our blog and definitely dedicate some time to keeping everyone involved in our lives. For those of you that may or may not know, we are definitely expecting AGAIN and baby Gardner #2 is scheduled to be here in March of 2010. That means that Kennedy and her baby brother/sister (as we don't know the sex of the baby) will only be 16 months apart. We are super excited and can't wait to have another Gardner running around. As much as we LOVE being parents, Jason and I are definitely out of the baby making business. Two babies is all we need and NO MORE!

A few weeks before Christmas, Kennedy's Godfather (I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse.....ha ha ha) Thomas arrived to spend the holidays with us (and of course his wife). We mailed out our Christmas cards ( a collage of Kennedy) during the week of Christmas. Our apologies if they didn't get to everybody in time, but with a 1 year old, and another baby on the way, we were just swamped and Christmas Cards were the last things on our minds. The next major event would be Christmas. As usual, we celebrated Christmas Eve with the Jurey's and then a few hours on Christmas day with the Gardner's before the Jurey's came over to join us for a wonderful Christmas dinner. We are all about Family during the holidays! I have posted some fabulous photos of these great times on my facebook page, so look me up and you can see the albums. Trust me, there are too many of the pictures to post on the blog.

After Christmas, came the new year. We had big plans and great intentions on hanging out at the Jurey's (as they were having a mild New Year Party), but we never saw 10:00 p.m. Jason, Kennedy and I were all passed out before we even got started. We don't mind though, when you have a child that sleeps through most of the night, you take what you can get when you can get it! So not ringing in the bells this year was quite alright with us. There is always next year and the many years after that! We were pleased to hear all about our friends and families stories though! Good times!

January 4th brought back the work week for both Jason and I and Kennedy back at daycare. Kennedy is all grown up. We celebrated her first birthday on November 7th (the day after her REAL birthday) with a Backyardigans themes birthday party. It was a blast. We had a pinatta for my nephew, Kelan, and had several different things set up to entertain the kiddies (even though there were only a few in attendance). Nonetheless, Kennedy had a fabulous time and received way too many presents, but what are birthday's for! She now eats ALL table foods and is really becoming Miss Independent. She is on the move and there is no slowing her down. She is walking all over the place (without holding on or holding hands) and is always chasing after the dogs. She is all about music and her favorite thing right now is DANCING to Beyonce "Single Ladies (put a Ring on it)" and it is hilarious. However, every time I try to record her doing it, she stops and goes on to something else. Trust me when I tell you the funniest thing ever. She even slaps her hands on her legs and squats, shaking her ghetto booty (or lack of in Kennedy's case)! I will keep trying to get in on camera, so keep looking for the clip. We go back to the doctor on January 5th for a check-up on Baby Gardner 2, and no we don't know the sex of the baby, and if we do decide to find out, we ARE NOT telling anybody. It seems as if we have so much to do and so little time to do it in.

With the loss of both of my grandmother's (now having no grandparents alive) and an Uncle, we sure could use a bit of a break. However, God does work in mysterious ways and even though it isn't always what we want or ask for, it is what is best in his eyes. We do have high hopes that this year, 2010, brings us fabulous memories, great times, and a million moments of happiness. I know for Jason and I, nothing is taken for granted anymore and life is way too precious to be missing out on such blessings. We hope you and your family ALL have a fabulous year ahead of you!

Been a while.

It has definitely been a while since we have blogged last, but here is a small update. Kennedy has 2 teeth, has had a sinus infection, a double ear infection, and has not been having the best of fun. However, Halloween is getting closer and when we get a costume, we will be sure to take her picture and especially a little video clip of Kennedy trick or treating. I will be sure to post all of those as soon as it happens.

We are on the countdown to Kennedy's 1st Birthday. I have already begun planning her color coordinated themed birthday party and trying to accomodate for the Older kids (adults) things to do. I did want to help Kennedy feel better, so Jason put her swing that she got for Christmas 2008 (from Uncle Thomas and Aunt Audrey) up today and also got the wagon that Kennedy received (before she was even born from a fabulous friend of mine, Sonya) out today and put it together. So we have a few video clips of her 1st time in the wagon and her 1st time on the swing. The swing will be a daily adventure, weather permitting of course and the Wagon will be used for everything now, especially Trick or treating.... We can't wait....

We hope you enjoy the clips and we will be sure to post later.

With Love, Jen.

On the move........

Kennedy has made fabulous progress within the last week. She has a TOOTH on her bottom gum that is coming through and has become speedy gonzalez as she is now crawling all over the place. If Kennedy is crawling, she will stop to hysterically laugh as the dogs come around to see what she is doing. She even tries to sit in-between them while they are eating their dinner. Here is a video of her crawling. I hope you enjoy. By the way, she listens so well when we tell her no! Ha ha ha!

With Love,

Jen......

BIG NEWS.....

A ton of things have happened since we blogged last. Kennedy took her first trip to Mcguire's and had a good time. We were there for Grandma Gail's birthday. She danced when she heard the Scotland bagpiper play "Scotland the Brave", however, when he came over to our table, it was a wee bit loud for her sensitive ears. Uncle Thomas (her godfather) came into town on August 3rd and is planning to return to Scotland on August 17th. So needless to say we have been extremely busy and he of course had to have non-stop princess love from Kennedy. We have been everywhere it seems over the last 2 weeks. I am posting a few pictures of our adventures while Uncle Thomas has been here on vacation.

Not much else has been happening. I have been unsuccessful in getting another teaching job this year due to budget cuts. It isn't the best situation, but here is always believing that everything happens for a reason and hoping that someone (GOD) could hand me an outline or slip me a note or something that tells me what that reason is... ha ha ha.

Kennedy is crawling now, but only when she sees something that she really wants. She is standing on her feet, but her hands are also on the ground as well. She hasn't figured it out yet how to let go.

NOW FOR THE BIG NEWS: Kennedy had her first sleepover on Saturday night, August 15th, 2009. Nana and Grandaddy Jurey had a sleepover and Kennedy was the guest of honor. I know what some of you are thinking, how did Jason and I do? Well, we did really well. We went out with Audrey and Thomas to Hemmingway's and had a fabulous time. We even got to come home and have a GOOD night's sleep. Don't get me wrong, Kennedy does really well sleeping through the night, but she does have wimpers which break our sleep. So a FULL unbroken night of sleep was fabulous on Saturday for me. I don't know who was more excited, Nana or Grandaddy. When we went over on Sunday morning to pick her up, my mom said at one point, Kennedy was in the guest room (smaller bed) with her and my dad and they were all just hanging out. watching some tv. Boy does she have them wrapped around her finger already. They are already planning her next sleepover. It might sound crazy, but I think that is all they talked about today, was how much fun they had and how excited they were at just hanging out with Kennedy. For me, It doesn't get much better than that!

I have rambled enough. Here are those fabulous pictures of Kennedy and we hope you enjoy. Be sure to read the captions, they explain so much!

With love, Jen.

Jason and I at Hemmingway's for Thomas' last weekend in Pensacola!

Kennedy and I at McGuire's.

Kennedy and Jason at McGuire's.

Kennedy and Auntie Audrey trying on her party hat. Don't you just love it!

I've been caught RED HANDED!

Funny Story.

Audrey and I decide to go out for a little while today and ended up eating lunch at Ruby Tuesday's. As usual, Kennedy starts off really well in her high chair, but just as we are eating our meal, she gets fussy. So the procedure is to take her out of her high chair, and whoever is almost done first (usually Audrey) takes Kennedy and entertains her to keep her quite. So today, Audrey took Kennedy when it got about that time. However, Kennedy is such a big girl (or so she thinks) she sits by herself in the booth (with Audrey holding her at all times). So she wanted to be entertained and had already thrown all of her toys on the floor (several times) that she decided she would look through Audrey's purse and see what she could get her hands on. I did have my camera with me and decided to snap a few photos. I hope you enjoy.

Jen.